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Sustainable development
Date of consideration: 2 November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483
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Documents:
A/60/3
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Relevant chapter of the report of
the Economic and Social Council for 2005 on the work of
the Commission on
Sustainable Development at its twelfth session and on the work
of the United
Nations Forum on Forests at its fourth session (Supplement No. 3) (Mandate:
GA res.
47/191 and ECOSOC res.
2000/35)
A/60/3/Add.1
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Addendum to the report of the
Economic and Social Council for 2005
A/60/25(Suppl.)
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Report of the Governing Council of
the United Nations Environment Programme on its
twenty-third session (Mandate: GA res. 2997 (XXVII)
and res. 42/185)
A/60/25/Add.1(Suppl.)
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Addendum to the report of the
Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme
on its twenty-third session
A/60/79
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Identical letters dated 18 May 2005 from
the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the
General Assembly
A/60/111 [F]
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Letter dated 5 July 2005 from the
Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
A/60/129
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Letter dated 13 July 2005 from the
Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
A/60/167
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Note by the Secretary-General transmitting
the report of the World Tourism Organization on the
implementation of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism
(Mandate: GA res.
56/212 of 21 Dec. 2001 and dec. 58/573 of 13 Sept. 2004)
A/60/336
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Letter dated 13 July 2005 from the
Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
Summary:
Report
of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment
Programme on its twenty-third session
At its
twenty-seventh session, in 1972, the General Assembly adopted
a number of provisions setting up the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) (resolution 2997 (XXVII)),
including the establishment of the Governing Council of UNEP.
The Governing Council was to report annually to the Assembly,
through the Economic and Social Council, which would transmit
to the Assembly such comments on the report as it might deem
necessary. At its forty-second session, the Assembly changed
the annual cycle of submission of reports to a biennial one
(resolution 42/185).
At its
fifty-third session, in July 1999, the General Assembly, inter
alia, welcomed the proposal to institute an annual,
ministerial-level, global environmental forum, with the
Governing Council of UNEP constituting the forum in the years
that it met in regular session and, in alternate years, with
the forum taking the form of a special session of the
Governing Council (resolution 53/242).
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly, recalling
resolutions 57/251 and 58/209, by which Member States, the
Governing Council and the relevant bodies of the United
Nations system were encouraged to submit their comments on the
issue of establishing universal membership of the Governing
Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in order to
contribute to the report of the Secretary-General to be
submitted to the Assembly for consideration before its
sixtieth session, emphasized the need for UNEP, within its
mandate, to further contribute to sustainable development
programmes, the implementation of Agenda 21 and the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation; called upon all countries
to further engage in the negotiations of the intergovernmental
strategic plan for technology support and capacity-building;
called upon UNEP to continue to contribute, within its mandate
and as a member of the Inter-Agency Task Force, to the
preparations for the International Meeting to Review the
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States; and requested
the Secretary-General to keep the resource needs of UNEP and
the United Nations Office at Nairobi under review so as to
permit the delivery, in an effective manner, of necessary
services to the Programme and to the other United Nations
organs and organizations in Nairobi (resolution 59/226).
(a)
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development
Date of consideration: 2 November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.1
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Documents:
A/60/115
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Letter dated 11 July 2005 from the
representatives of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey and
the United States of America to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
A/60/158
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Report of the Secretary-General on
actions taken in organizing the activities of the International
Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015 (Mandate: GA
res.
59/228, para. 8)
A/60/261
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A/60/261/Corr.1
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Report of the Secretary-General on
the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (Mandate: GA res.
59/227, para. 19)
Summary:
At its
forty-seventh session, in 1992, the General Assembly endorsed
the recommendation of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)
on the establishment of a high-level Commission on Sustainable
Development as a functional commission of the Economic and
Social Council (resolution 47/191).
At its
nineteenth special session, in 1997, the General Assembly
adopted the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda
21 (resolution S-19/2, annex).
At its
fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly endorsed the
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation that had been adopted by
the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg,
South Africa, 26 August to 4 September 2002); and called for
the implementation of the commitments, programmes and
time-bound targets adopted at the Summit (resolution 57/253).
The General
Assembly continued its consideration of the question at its
fifty-eighth session (resolution 58/218).
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly stressed the
importance of the success of the Commission on Sustainable
Development at its thirteenth session in taking policy
decisions on practical measures and options to expedite
implementation in the thematic cluster of issues on water,
sanitation and human settlements and in mobilizing further
action by all implementation actors to overcome obstacles and
constraints in the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme
for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation; and requested the
Secretary-General to submit a report to the Assembly at its
sixtieth session on the implementation of the resolution
(resolution 29/227).
International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015
The General Assembly,
at its fifty-eighth session, proclaimed the period from 2005
to 2015 the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”,
to commence on World Water Day, 22 March 2005 (resolution
58/217).
At its fifty-ninth session, the General
Assembly, emphasizing that water was critical for sustainable
development, including environmental integrity and the
eradication of poverty and hunger, and was indispensable for
human health and well-being, invited the Secretary-General to
take appropriate actions in organizing the activities of the
International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015;
and requested him to report to the Assembly at its sixtieth
session on the implementation of the resolution, as well as on
the activities planned by the Secretary-General and other
relevant organizations of the United Nations system for the
Decade (resolution 59/228).
