8/11 - World Conservation Strategy

Eoting the wisdom, in the interests of mankind, of development patterns aimed at maintaining essential ecological processes and life support systems, preserving genetic diversity and ensuring the sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems,

Recognizing the primary responsibility of Governments for development policies and plans to meet those aims,

1. Congratu1ates. the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Tlorld Wildlife Fund and all concerned with the formulation, publication and launching of the World Conservation Strategy

2. Welcomes the co-operation of organizations of the United Nations system, especially the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, in the preparation and implementation of the Strategy;

3. Calls upon organizations within the United Nations system to take those recommendations of the Strategy which are appropriate to their functions into account when preparing their plans;

1. Requests the Executive Director to continue to stimulate further conceptual elaboration and practical action in the area of integrated approach to environment and development"

2. Urges the Executive Director to explore concrete possibilities for establishing effective links between the knowledge and experience of the United Nations Environment Prograrmie in this area and development planning, with special emphasis on ways and means of developing closer mutual co-operation among developing countries;

3. Calls on the Executive Director to preuare a programme for the participation of the United Nations Environment Programme in the efforts of the international community to devise ways and means for the implementation of the new international development strategy, and to take the main goals and policy measures of that strategy fully into account in the formulation and implementation of future perspective documents and system-.wide medium-term environment programmes..,

4. Further rp sts the Executive Director to report to the Governing Council at its tenth session on the activities and plans of the Programme in this respect.