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Type du document
Décision
Numéro de référence
Decision 25/11:
Date
Nov 1, 2016
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Statut
active
Réunion
The 25th session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF)
Site web
www.informea.org
Résumé
The Governing Council, Recalling its decision 21/23 of 9 February 2001 on the Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law for the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century, Recalling also the mandate of the United Nations Environment Programme in the field of the environment as reflected in Agenda 21,33 the Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mandate of the United Nations Environment Programme, the Malmö Ministerial Declaration34 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 adopted by the General Assembly in resolution S-19/2 on the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, Recalling further the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development,35 which emphasized the need for full implementation of decision SS.VII/1 on international environmental governance of 15 February 2002, Recalling that the United Nations Environment Programme was to prepare a fourth programme for the development and periodic review of environmental law,36 Having considered the outcome of the meeting of senior government officials expert in environmental law held in Nairobi from 29 September to 3 October 2008 to prepare a fourth programme for the development and periodic review of environmental law, 1. Adopts the fourth Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law, as set out in annex I to the report of the meeting of senior government officials expert in environmental law to prepare a fourth programme for the development and periodic review of environmental law,37 as a broad strategy for the international law community and the United Nations Environment Programme in formulating the activities in the field of environmental law for the decade commencing in 2010; 2. Requests the Executive Director to implement the programme, subject to the availability of resources, in a manner fully consistent with the programmes of work of the United Nations Environment Programme, as approved by the Governing Council and for the period 2010–2013 taking into account the United Nations Environment Programme medium-term strategy; 3. Also requests the Executive Director to implement the programme in close collaboration with States, conferences of the Parties to and secretariats of multilateral environmental agreements, other international organizations, non-State stakeholders and individuals, while fully respecting the mandate of multilateral environmental agreements; 4. Further requests the Executive Director to undertake a midterm review of the implementation and effectiveness of the Programme no later than at the twenty-eighth session of the Governing Council in 2015 and to report at the thirtieth session in 2019 on the impact of the Programme.