(b)
Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for
the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.2
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Document:
A/60/401
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Report of the Secretary-General on a plan of action and
proposed activities for the coordinated and coherent
implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further
Implementation by the relevant United Nations bodies (Mandate:
GA res.
59/311,
para. 8)
Summary:
At its forty-ninth session, in 1994, the
General Assembly endorsed the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, as
adopted on 6 May 1994 at the first Global Conference on the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,
held in Barbados from 25 April to 6 May 1994 (resolution
49/122).
At its nineteenth special session, in
1997, the General Assembly decided to convene a two-day
special session in New York in September 1999 for a full and
comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of
the Programme of Action (resolution S-19/2, annex).
At its twenty-second special session, in
1999, the General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled
“Declaration and state of progress and initiatives for the
future implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States”
(resolution S-22/2).
The General Assembly also considered the
question at its fiftieth to fifty-seventh sessions
(resolutions 50/116, 51/183, 52/202, 53/189, 54/224, 55/202,
56/198 and 57/261).
At its fifty-eighth session, the General
Assembly decided that the International Meeting to Review the
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States would be
convened from 30 August to 3 September 2004 and would focus on
practical actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action (resolution 58/213). At the same session,
in June 2004, the Assembly decided to reschedule the
International Meeting from 10 to 14 January 2005 (resolution
58/213 B).
At its fifty-ninth session, the General
Assembly invited the International Meeting to consider fully
the modalities for strengthening the Small Island Developing
States Unit; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to
the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session the report of the
International Meeting (resolution 59/229).
At its resumed fifty-ninth session, in
July 2005, the General Assembly decided to include in the
provisional agenda of its sixtieth session under the item
entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled
“Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for
the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States”,
replacing the sub-item entitled “Further implementation of the
outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States and follow-up to
the outcomes of the International Meeting to Review the
Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action”
(resolution 59/311).
(c)
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.3
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Document:
A/60/180
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Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in particular
on the outcome of the World Conference on Disaster
Reduction (Mandate: GA res.
59/231, para. 19
and res.
59/233, para. 8)
Summary:
At its fifty-fourth session, the General
Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at
its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (resolution
54/219). The Assembly continued its consideration of the
question at the fifty-sixth to fifty-eighth sessions
(resolutions 56/195, 57/256 and 58/214).
At its fifty-ninth session, the General
Assembly welcomed the work of the ongoing preparatory process
for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to be held in
Kobe, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005; stressed the
importance of close cooperation and coordination between the
relevant institutions, in particular within the United Nations
system and with other relevant international organizations, in
both the preparation of and follow-up to the World Conference;
recognized the importance of early warning as an essential
element of disaster reduction and took note of further work
done in that regard, including the establishment of the
Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning in Bonn; called
upon Governments to establish national platforms or focal
points for disaster reduction and invited the
Secretary-General to strengthen the regional outreach of the
inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction; and requested the Secretary-General to
submit a report to the Assembly at its sixtieth session on the
implementation of the resolution, in particular on the outcome
of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (resolution
59/231).
Also at its fifty-ninth session, the
General Assembly encouraged the Inter-Agency Task Force for
Disaster Reduction to continue to enhance the coordination of
activities and the availability of information on options for
natural disaster reduction, including severe natural hazards
and extreme weather-related disasters and vulnerabilities; and
requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at
its sixtieth session on the implementation of the resolution
in a separate section of his report on the implementation of
the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (resolution
59/233).
(d)
Protection of global climate for present and future
generations of mankind
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.4
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Document:
A/60/171
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Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports
submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and
the Convention on Biological Diversity on the implementation
of United Nations environmental conventions (Mandate: GA res.
59/234, para. 8)
Summary:
The item entitled “Conservation of
climate as part of the common heritage of mankind” was
included in the agenda of the forty-third session of the
General Assembly, in 1988, at the request of Malta (A/43/241).
The Assembly considered the question at
its forty-third to forty-sixth sessions (resolutions 43/53,
44/207, 45/212 and 46/169).
At its forty-seventh session, the General
Assembly welcomed the adoption, on
9 May 1992, of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (resolution 47/195).
At its forty-eighth to fifty-eighth
sessions, the General Assembly continued its consideration of
the question (resolutions 48/189, 49/120, 50/115, 51/184,
52/199, 54/222, 56/199, 57/257 and 58/243 and decisions 53/444
and 55/443).
At its fifty-ninth session, the General
Assembly invited the Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change to report to the
Assembly at its sixtieth session on the work of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention (resolution 59/234).
(e)
Sustainable development in mountain regions
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Document:
A/C.2/60/4
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Letter dated 25 October 2005
from the Permanent Representative of Peru addressed to the Secretary-General
A/60/309
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Report of the Secretary-General on the status of sustainable
development in mountain regions, including an overall analysis
of the challenges that lie ahead and appropriate policy
recommendations (Mandate: GA res.
