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World Summit on Sustainable Development

A/RES/57/253View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87a 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
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2003
A/RES/57/253

World Summit on Sustainable Development

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2002
A/RES/56/226

World Summit on Sustainable Development

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Programme 7Economic and social affairs291—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2003
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2003A/58/210Activities 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-GeneralA/RES/57/253

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects
ConferencesCoordination Within UN SystemDeclarationsDevelopment StrategiesPartnershipProgramme ImplementationProgrammes of ActionReport PreparationSustainable Development

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development;4
2
Endorses the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development6 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;7
3
Decides to adopt sustainable development as a key element of the overarching framework for United Nations activities, in particular for achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,5 and to give overall political direction to the implementation of Agenda 212 and its review;
4
Urges Governments and all relevant international and regional organizations, the Economic and Social Council, United Nations funds, programmes and regional economic commissions, specialized agencies, international financial institutions, the Global Environment Facility, as well as other intergovernmental organizations and major groups, to take timely actions to ensure the effective implementation of and follow-up to the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;
5
Encourages the implementation of partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups, and calls for further discussion of this matter within the Commission on Sustainable Development;
6
Calls for the implementation of the commitments, programmes and time-bound targets adopted at the Summit and, to this end, for the fulfilment of the provisions of the means of implementation, as contained in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;
7
Requests the Economic and Social Council to ensure that the Commission on Sustainable Development holds an organizational meeting of its next session in January 2003 and its session in April/May 2003;
8
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report containing proposals on the modalities of the future work of the Commission, taking into account the decisions contained in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;
9
Requests the Economic and Social Council to implement the provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation relevant to its mandate and, in particular, to promote the implementation of Agenda 21 by strengthening system-wide coordination;
10
Requests the Secretary-General to take into full account the outcomes of the Summit, in particular the decisions made on the institutional framework for sustainable development as contained in chapter XI of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, in the ongoing process of reform of the United Nations and in his contribution to the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields;
11
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session an item entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development”, and requests the Secretary-General, at that session, to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

Table of contents

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Programme 7Economic and social affairs291

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.