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15th Governing Council Session

Report of the Governing Council on its work of its Fifteenth Session

INTRODUCTION

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

ADOPTION OF DECISION

System-wide medium-term environment programme for the period 1990-1995 (decision 15/21)
Report of the Secretary-General on the effects on the environment of the dumping of nuclear wastes (decision 15/22)
Progress in the protection of the ozone layer (decision 15/35)
Global climate change (decision 15/36)
Desertification (decisions 15/23 A to D)
The regional office system (decision 15/15)
Economic crisis, foreign debt and the environment (decision 15/6).
Sixth Ministerial Meeting on the Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean (decision 15/16).
Co-operation between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (decision 15/7).
The environmental situation in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories (decision 15/8)
International co-operation for the protection of mankind and the environment against the devastating effects of chemical and other weapons of mass destruction (decision 15/9).
Regional and sub-regional programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean (decision 15/17)
Reports of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination (15/11)
Environmentally safe management of chemicals, in particular those that are banned and severely restricted, in international trade (decision 15/30)
Shared natural resources and legal aspects of offshore mining and drilling (decision 15/32)
Progress in the control of Trans-boundary movements of hazardous wastes (decision 15/33)
Preparation of an international legal instrument on the biological diversity of the planet (decision 15/34)
Provision of language facilities for meetings of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (decision 15/12)
State-of-the-environment reports (decisions 15/13 A to c)
Preservation and management of cultural and natural heritage in Western Asia (decision 15/19).
Programme budget of the United Nationals Environment Programme for the biennium 1990-1991 (decision15/20)
Harmonization of environmental measurements (decision 15/38)
Industrial accidents (decision 15/39)
INFOTERRA The International Environmental Information System (decision 15/40)
Environmental impact assessment (decision 15/41)
Additional sources of funding (decision 15/42)
Trust funds (decision 15/43)
The Environment Fund: financial report and audited accounts for the biennium 1986-1987 ended 31 December 1987 (decision 15/44)
Programme and programme support costs (decision 15/45)
Management of the Environment Fund in the biennium 1988-1989 and use of resources in the period 1990-1993 (decision 154/46)
A United Nations center for urgent environmental assistance (decision 15/10)
Co-operation between the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) (decision 15/18)
The regional office system (decision 15/14)
United Nations conference on environment and development (decision 15/3)
Economic and Social Council at its sessions in 1987 and 1988 (decision 15/2).
Special session of the Governing Council in 1990 (decision 15/4)
Contribution of the Governing Council to be preparation of an international development strategy fore the fourth United National development decade (decision 15/5)
Oil pollution of the Red Sea (decision 15/25)
Plan of action for the surveillance, ecological assessment and clearance of war-related pollution, objects and wrecks in the sea area of the Kuwait Action Plan region (decision 15/26)
Precautionary approach to marine pollution, including waste-dumping at sea (decision 15/27)
International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (decision 15/28)
List of selected environmentally harmful chemical substances, processes and phenomena of global significance (decision 15/29)
Strengthening the role and effectiveness of the United Nations Environment Programme
Sustainable agriculture (decision 15/24)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORTS AND FOLLOW-UP OF THE RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS OF THE FORTY-SECOND ANDFORTY-THIRD SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

STATE-OF-THE-ENVIRONMENT REPORTS

Coordination QUESTIONS

PROGRAMME MATTERS, INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN OF ACTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

THE ENVIRONMENT FUND AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS

PROVISIONAL AGENDA, DATE AND PLACE OF THE SIXTEENTH SESSION OF THE COUNCIL

OTHER MATTERS

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

CLOSURE OF THE SESSION

Annexes

DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT ITS FIFTEENTH SESSION