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5. Underscores the importance of the continued active and collaborative involvement of all relevant
bodies of the United Nations system in the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the
Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with all
relevant bodies of the United Nations system and taking into account the outcome of the deliberations in
the Commission on Sustainable Development, to submit to the General Assembly for its consideration at
future sessions, through the Economic and Social Council in view of its coordination function, an
analytical report on the measures taken within the United Nations system to accelerate the implementation
of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, including identification
of constraints and recommendations on how to address those constraints;
6. Stresses the importance of high-quality preparations for the forthcoming ten-year review of
Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to submit to the General Assembly for consideration at its fifty-fifth session a report on possible
ways and means of ensuring effective preparations for the review;
7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session, under the item entitled
“Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21 and the
Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21”.
91st plenary meeting
15 December 1998