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Mercy Global Concern - 2003
Draft resolution to be adopted by the General Assembly
On the report of the Ad Hoc open-ended working of the General Assembly
on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes
of the major United Nations Conferences and Summits in the economic and social
fields
INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION OF AND FOLLOW-UP TO THE OUTCOMES
OF THE MAJOR UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES AND SUMMITS IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
FIELDS
13 June 2003
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 57/270 and 50/227,
Recalling also the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences
and summits in the economic, social and related fields,
Considering that after more than a decade of such events progress in
implementation has been insufficient and therefore the time has come to vigorously
pursue their effective implementation,
Recalling the Millennium Declaration,
Recognizing that the internationally agreed development goals, including
those contained in the Millennium Declaration, offer a framework for planning,
reviewing and assessing the UN's activities for development,
Reaffirming that sustainable development is a key element of the overarching
framework for United Nations activities, in particular for achieving the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
Reaffirming that the internationally agreed development goals, including
those contained in the UN Millennium Declaration and the outcomes of the major
UN conferences and summits, provide a comprehensive basis for action at the
national, regional and international levels with the key objectives of poverty
eradication, sustained economic growth and sustainable development; Recognizing
also that peace, security, stability and respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms, including the right to development, as well as respect for cultural
diversity, are essential for achieving sustainable development and ensuring
that sustainable development benefits all,
Emphasizing the importance of the integrated and coordinated implementation
of and follow-up to the major United Nations conferences and summits, bearing
in mind the need to respect the thematic unity of each conference, and the interlinkages
between them,
Bearing in mind the ongoing process of reform of the United Nations,
Recognizing the need to strengthen political impetus in the implementation
of and follow up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits,
1. Integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of major UN
conferences and summits, at national, regional and international levels
1.1 The role of Member States:
- Emphasizes that each country has primary responsibility for its own
economic and social development, and the role of national policies and development
strategies cannot be overemphasized. At the same time, domestic economies
are now interwoven with the global economic system, and inter alia, the effective
use of trade and investment opportunities can help countries to fight poverty.
National development efforts need to be supported by an enabling international
economic environment. We encourage and support development frameworks initiated
at the regional level, such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development
and similar efforts in other regions;
- Reaffirms, in this context, that the achievement of the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration,
requires an enhanced partnership between donor and recipient countries, based
on the recognition of national leadership and ownership of development plans,
as well as sound policies and good governance at national and international
levels;
- Stresses, in this context, that all countries should promote policies
consistent and coherent with the commitments of major United Nations conferences
and summits including those systemic in nature, in order to, inter alia, achieve
the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in
the Millennium Declaration;
1.2 Means of implementation
- Stresses the importance of means of implementation as identified
in the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits and reaffirms that
the implementation of those outcomes requires urgent fulfillment by all countries
of their commitments relating to means of implementation as contained in the
relevant paragraphs of the conference outcome documents, including the Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation and the Monterrey Consensus;
1.3 Institutional frameworks
- Stresses the importance of institutional frameworks as identified
in the outcomes of major UN conferences and summits;
1.4 The role of the UN system, including the Bretton Woods Institutions
and the WTO and other relevant institutional stakeholders
- Emphasizes that the United Nations system has an important responsibility
to assist Governments to stay fully engaged in the follow up to and implementation
of agreements and commitments reached at the conferences; and invites its
intergovernmental bodies to further promote the implementation of the outcomes
of the major United Nations conferences and summits;
- Calls upon the governing bodies of the funds and programmes to ensure
that the policy guidance from the General Assembly and the Economic and Social
Council on the implementation of the outcomes of major United Nations conferences
and summits is integrated into their programme of work and translated into
their operational activities;
- Stresses that the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the
United Nations system should incorporate into their programme of work, in
accordance with their respective mandates, the outcomes of the major UN conferences
and summits, and take them into account for the operational work and country
