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Environment debated
UNITED NATIONS ACTWITIES
LINIGA
Environment Debated During the lh~rty-~'iixthse.;sion of ;So Genera~ Assembly, the Second Committte acid a substafiliv~' debate .n agend~ item 69(j) -- i.e., Developmoot ,ind hiternational Economic Get,petal on: Environment. Severzl draft resolutions were pro:~osed and the Committee recomriende~~ ~. the G.A. the adoption c/ the fol|ownig: Problems of Remnants of War (see page_ ?6- Se,,.sio~l of a Special Character o/ t~ , ' Governing Cotxneil of UNEP to be ~Jehl ir 798" ~ee page 96), together wkh an ann~" ,,'ontainmg the draft prmrisio:,ai agend -f the meeting. "['his t~cludes inter ilia, the topics ' 'a :evi~w of the male r ~lehievements in the ira3 °.menta~ion cf
the a¢ t on plan for the human environ~nent" and "future perspectives, action ard international co-operation in the fll,td of the environment, and majm ;nvironmental trends to be ~dress~(i by the United Nations ~ v~ronm 'lit Progr~trrme over the .xt ten years". Amendments to the: rules of proced,lres of the G o v e ~ a g Council for t[,e session are also ir,=luded in the anne~:; lmpleme~ltatiorr " n the SudanoSahedcn Region oJ th,~ Plan of Action to CW,rabat DesertiJ'~'ation (see page 97): 5?~udy on Financing the Plan of Actio~'t to Combat Desertification (see page 9g); Internatioltal Co-operation h i th!> ~'ield of the ~m,iro~ment (see page q ~).
During the same period, the "1bird Comm~aee of the Economic a'M Social Council recommended to he G A the adoption of 20 draft res~fludons, including one on the "Exchaage of lnft~rmation on ~anned H~;zardous Chemical~ and Unsafe Phvlmacevtical Pro_',w!¢' (see page 99). At it~ ' l ~ l plenary meeting, the General Asst. ~ adopted a :e~olut~on o n the historwa, ,es;,. ,. ,bihr, t f 3tates for the p~eservatio~ of nature fi~r preseat and future genes'aliens ~nd on a Draft World Charter for Nata:e (see Env{ronmental Policy and Luw 6 (1) (1980) and 8 (1) 119S27 p. 40), The resolutions as adopted arc pfineed on page 96. []
Draft Conven!Jon ior W~der Caribbean Region*
Th~ p "Ol~roonl o,~ rocl manorovt: trees p evide a ',l~b ~ti~qtJal barrier against hurricanes.
The Exc,:ntive Dk'eclor .,~f ~b.e United Nations Environment !~.<~gramme (UNEP) convened the M.~eting of Legal Expertg on the draft regional agleements for :he WiOer Caribbean Begion at the UN H~-~dquarters in I'qe~. York frame 7-11 <~ecomber 1981. The purl'~se of the meeting '.v,,. begin negoti~tiros, at the c~pe~t level, on a conventi, ,n for tile pro cction '.~rJ developmem of the loarille ,nd cot al environment of t~e Widt. Carib;:~an Region and .~ as..~ment ,-oncemir,,g co-operation m coral: ~tfing oil spi~is a; the Wider Caribbean.
Courtesy,M. 8uee~er * See also Environraemat Poh~ y and ( }l 0981) pate IZI. G3]~ .777X/;32/000(.~0000/502,7!!
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LINIGA
Environment Debated During the lh~rty-~'iixthse.;sion of ;So Genera~ Assembly, the Second Committte acid a substafiliv~' debate .n agend~ item 69(j) -- i.e., Developmoot ,ind hiternational Economic Get,petal on: Environment. Severzl draft resolutions were pro:~osed and the Committee recomriende~~ ~. the G.A. the adoption c/ the fol|ownig: Problems of Remnants of War (see page_ ?6- Se,,.sio~l of a Special Character o/ t~ , ' Governing Cotxneil of UNEP to be ~Jehl ir 798" ~ee page 96), together wkh an ann~" ,,'ontainmg the draft prmrisio:,ai agend -f the meeting. "['his t~cludes inter ilia, the topics ' 'a :evi~w of the male r ~lehievements in the ira3 °.menta~ion cf
the a¢ t on plan for the human environ~nent" and "future perspectives, action ard international co-operation in the fll,td of the environment, and majm ;nvironmental trends to be ~dress~(i by the United Nations ~ v~ronm 'lit Progr~trrme over the .xt ten years". Amendments to the: rules of proced,lres of the G o v e ~ a g Council for t[,e session are also ir,=luded in the anne~:; lmpleme~ltatiorr " n the SudanoSahedcn Region oJ th,~ Plan of Action to CW,rabat DesertiJ'~'ation (see page 97): 5?~udy on Financing the Plan of Actio~'t to Combat Desertification (see page 9g); Internatioltal Co-operation h i th!> ~'ield of the ~m,iro~ment (see page q ~).
During the same period, the "1bird Comm~aee of the Economic a'M Social Council recommended to he G A the adoption of 20 draft res~fludons, including one on the "Exchaage of lnft~rmation on ~anned H~;zardous Chemical~ and Unsafe Phvlmacevtical Pro_',w!¢' (see page 99). At it~ ' l ~ l plenary meeting, the General Asst. ~ adopted a :e~olut~on o n the historwa, ,es;,. ,. ,bihr, t f 3tates for the p~eservatio~ of nature fi~r preseat and future genes'aliens ~nd on a Draft World Charter for Nata:e (see Env{ronmental Policy and Luw 6 (1) (1980) and 8 (1) 119S27 p. 40), The resolutions as adopted arc pfineed on page 96. []
Draft Conven!Jon ior W~der Caribbean Region*
Th~ p "Ol~roonl o,~ rocl manorovt: trees p evide a ',l~b ~ti~qtJal barrier against hurricanes.
The Exc,:ntive Dk'eclor .,~f ~b.e United Nations Environment !~.<~gramme (UNEP) convened the M.~eting of Legal Expertg on the draft regional agleements for :he WiOer Caribbean Begion at the UN H~-~dquarters in I'qe~. York frame 7-11 <~ecomber 1981. The purl'~se of the meeting '.v,,. begin negoti~tiros, at the c~pe~t level, on a conventi, ,n for tile pro cction '.~rJ developmem of the loarille ,nd cot al environment of t~e Widt. Carib;:~an Region and .~ as..~ment ,-oncemir,,g co-operation m coral: ~tfing oil spi~is a; the Wider Caribbean.
Courtesy,M. 8uee~er * See also Environraemat Poh~ y and ( }l 0981) pate IZI. G3]~ .777X/;32/000(.~0000/502,7!!
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