A/RES/68/215
Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its first
universal session and the implementation of section IV.C, entitled “Environmental
pillar in the context of sustainable development”, of the outcome document
of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
keep the resource needs of the Programme 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 organizations and
entities in Nairobi;
13. Notes the commitment of the governing body of the United Nations
Environment Programme to progressively consolidate headquarters functions of the
Programme in Nairobi and, in this context, of the request of the governing body of
the Programme to the Executive Director to present a report to the governing body
at its next session and to include recommendations in the programme of work for
the period 2016–2017 to be acted upon and implemented in a timely manner, and
also takes note of the decision of the governing body of the Programme to
strengthen the Programme’s regional presence in order to assist countries in the
implementation of their national environmental programmes, policies and plans and,
in this regard, of the requests of the governing body of the Programme to the
Executive Director to increase the Programme’s participation in United Nations
country teams;
14. Also notes the continued support of the Executive Director of the United
Nations Environment Programme for the full and effective participation of
representatives of developing countries in the United Nations Environment
Assembly of the Programme, and welcomes the commitment of the United Nations
Environment Assembly in this regard;
15. Reiterates that capacity-building and technology support to developing
countries in environment-related fields are important components of the work of the
United Nations Environment Programme, and in this regard calls for the continued
and focused implementation of the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and
Capacity-building, 8 adopted by the Programme;
16. Recalls the decision contained in paragraph 88 (b) of the outcome
document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, endorsed
by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/288, that the United Nations
Environment Programme have secure, stable, adequate and increased financial
resources from the regular budget of the United Nations and voluntary contributions
to fulfil the mandate of the Programme;
17. Notes the inclusion by the Secretary-General in the proposed programme
budget for the biennium 2014–2015 of regular budget resources for the revised
programme of work of the United Nations Environment Programme, and requests
the Secretary-General to maintain the resource needs of the Programme under
review;
18. Urges donors, and other stakeholders in a position to do so, to increase
voluntary funding to the United Nations Environment Programme, including to the
Environment Fund;
19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session,
under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Report of
the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment
Programme”.
71st plenary meeting
20 December 2013
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