Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly
of the United Nations Environment Programme
A/RES/74/222
deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the
Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Paris Agreement and other relevant major
intergovernmental outcomes of United Nations conferences and summits in
economic, social and environmental fields,
Welcoming the holding of the 2019 Climate Action Summit convened by the
Secretary-General on 23 September, noting the multi-partner initiatives and
commitments presented during the Summit and noting also the Youth Climate
Summit, held in New York on 21 September,
Looking forward to the summit on biodiversity to be held in 2020 in support of
a post-2020 global biodiversity framework that contributes to the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, recalling resolution 71/312 of 6 July 2017, entitled “Our
ocean, our future: call for action”, and looking forward to the 2020 United Nations
Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goa l 14:
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable
development,
Taking note of the contribution of the United Nations Environment Assembly to
addressing the challenge of, inter alia, climate change and biodiversity lo ss, within
its mandate and in collaboration with other relevant organizations and stakeholders,
Committed to strengthening international environmental governance within the
context of the institutional framework for sustainable development in order to
promote a balanced integration of the economic, social and environmental dimensions
of sustainable development as well as coordination within the United Nations system,
Committed also to enhancing the voice of the United Nations Environment
Programme and its ability to fulfil its coordination mandate within the United Nations
system by strengthening its engagement in key United Nations coordination bodies
and empowering it to lead efforts to formulate United Nations system -wide strategies
on the environment,
Recognizing the important contribution of the United Nations Environment
Assembly to the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development, which
met under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council from 9 to 18 July in
New York and undertook an in-depth review of progress on a subset of 6 of the
17 Sustainable Development Goals,
Reiterating the need for secure, stable, adequate and predictable financial
resources for the United Nations Environment Programme, and, in accordance with
resolution 2997 (XXVII), underlining the need to consider the adequate reflection of
all the administrative and management costs of the Programme in the context of the
United Nations regular budget, as well as the need to realize efficiency gains,
Reaffirming the commitments, as contained in the ministerial outcome
document of the first session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the
United Nations Environment Programme, held in Nairobi from 23 t o 27 June 2014, 13
inter alia, to ensure the full integration of the environmental dimension, especially
throughout the sustainable development agenda, acknowledging that a healthy
environment is an essential requirement and key enabler for sustainable devel opment,
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