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United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

A/RES/2657(XXV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1970–1973
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/2994(XXVII)
  • 1973A/RES/2994(XXVII)United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1972A/RES/2850(XXVI)United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentCompare with previous version
  • 1971A/RES/2657(XXV)United Nations Conference on the Human EnvironmentCompare with previous version
  • 1970A/RES/2581(XXIV)United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
ConferencesEnvironmental PolicyEnvironmental ProtectionReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Secretary-General to convene the sec~>nd ses~ion of the, Preparatory Committee for the Umted Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Geneva from 8 to 19 February 1971 and the third session in New York from 13 to 24 September 1971;
2
Recom~ends t~e inclusion in the agenda for the second and third sessions of the Preparatory Committee of one or more specific items relating to economic and _social aspects m order to safeguard and promote the mterests of developing countries with a view to rec?ncil~g the national environmental policies with therr nat10nal development plans and priorities; . ~- Recommends that the Preparatory Committee, m ~ts globaJ. and comprehensive preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environmen! in 1972, _consi?er, inter_ alia, t?e financing of possible _a7tion m this field with ~ view to ensuring that additional resources are provided to developing 18 Official Records of the General Assembly Twenty-fifth Session, Annexes, agenda item 43, documents' A/8065 and Add.I.
19 A/CONF.48/PC/6,
20 Mr. Maurice F, Strong was appointed Secretary-General of the Conference on 16 November 1970 21 Resolution 2626 (XXV).
countries in the context of the protection of the environment;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the report of the Preparatory Committee on its second session to the Economic and Social Council at its fifty-first session for such comments, suggestions and recommendations as the Council may wish to make;
S. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on the progress of the preparatory work for the Conference to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session, after the third session of the Preparatory Committee.
7 December 1970.

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