Requests the Secretary-General, transnational corporations and appropriate international organizations to conduct an analytical study of the main sectors of activity that have adverse effects on environmental preservation and the factors that determine the allocation of activities betwen developed and developing countries; requests the Secretary-General to continue to develop ways and means of strengthening the participation of those enterprises in efforts to preserve and protect the environment, including the elaboration of a set of criteria and operational principles; requests the Secretary-General to gather data on existing sources of information on technologies that are environmentally hazardous and on the availability of alternative technologies, and to make recommendations on ways and means of increasing and facilitating the effective transfer of alternative technologies to developing countries; requests the Secretary-General to examine the feasibility of establishing a fund financed by voluntary contributions from transnational corporations and devoted to supporting the efforts of developing countries to protect the environment.

Adopted 53-1-0, 15th meeting

Adopted at the 15th plenary meeting, 24 May 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1989, 2-24 May 1989. - E/1989/INF/7. - 14 July 1989. - p. 47-49. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1.