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eleventh session, to examine the cross-cutting issues related to the thematic cluster
of issues on water, sanitation and human settlements;
13. Stresses the importance of the success of the Commission at its thirteenth
session in:
(a) Taking policy decisions on practical measures and options to expedite
implementation in the thematic cluster of issues on water, sanitation and human
settlements;
(b) 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;
14. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on inter-agency
cooperation, 11 and requests him to continue his efforts to strengthen system-wide
inter-agency cooperation and coordination for the implementation of Agenda 21, the
Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan
of Implementation, and in this regard to report on such inter-agency cooperation and
coordination activities and their terms of reference to the Economic and Social
Council in 2005;
15. Recalls its resolution 58/291 of 6 May 2004 and Economic and Social
Council resolutions 2004/44 of 22 July 2004 and 2004/63 of 23 July 2004, and in
this regard requests the Commission, without prejudice to the decisions adopted at
its eleventh session, to contribute through the Council to the high-level plenary
meeting of the General Assembly in 2005, in accordance with the modalities to be
set out by the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session;
16. Requests the secretariat of the Commission to make arrangements to
facilitate the balanced representation of major groups from developed and
developing countries in the sessions of the Commission;
17. Notes the convening of the second international expert meeting on a tenyear framework of programmes for sustainable consumption and production, to be
held in Costa Rica in September 2005, and in this regard, while acknowledging their
ongoing support, urges Member States to consider further support for those activities;
18. Encourages Governments and organizations at all levels, as well as major
groups, including the scientific community and educators, to undertake resultsoriented initiatives and activities to support the work of the Commission and to
promote and facilitate the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the
Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation,
including through voluntary multi-stakeholder partnership initiatives;
19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixtieth session the
item entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development”, and requests the Secretary-General, at that session, to
submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution.
75th plenary meeting
22 December 2004
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