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Harmony with Nature

A/RES/66/204No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19hHarmony with nature, published in 2012.

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?

7 topics
EarthEnvironmental ProtectionExpertsInformation ExchangeSustainable DevelopmentTrust FundsWebsites

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2012.

  • 2012A/67/317Harmony 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?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the second report of the Secretary-General on Harmony with Nature;
2
Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, at the sixty-sixth session of the Assembly, an interactive dialogue, to be held at the plenary meetings to be convened during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day on 23 April 2012, with the participation of Member States, United Nations organizations, independent experts and other stakeholders, to discuss the scientific findings on how human activities are affecting the Earth’s ecosystem;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund for the participation of independent experts in the interactive dialogue to be held at the plenary meetings to be convened during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day on 23 April 2012, and invites Member States and other relevant stakeholders to consider contributing to this fund;
4
Also requests the Secretary-General to continue making use of the existing information portal 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, taking into account that such a portal will be launched by 2012;
5
Notes the ongoing preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012;
6
Encourages all countries and the relevant bodies of the United Nations system to develop and strengthen the quality and quantity of basic statistical data on the three pillars of sustainable development, and invites the international community and the pertinent bodies of the United Nations system to assist the efforts of developing countries by providing capacity-building and technical support;
7
Invites the relevant entities of the United Nations system to work with other relevant actors, including non-governmental organizations, experts and the academic community, as appropriate, both to identify new ways and means to overcome the limitations of gross domestic product with regard to sustainable development and to better measure the environmental degradation resulting from human activity;
8
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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