World Summit on Sustainable Development

A/RES/56/226View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98a Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2002–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/253

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/57/253	World Summit on Sustainable Development	794	16%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/226	World Summit on Sustainable Development	1,000	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/210	Activities undertaken in implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/253

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Economic Development Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Protection Extrabudgetary Financing Financing Information Dissemination Intergovernmental Organizations International Organizations Public Information Regional Organizations Report Preparation Social Development Specialized Agencies Sustainable Development Travel Costs Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on progress in preparatory activities for the World Summit on Sustainable Development;⁵

⁵A/56/379.

Approves the provisional rules of procedure of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, as recommended by the Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Summit at its organizational session;⁶

⁶Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/56/19), chap. VIII, sect. A, draft resolution, annex.

Decides that the Summit shall be open to all States Members of the United Nations and States members of the specialized agencies, with the participation of observers in accordance with the established practice of the General Assembly and its conferences and with the rules of procedure of the Summit;

Also decides that the Summit shall be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, with the participation of heads of State and Government during the period 2 to 4 September;

Reiterates that the Summit, including its preparatory process, should ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection since they are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development;

Invites countries to be represented at the highest political level at the Summit;

Requests the Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Summit to decide on all remaining issues related to the organization of work of the Summit, including specific details of the series of events to be held in partnership with stakeholders, the short multi-stakeholder event involving the highest level of representation from major groups and Governments, and the round-table meetings to be held at the level of heads of State or Government;

Requests the Secretary-General to launch a public information campaign to raise global awareness of the Summit, including through reprioritization of the budget of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and voluntary contributions;

Invites donors to continue providing extrabudgetary resources, in particular through voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund, in support of the preparatory activities for the Summit and the Summit itself, and to support the travel and participation of representatives of developing countries, in particular from the least developed countries, and encourages voluntary contributions to support the participation of major groups from developing countries;

Encourages all countries to complete their national assessment reports, and in that regard calls upon relevant regional and international organizations to further step up their efforts to assist developing countries in the elaboration of those assessment reports;

Encourages, at the national level, the active involvement of all Government agencies responsible for economic development, social development and environmental protection, and invites them to provide coordinated inputs and contributions to the preparatory process of the Summit;

Encourages the active involvement of all relevant regional and international agencies and organizations, and invites them to provide inputs and contributions to the preparatory process of the Summit;

Encourages effective contributions from and the active participation of all major groups, as identified in Agenda 21,2 at all stages of the preparatory process, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Commission on Sustainable Development, as well as its established practices for the participation and engagement of major groups;

Reiterates the invitation to all intergovernmental processes relevant to the Summit to submit their progress reports to the Commission acting as the Preparatory Committee at its second session, to be held from 28 January to 8 February 2002, and their final results to the Commission acting as the Preparatory Committee at its third session, to be held from 25 March to 5 April 2002, so that they can be fully considered in the preparatory process;

Reiterates the role of the Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee in the global intergovernmental process for the preparations for the Summit, and in that context recalls the mandate and role of its Bureau, as stipulated by the General Assembly in its resolution 55/199 and by the Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee in the decisions adopted at its organizational session;1

Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to raise international awareness on the Summit;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the outcome of the Summit to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21”, taking into account the outcome of the Summit.

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