frameworks of the United Nations system organizations, in accordance with
national development objectives and priorities;
- Recommends greater cooperation at the national, regional and international
levels among the UN organizations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations,
based on a clear understanding and respect of their respective mandates and
governance structures;
- Calls for enhanced coordination among heads of international agencies
to ensure integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of the
major United Nations conferences and summits;
- Underlines, in this context, that the inter-agency guidelines for
operational activities for development of the United Nations system and the
work of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination and the United Nations
Development Group should reflect the agreements and commitments reached at
the major United Nations conferences and summits;
- Invites the Secretary-General, utilizing the United Nations system
Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to further promote system-wide inter-agency
coordination and cooperation to implement the agreements and commitments reached
at conferences; and requests the Secretary-General to continue to report on
the CEB's activities in this regard;
- Recognizes the progress achieved towards a more coherent United Nations
performance in the development field, as reflected by a new culture of shared
responsibility, cooperation and coordination among the members of the United
Nations Development Group; in this regard, invites the Administrator of UNDP,
in his capacity as chair of UNDG, to present, on a regular basis, to the coordination
segment of ECOSOC, the activities carried out by UNDG related to the integrated
and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of major United Nations conferences
and summits;
- Emphasizes that the agencies should continue to improve their operational
guidelines, results-based management and multi-year work programmes, and deepen
further inter-agency co-operation on the implementation of conference outcomes;
- Emphasizes the importance of ensuring, under the leadership of national
governments, greater consistency between the strategic frameworks developed
by the United Nations funds, programmes and agencies and the Bretton Woods
institutions, and the national poverty reduction strategies, including the
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, where they exist;
- Calls upon the regional commissions within their respective mandates
to further strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of their activities and
improve their coordination with the entire United Nations system with regard
to the implementation and the review of the outcomes of major United Nations
conferences and summits, in order to ensure the achievement of the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
- Reiterates the need for substantial increase in resources for operational
activities for development, on a predictable, continuous and assured basis,
to enable the United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies to
contribute effectively to the implementation of the outcomes of the major
United Nations conferences and summits;
- Reiterates also the need for continuous overall improvement in the effectiveness,
efficiency, management and impact of the United Nations system in delivering
its development assistance;
- Affirms that the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization
have an important role to play in the implementation of the outcomes of the
major United Nations conferences and summits and in this regard welcomes their
efforts to deepen further their interaction with the UN and engagement with
the financing for development process in particular, and encourages them to
continue their efforts to ensure the effective implementation of commitments
reached in the Monterrey Consensus with the aim of achieving the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
- Calls for greater coherence, coordination and cooperation between
the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization,
and other relevant institutional stakeholders such as regional development
banks and other organizations, at international, regional and national levels,
within their respective competencies, mandates and comparative advantages,
and working with recipient governments in full accordance with their national
priorities with a view to achieving increased complementarity and better division
of labour in their activities;
1.5 The role of other relevant stakeholders including civil society and the
private sector
- Underlines the importance of the contribution of civil society, including
non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to the implementation
of conference outcomes;
- Stresses the importance of promoting corporate environmental and social
responsibility and accountability. This would include actions at all levels
to:
(a) Encourage industry to improve social and environmental performance
through voluntary initiatives, including environmental management systems,
codes of conduct, certification and public reporting on environmental and
social issues, taking into account such initiatives as the International Organization
for Standardization standards and Global Reporting Initiative guidelines on
sustainability reporting, bearing in mind principle 11 of the Rio Declaration
on Environment and Development;
(b) Encourage dialogue between enterprises and the communities in which they
operate and other stakeholders;
(c) Encourage financial institutions to incorporate sustainable development
considerations into their decision-making processes;
(d) Develop workplace-based partnerships and programmes, including training
and education programmes;
1.6 Review of progress in the implementation of the outcomes of major United
