Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19g Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, published in 2016.

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7 versions · 2015–2024

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4 subjects

Capacity Building Environment Environmental Protection Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the holding of the second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, in Nairobi, from 23 to 27 May 2016, and takes note of the report on the session and the resolutions and decisions contained therein;¹⁴

¹⁴Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/71/25).

Recognizes the commitment of the United Nations Environment Assembly to contributing to the effective implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,¹⁵ in an integrated manner, as reflected in its resolution 2/5 of 27 May 2016;¹⁶

¹⁵Resolution 70/1.

¹⁶See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/71/25), annex.

Encourages the President of the United Nations Environment Assembly to convey the main messages agreed upon by the Environment Assembly at its sessions during the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, as appropriate, taking into account the integrated nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as General Assembly resolutions 67/290 of 9 July 2013 and 70/299 of 29 July 2016;

Notes the relevance of the work of the United Nations Environment Programme to the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, to be held in June 2017, and encourages its secretariat to provide the necessary inputs, as appropriate;

Reiterates that capacity-building and technology support to developing countries in environment-related fields are important components of the work of the United Nations Environment Programme, and in this regard calls for the continued and focused implementation of the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building9 adopted by the Programme;

Also reiterates the continuing need for the United Nations Environment Programme to conduct up-to-date, comprehensive, scientifically based and policy-relevant global environmental assessments, in close consultation with Member States, in order to support decision-making processes at all levels;

Notes the request by the United Nations Environment Assembly to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to provide options to secure the participation of developing countries in the Environment Assembly;¹⁷

¹⁷Ibid., Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/69/25), annex, resolution 1/15.

Urges all Member States and other stakeholders in a position to do so to increase voluntary funding to the United Nations Environment Programme, including to the Environment Fund, notes the need for continued efforts to broaden the donor base and mobilize resources from all sources, including stakeholders, and welcomes the increased support received in this regard;

Takes note of resolution 2/22 adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 27 May 2016 on the review of the cycle of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme,16 in which it decided to hold its regular sessions in odd-numbered years commencing with its third session, in 2017, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme”, unless otherwise agreed.

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