58/216, para. 17)
Summary:
The General Assembly first considered
this subject at its fifty-third session, in 1998, at which
time it proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Mountains
(resolution 53/24).
At its fifty-fifth session, the General
Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at
its fifty-seventh session an interim report on the activities
of the International Year of Mountains and to report to the
Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the outcome of the
Year (resolution 55/189).
At its fifty-seventh session, the General
Assembly decided to designate 11 December as International
Mountain Day, as from 11 December 2003, and encouraged the
international community to organize on that day events at all
levels to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain
development (resolution 57/245).
At its fifty-eighth session the General
Assembly underlined the fact that there remained key
challenges to implementing sustainable development and
eradicating poverty in mountain regions; took note of the
conclusions of the first global meeting of the members of the
Mountain Partnership; invited the international community and
other relevant partners to consider joining the Mountain
Partnership; and requested the Secretary-General to report to
the Assembly at its sixtieth session on the status of
sustainable development in mountain regions, including an
overall analysis of the challenges that lay ahead and
appropriate policy recommendations (resolution 58/216).
(f)
Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including
the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Documents:
A/60/82
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Letter dated 31 May 2005 from the
Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
A/60/154
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Report of the Secretary-General on
the promotion of new and renewable sources of energy,
including the implementation of the World Solar Programme
1996-2005 (Mandate: GA res.
58/210, para. 13)
Summary:
At its
fifty-third session, in 1998, the General Assembly endorsed
the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, adopted by the World
Solar Summit, held in Harare in September 1996 (A/53/395,
annex) (resolution 53/7). The Assembly continued its
consideration of the question at its fifty-fourth to
fifty-sixth sessions (resolutions 54/215, 55/205 and 56/200).
At its fifty-eighth session,
the General Assembly emphasized the need to intensify research
and development in support of energy for sustainable
development and stressed that the wider use of available
renewable sources of energy required technology transfer and
diffusion on a global scale, including through North-South and
South-South cooperation; encouraged national and regional
initiatives on renewable energies to promote access to energy
for the poorest; and requested the Secretary-General to submit
to the Assembly at its sixtieth session a report on the
implementation of the resolution (resolution 58/210).
(g)
Implementation
of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in
Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, Particularly in Africa
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.5
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Documents:
A/60/169
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Report of the Secretary-General on
the status of preparations for the International Year of Deserts and
Desertification, 2006 (Mandate: GA res.
58/211, para. 6)
A/60/171
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Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports
submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and
the Convention on Biological Diversity on the implementation
of United Nations environmental conventions (Mandate: GA res.
59/235, para. 15)
Summary:
The General Assembly first
considered the sub-item at its forty-seventh session, in 1992,
after the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992
(resolution 47/188). The Convention was adopted on 17 June
1994 and entered into force on 26 December 1996.
At its fifty-first to
fifty-eighth sessions, the General Assembly continued its
consideration of the question (resolutions 51/180, 52/198,
53/191, 54/223, 55/204, 56/196, 57/259 and 58/242).
At its fifty-eighth session,
the General Assembly declared 2006 the International Year of
Deserts and Desertification; encouraged countries to undertake
special initiatives in observance of the Year; and requested
the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixtieth session
on the status of preparations for the Year (resolution
58/211).
At its fifty-ninth session, the
General Assembly invited the Secretary-General to give due
consideration to the role and place of the Convention in
ongoing work in the context of the preparations for the
High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly in 2005,
including the report of the Millennium Project; called upon
Governments, where appropriate, to integrate desertification
into their plans and strategies for sustainable development;
and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly
at its sixtieth session on the implementation of the
resolution (resolution 59/235).
(h)
Convention on Biological Diversity
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.6
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Document:
A/60/171
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Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports
submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and
the Convention on Biological Diversity on the implementation
of United Nations environmental conventions (Mandate: GA res.
59/236, para. 12)
Summary:
The Convention on Biological
Diversity was opened for signature at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, held in June 1992,
and entered into force on 29 December 1993.
The General Assembly considered
this question at its forty-ninth to fifty-eighth sessions
(resolutions 49/117, 50/111, 51/182, 52/201, 53/190, 54/221,
55/201, 56/197, 57/260 and 58/212).
At its fifty-ninth session, the
General Assembly invited the Executive Secretary of the
Convention on Biological Diversity to continue reporting to it
on the ongoing work regarding the Convention, including its
Cartagena Protocol (resolution 59/236).
(i)
Rendering assistance to poor mountain countries to overcome
obstacles in socio-economic and ecological areas
Date of consideration: 2
November 2005 & 3
November 2005 (AM)
Second Committee Report
(59th session):
A/59/483/Add.8
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Summary:
This sub-item was included as
an additional sub-item in the agenda of the fifty-ninth
session of the General Assembly, in 2004, under the item
entitled “Groups of countries in special situations”, at the
request of Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and
Nepal (A/59/238).
At the same session, the
General Assembly decided to consider the sub-item at its
sixtieth session (resolution
59/238).
No advance documentation is
expected.
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