Nations conferences and summits
- Stresses the utmost importance of regular review, in accordance with
the provisions defined by the respective outcomes and follow-up processes,
of the progress made in the implementation of the commitments undertaken at
individual major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social
and related fields;
- Reviewing is important for assessing the progress made in the implementation
of commitments at all levels;
- Stresses also that all reviewing and follow-up processes of major United
Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields
must focus on the review of the progress made in the implementation of commitments;
- Emphasizes that the review of major United Nations conferences and
summits should, inter alia, identify constraints and obstacles faced in relation
to implementation;
- Stresses the need to make maximum use of existing United Nations
mechanisms for the purpose of reviewing implementation of commitments made
within the UN system in key areas of development, and in this regard:
(a) Recalls the role of UNCTAD as focal point within the United Nations for
the integrated treatment of trade and development and the interrelated issues
in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development
and invites the Trade and Development Board to contribute, within its mandate,
to the implementation and to the review of progress made in the implementation
of the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits, under its
relevant agenda items;
(b) Invites ECOSOC to invite the President of the Trade and Development Board
to present the outcomes of such reviews to the Economic and Social Council;
(c) Invites ECOSOC to include the representatives of the Trade and Development
Board in the high-level meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods institutions
and the World Trade Organization;
(d) Reiterates the importance of making fuller use and strengthening the General
Assembly and ECOSOC, as well as the relevant intergovernmental/governing bodies
of other institutional stakeholders, for the purpose of conference follow-up
and coordination, and in this regard, decides to assess during its 58th session
the functioning of the follow-up mechanisms set up in Monterrey in accordance
with Chapter III of the Monterrey Consensus;
- Invites Member States as well as organizations of the United Nations
system including the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization
and non-governmental actors to contribute to the review and follow-up processes
of major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and
related fields, consistent with their mandates, through assessment of progress
made in the implementation of their respective commitments in accordance with
the provisions of the outcomes of the respective United Nations summits and
conferences;
- Reaffirms the importance of indicators for the review of the progress
made in the implementation of all the commitments of the major United Nations
conferences and summits;
- Emphasizes that the indicators used by the Secretariat in the context
of the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to major
UN conferences and summits should be developed with the full participation
of all countries and approved by the relevant intergovernmental bodies;
- Reiterates that the Statistical Commission is the intergovernmental
focal point for the elaboration and the review of the indicators used by the
United Nations system for the integrated and coordinated implementation of
and follow up to the major United Nations conferences and summits at all levels.
In this regard, encourages continued efforts by the Statistical Commission
to further improve the list of indicators on the outcomes of the major conferences
and summits in the economic, social and related fields, including methodological
and technical refinement of the existing indicators;
- Stresses the need to apply and further develop indicators on means
of implementation to evaluate progress towards conference goals in creating
an enabling environment for development;
- Calls upon the UN funds and programmes, functional and regional commissions
and specialized agencies to keep under review the full range of indicators
used in their reports and information networks with full participation and
ownership of Member States, with a view to avoiding duplication, as well as
ensuring the transparency, consistency and reliability of these indicators;
- Stresses the importance of building statistical capacity in all countries,
including through statistical training, and of effective international support
in this context for developing countries; and urges countries, United Nations
funds and programmes, the Secretariat, bilateral funding agencies, the Bretton
Woods institutions and regional funding agencies to mobilize the required
resources and coordinate their efforts to support national statistical capacity-building
in developing countries, in particular in least developed countries;
- Emphasizes in this regard the importance of the simplification and
harmonization of requests of the United Nations system for reports by Member
States, encourages further the collaboration between the various international
organizations in the field of statistics, and calls upon the concerned bodies/agencies
of the United Nations to adopt, in consultation with Member States, simplified
and harmonized methods and, in this regard, to support developing countries,
where needed and requested, in the preparation of reports based on national
data and statistics;
- Stresses the need for continued intergovernmental assessment within
existing mechanisms of the performance of the United Nations system in fulfilling
its mandates with regard to the implementation of the outcomes of the major
United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related
