Implementation of and Follow-Up to the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and the 19th Special Session of the General Assembly

A/RES/53/188View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94a Implementation of and follow-up to the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, including the outcome of the 19th special session of the General Assembly for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1999–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/218

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/218	Implementation of and follow-up to the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and the 19th special session of the General Assembly	1,615	52%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/188	Implementation of and follow-up to the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and the 19th special session of the General Assembly	935	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Globalization Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Stresses the need to accelerate the full implementation of Agenda 211 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21;2

Recognizes that the Commission on Sustainable Development, within its mandate as specified in General Assembly resolution 47/191 of 22 December 1992 and in the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, will continue to provide the central forum for reviewing progress and for urging further implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and other commitments made at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development or as a result of it, for conducting a high-level policy debate aimed at consensus-building on sustainable development and for catalyzing action and long-term commitment on sustainable development at all levels;

Calls upon the Commission on Sustainable Development to continue to undertake these tasks in complementing and providing interlinkages to the work of other United Nations organs, organizations and bodies active in the field of sustainable development, to play its role in assessing the challenges of globalization as they relate to sustainable development and to perform its functions in coordination with other subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council and with related organizations and institutions, including making recommendations, within its mandate, to the Council, bearing in mind the interrelated outcomes of recent United Nations conferences;

Emphasizes that the achievement of more substantive results by the next review of the implementation of Agenda 21 in 2002 will require concerted efforts at all levels, including by Governments, calls upon all countries to fulfil their commitments to Agenda 21, and in this context also calls upon developed countries to fulfil the commitments they have undertaken with respect to financial resources and the transfer of environmentally sound technology;

Underscores the importance of the continued active and collaborative involvement of all relevant bodies of the United Nations system in the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with all relevant bodies of the United Nations system and taking into account the outcome of the deliberations in the Commission on Sustainable Development, to submit to the General Assembly for its consideration at future sessions, through the Economic and Social Council in view of its coordination function, an analytical report on the measures taken within the United Nations system to accelerate the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, including identification of constraints and recommendations on how to address those constraints;

Stresses the importance of high-quality preparations for the forthcoming ten-year review of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly for consideration at its fifty-fifth session a report on possible ways and means of ensuring effective preparations for the review;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21”.

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