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8.
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the relevant
United Nations agencies and organizations, and taking into account the
submissions he may receive from bilateral, regional and multilateral donor
agencies as well as from non-governmental organizations, to ensure the timely
submission to the Preparatory Committee, at its resumed session, of the report
requested in decision 11 of the Preparatory Committee; 6/
9.
Also requests the Secretary-General, through the Department of
Public Information of the Secretariat, to ensure that the goals and purposes
of the Conference receive the widest possible dissemination within Member
States, non-governmental organizations and national, regional and
international media, with a view to encouraging their active contribution to
and support for the Conference and its preparatory process;
10.
Expresses its appreciation for the contributions made to the
voluntary fund established for the purpose of assisting small island
developing States and the least developed countries to participate fully and
effectively in the Conference and its preparatory process, and invites all
Member States and organizations in a position to do so to contribute
generously to the fund;
11.
Decides to include in the agenda of its forty-ninth session, under
the item entitled "Implementation of decisions and recommendations of the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the sub-item
entitled "Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States", and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the
General Assembly at its forty-ninth session the report of the Global
Conference.
86th plenary meeting
21 December 1993