fields bearing in mind, inter alia, the work in the UN Evaluation Group, Results
Oriented Annual Report methodologies (ROAR) and practices in other development
agencies;
2. Integrated and coordinated follow-up to the outcomes of major UN conferences
and summits
2.1. The role of the General Assembly
- Reiterates the need to strengthen its role as the highest intergovernmental
mechanism for the formulation and appraisal of policy on matters relating
to coordinated and integrated follow up to United Nations conferences and
summits in the economic and social fields;
- Recommends greater consultation between the presidents and the bureaux
of the GA and ECOSOC to improve coordination between the GA and ECOSOC, with
the objective, inter alia, of contributing to a better consideration of the
integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow up to the outcomes
of major United Nations conferences and summits;
- Decides to include in the annual agenda of the General Assembly an
item entitled "Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow up
to the outcomes of the major conferences and summits in the economic, social
and related fields"; further decides to consider, under this item, the assessment
of the implementation of the outcomes of the conferences and summits, and
its impact on the achievement of the conferences' goals and targets, and to
provide the necessary guidance for the further implementation of and follow
up to these outcomes; taking note in this regard of the emerging practice
of holding high-level plenary meetings in the context of the general debate
of the General Assembly; decides, in this regard, to consider, under this
item, the chapters of ECOSOC's annual report relevant to the integrated and
coordinated implementation of and follow up to the outcomes of the major United
Nations conferences and summits, including through the participation of the
President of ECOSOC in its discussions, and invites the Secretary-General
to submit a report on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and
follow up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits in the economic,
social and related fields;
2.2 The role of ECOSOC
Functional commissions
Regional commissions
Governing bodies of funds and programmes
- Reiterates that the Economic and Social Council should continue to
strengthen its role as the central mechanism for system-wide coordination
and thus promote the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up
to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences in the economic, social
and related fields in accordance with the United Nations Charter and General
Assembly resolution 50/227;
- Decides that ECOSOC should review through a cross-sectoral approach
the progress in implementation of the outcomes of the major UN conferences
and summits and their follow-up processes, and assess its impact on the achievement
of the conference's goals and targets. This review and assessment should be
carried out on an annual basis focusing on a particular common cross-sectoral
thematic issue, at the ECOSOC's coordination segment, on the basis, inter
alia, of a report to be submitted by the Secretary-General;
- Requests, in this regard, the ECOSOC to establish, not later than 2004,
a multiyear work programme for the coordination segment, based on a focused
and balanced list of cross-sectoral thematic issues, common to the outcomes
of major conferences and summits, including the objectives, goals and targets
of the Millennium Declaration while respecting decisions to be taken by the
Council regarding themes for 2004, bearing in mind decisions already taken
by the Council regarding themes. This multi-year programme will enable the
UN system and relevant stakeholders to better prepare their contributions
to these discussions, in accordance with the rules of procedures of the ECOSOC;
- Underlines that the theme of the high-level segment could be related to
the theme of the coordination segment, respecting decisions already made by
the Council, thus enabling the Council to address both the policy and system-wide
coordination aspects of the theme;
- Invites ECOSOC to consider modalities for implementing necessary arrangements
regarding the cross-sectoral thematic issues;
- Invites functional commissions and relevant follow up mechanisms, as appropriate,
to contribute, from their specific perspectives, to the assessment by Economic
and Social Council of the cross-sectoral thematic issue selected for the coordination
segment, including through the possible participation of their chairpersons,
suitably mandated, in the discussions of the cross sectoral thematic issue
in the Council;
- Requests each Functional Commission to examine its methods of work in order
to pursue better the implementation of outcomes of the Conferences, recognizing
that there is no need for a uniform approach since each functional commission
has its own specificity, while also noting that modern methods of work can
better guarantee the review of progress in implementation at all levels, on
the basis of a report with recommendations to be submitted by the Secretary-General
to each functional commission and relevant subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC on
their methods of work in accordance with the provisions defined by the respective
outcomes and relevant decisions taken by each body, bearing in mind progress
recently achieved in this regard by certain commissions, especially CSD. The
functional commissions and other relevant bodies of ECOSOC should report to
ECOSOC no later than 2005 on the outcome of this examination;
- Underscores that the functional commissions, when mandated, should continue
to have the primary responsibility for the review and assessment of progress
made in implementing UN conference documents while taking on a new focus in
their methods of work;
- Invites the Functional Commissions to consider in their deliberations experiences
