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Harmony with Nature

A/RES/65/164No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20iHarmony with nature, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2010–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/210
  • 2024A/RES/79/210Harmony with natureLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/169Harmony with natureCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/75/220Harmony with natureCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/224Harmony with natureCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/73/235Harmony with natureCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
EnvironmentExpertsSustainable DevelopmentTrust FundsWebsites

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2011.

  • 2011A/66/302Harmony with nature report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the first report of the Secretary-General on Harmony with Nature;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to convene, at the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, an interactive dialogue, to be held at two plenary meetings to be convened during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day on 20 April 2011, with the participation of Member States, United Nations organizations, independent experts and other stakeholders, to actively and effectively contribute to and support efforts in the preparatory process of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Brazil in 2012, on the following topics:
a
Ways to promote a holistic approach to sustainable development in harmony with nature;
b
Sharing national experiences on criteria and indicators for measuring sustainable development in harmony with nature;
3
Also requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund for the participation of independent experts in the interactive dialogue to be held at two plenary meetings to be convened during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day on 20 April 2011, and invites Member States and other relevant stakeholders to consider contributing to this fund;
4
Further requests the Secretary-General to make use of the existing information portals on sustainable development maintained by the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the Division for Sustainable Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to gather information and contributions on ideas and activities to promote a holistic approach to sustainable development in harmony with nature being undertaken to advance the integration of scientific interdisciplinary work, including success stories on the use of traditional knowledge, and existing national legislation, with a view to making substantive contributions to the preparatory process of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and beyond;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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