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The functions of the Inter-Agency Committee on
Sustianable Development (IACSD) included:
- to identify for the ACC overall policy issues, major gaps and
constraints affecting United Nations system cooperation in the UNCED
follow-up;
- to formulate for the ACC recommendations to enhance the
effectiveness of cooperation and coordination within the UN system
in the implementation of Agenda 21;
- to ensure clear system-wide division of labour, through optimal
allocation and sharing of responsibilities and joint programming, in
the implementation of Agenda 21 and the decisions of the Commission
on Sustainable Development;
- to monitor new and additional financing requirements of the UN
system organizations related to Agenda 21;
- to coordinate system-wide response to the work of the Commission
on Sustainable Development.
To effectively implement these functions Task
Managers have been appointed from the organizations of the United
Nations system. Their responsibilities included inter- agency
coordination, catalyzing joint initiatives, identifying common
strategies, preparing reports to the CSD and information exchange under
specific thematic areas of Agenda 21, the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the
work programme of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
Task Managers included: UN-DESA - for
matters related to consumption patterns, combating poverty, finance,
transfer of environmentally sound technology and cooperation, role of
major groups and decision making structures, energy (SIDS) and tourism
(SIDS) in conjunction with the World Tourism Organization; UNCTAD - for
trade and environment; UNFPA - for demographic dynamics; UNESCO - for
science and education; UNDP - for capacity building; UNEP - for
atmosphere, toxic chemicals, hazardous wastes, desertification and
biodiversity; HABITAT - for human settlements and solid wastes; WHO -
for health; FAO - for land management, forestry, sustainable mountain
development and agriculture; UNIDO - for biotechnology; IAEA - for
radioactive wastes; ACC Sub-Committee on Water Resources - for fresh
water; ACC Sub-Committee on Oceans and Coastal Areas - for oceans and
all kinds of seas; ICAO - for air transport (SIDS); UNDHA and WMO - for
natural and environmental disasters (SIDS); IMO with UNCTAD - for
maritime transport (SIDS); and ITU - for telecommunications (SIDS).
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