and lessons learned by the United Nations Funds and Programmes in the implementation
the outcomes of major UN conferences and summits;
- Urges ECOSOC to make better use of the existing consolidated report by the
Secretary-General on the Commissions' work and to dedicate more time to its
review;
- Requests the Statistical Commission to refine and finalize indicators to
assess the implementation of commitments and the achievement of the development
goals at national, regional and international levels;
- Recognizes the role of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development,
in the area of science and technology for development, as a forum for improving
the understanding of science and technology issues and for the formulation
of recommendations and guidelines on science and technology matters within
both the United Nations system and the framework of integrated and coordinated
implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and
summits;
- Invites the United Nations regional commissions in collaboration with other
regional and subregional organizations and processes, as appropriate to contribute,
within their mandates, to the review of progress in the implementation of
and follow-up to the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits
and to provide input to the ECOSOC discussions on the cross sectoral thematic
issues to be addressed in the coordination segment, in accordance with the
rules of procedure of ECOSOC;
- Invites the organizations of the United Nations system, including the Bretton
Woods institutions as well as the World Trade Organization, to contribute,
within their respective mandates, to the Economic and Social Council's consideration
of the cross sectoral thematic issue;
- Invites the CEB to contribute to the Economic and Social Council's consideration
of the cross sectoral thematic issue;
- Emphasizes that the contribution of non-governmental organizations and the
private sector to the work of the Economic and Social Council should be further
encouraged and improved, in accordance with the rules of procedures of the
Council
2.3 The role of the UN System including specialized agencies
- Calls for making the maximum use of the existing coordination mechanisms
of the UN system in order to contribute to the integrated and coordinated
implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes and commitments of the major
UN conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields as a
focus on the international agenda;
3. Consideration of the work of the Plenary of the General Assembly and
its Second and Third Committees relevant to the implementation of and follow-up
to the major UN conferences and summits, including the modalities of reports
presented to the General Assembly
- Stresses the need to enhance the GA's role in conference follow-up
and in reviewing progress on implementation, by ensuring that the working
methods of its plenary sessions and Committees allow maximum focus, visibility
and political energy in its work;
- Decides to continue to explore ways and means for improving the work
of the Second and Third Committees, including through more active participation
of the United Nations system and all relevant intergovernmental stakeholders;
- Notes that the consideration by the Second Committee and the Third Committee
well as by the Plenary of the General Assembly of relevant agendas items should
be coherent with the process of integrated and coordinated implementation
of and follow up to the major United Nations conferences and summits in the
economic and social fields;
- Reiterates the need to promote greater coherence and complementarity
between the work of the GA Plenary, Second and Third Committees. For this
purpose the General Committee of the General Assembly should ensure better
coordination of the agendas of the Second and Third Committees. The two bureaux
should review their respective programmes of work in order to exchange information
on the issues discussed in each, identify potential areas of overlap or duplication
and examine means of considering in a more coordinated manner issues related
to the follow up of the major United Nations conferences and make recommendations
thereon to their respective committees;
- Recommends that consideration be given to the use of joint informal
debate that can inform the work of each Committee. Better use could be made
of the GA plenary debate for issues that are considered by both committees;
- Recommends in this context the consideration by the Second Committee
at its 58th session of the indicative programme of work set out in the Annex,
and to make a decision by December 2003;
- Invites the Bureau of the Second Committee to ensure a practical and coherent
organization of the work of the Committee, allowing better focus, visibility
and participation;
- Encourages the United Nations system to continue to improve its reports
and to make them more analytical and action-oriented, by highlighting critical
areas requiring action by the General Assembly and, as appropriate, by making
specific recommendations. All documents should be provided in hard copy within
the specific timetables and page limits and in all official United Nations
languages simultaneously. Efforts should continue to be made to have all the
documentation, in all official languages, available in electronic form;
- Underlines that reports under the agenda items of the Second and
Third Committees should continue to follow established reporting procedures,
taking into account processes launched by res. 57/300;
- Recognizes the need to avoid requesting duplicative reports from
the Secretary-General;
- Recommends that debates in the plenary, Second and Third Committees
be more interactive and encourages the participation of relevant stakeholders
in accordance with the rules and procedures of the General Assembly. In this
