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Strengthening International Cooperation in the Monitoring of Global Environmental Problems

A/RES/48/192View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99 Implementation of decisions and recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, published in 1994.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects
Cooperation Between OrganizationsEnvironmental MonitoringInter-Agency CooperationRemote SensingReport Preparation

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I and Vol. I/Corr. 1, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol. III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I, Resolutions of the Conference, resolution 1, annex II.
Ibid., annex I.
1
Invites Governments, relevant organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and other relevant entities to review, as appropriate, their contribution to international cooperation in environmental monitoring, including environmentally related remote sensing and data assessment, and to provide appropriate support for such activities within existing resources;
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/46/25), annex.
Ibid., Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/48/25), annex.
Ibid., Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/47/20).
Ibid., Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/48/20).
2
Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to prepare and to submit to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its eighteenth session a report on the activities of the Programme in environmental monitoring, containing proposals and recommendations within the context of Agenda 21 and a review of Earthwatch, taking into account the decisions adopted by the Governing Council at its seventeenth session, in cooperation with relevant entities within the United Nations system and, where appropriate, outside the United Nations system;
3
Invites the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to consider the above-mentioned report at its eighteenth session and to submit its conclusions and recommendations to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session, through the Economic and Social Council.

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