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Conventions and Protocols in the Field of Environment

A/RES/3436(XXX)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Environmental LawEnvironmental ManagementSignatures, Accessions, RatificationsTreaties

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to take such measures as may be necessary for the realization of the objectives and the implementation of the strategies relating to the programme of the United Nations Environment Programme in the field of national and international environmental law and, in particular, to take measures designed to provide technical assistance to
23 Report of the U11ited Nations Conference on the Human ( United Nations publication,
Sales No. Environment E.73.II.A.14 and corrigendum), chap. I.
24 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirtieth
developing countries, at their request, for the development of their national environmental legislation;
2
Urges all States entitled to become parties, as appropriate, to existing conventions and protocols in the field of the environment to do so as soon as possible;
3
Requests the depositaries of the conventions referred to above to inform the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme periodically of the status of those conventions;
4
Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to assist States, upon request, in preparing proposals for legislative or other measures necessary for their adherence to conventions in the field of environmental management;
5
Further requests the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to keep the General Assembly informed annually of any new international convention concluded in the field of the environment and of the status of existing conventions, with particular reference to ratifications, accessions and entry into force, as well as of the intention to become parties to such conventions expressed by Governments during the year between sessions of the Council.

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