regard, invites the bureaus to consider greater use of round tables, briefings
and panels to inform the intergovernmental deliberations;
- Reiterates that in order to strengthen the link between debates and resolutions
in the Second Committee, draft resolutions should continue to be tabled shortly
after the relevant debates on the agenda items and should take account of
the debates;
- Recommends also that in order to ensure that they have greater political
impact, resolutions should be short, in particular as regards pre-ambular
parts and focus more on action-oriented operative paragraphs;
- Underlines that consideration should be given to the bi- or tri-ennialisation
of agenda items;
4. How best to address the review of the implementation of the outcomes
of the major United Nations conferences and summits, including format and
periodicity
- Conference reviews and appraisals should assess the progress made in implementation
of commitments and provide the occasion to reaffirm the goals and objectives
agreed at the major United Nations conferences and summits, share best practices
and lessons learned, and identify obstacles and constraints encountered, actions
and initiatives to overcome them and important measures for the further implementation
of their programmes of action as well as new challenges and emerging issues;
- Recognizes that the United Nations conferences and summits play a crucial
role in raising awareness, mobilizing political will, public opinion, engaging
civil society and the private sector and to take stock of the implementation
of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits by all
relevant stakeholders at all levels;
- Emphasizes that the periodicity and the format of the review of implementation
of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits, should
be decided on a case-by-case basis by the General Assembly, bearing in mind
the relevant specific provisions, taking into account the needs, concerns
and specific nature of the issue and the economic and political circumstances
and developments and also bearing in mind the need to continue efforts to
use the existing structures as well as the calendar of major UN events;
- Emphasizes that the review processes should be focused on implementation;
- Stresses that there is scope for a major event in 2005, possibly a comprehensive
review, which could be politically attractive and powerful, bearing in mind
that the General Assembly has decided to review in 2005 the progress achieved
towards implementing all the commitments made in the Millennium Declaration
on the basis of a comprehensive report of the Secretary Genera
Annex
Indicative programme of work (2nd Committee)
1. Macroeconomic policy questions
a) International trade and development
b) Science and technology for development
c) International financial system and development
d) External debt crisis and development
e) Commodities
2. Implementation of and follow-up to the Monterrey Consensus
a) Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for
Development
b) High-level dialogue for the implementation of the outcome of the International
Conference on Financing for Development (58th)
c) High-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for
development through partnership
3. Globalization and interdependence
4. Eradication of poverty, capacity building and other development
issues
a) Implementation of the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication
of Poverty (1997-2006)
b) Women in development
c) Human resources development (58th)
d) International migration and development (58th)
e) Culture and development (59th)
f) Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit
origin and returning such assets to the countries of origin
g) Training and research United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy (58th) United Nations University
(59th)
h) Implementation of the Declaration on International Economic cooperation,
in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing
countries, and implementation of the International Development Strategy for
the Fourth United Nations Development Decade
i) Industrial development cooperation (59th)
5. Sustainable development
a) Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development b) Further implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States
c) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind
e) Sustainable mountain development
Also an item in the plenary
f) United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
g) Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation
of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 (58th)
h) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly
in Africa
i) Convention on Biological Diversity
6. Habitat
a) Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations conference
on Human Settlements (HABITAT II) and of the 25th special session of the General
Assembly
7. Operational activities for development
a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations
system
b) Triennial Policy Review of Operational Activities for Development of the
United Nations system (59th)
c) Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (58th)
8. Groups of countries in special situations
a) Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
b) Specific actions relating to the particular needs and problems of landlocked
developed countries (58th)
c) Outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit
Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development
Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation
d) Integration of the economies in transition into the world economy (59th)
9. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population
in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources
10. Report of the Economic and Social Council
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