-- 19th Governing Council Session - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) --

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19th Governing Council Session

Report of the Governing Council on the work of its nineteenth session

OTHER MATTERS

ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

CLOSURE OF THE SESSION

ANNEXES

INTRODUCTION

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

ADOPTION OF DECISIONS

Coordination and cooperation within and outside the United Nations system (decisions 19/9 A to E)
Progress report on good environmental housekeeping practices and guidelines in the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations system (decision 19/10)
Issues arising from the resolutions of the General Assembly at its fiftieth and fifty-first session specifically calling for action by the United Nations Environment Programme (decision 19/11)
Participation of the United Nations Environment Programme in the work of the Global Environment Facility (decision 19/12)
Chemicals management (decisions 19/13 A to D)
Strengthening of the regional offices of the United Nations Environment Programme (decision 19/31)
Water management (decisions 19/14 A to E)
International Coral Reef Initiative (decision 19/15)
Biosafety (decision 19/16)
Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa: 1995-1996 (decision 19/17)
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (decision 19/18)
Mid-term review of the Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law for the 1990s and further development of international environmental law aiming at sustainable development (decision 19/20)
International conventions and protocols in the field of the environment (decision 19/21)
The Environment Fund budgets: revised proposals for 1996-1997 and proposals for 1998-1999 (decision 19/22)
Ensuring adequate and predictable funding for the United Nations Environment Programme (decision 19/23)
Trust funds (decisions 19/24 A and B)
Revision of the Financial Rules of the Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme and revision of the General Procedures Governing the Operations of the Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme (decision 19/25)
Environment Fund: financial report and audited accounts for the biennium 1994-1995 ended 31 December 1995 (decision 19/26)
Developments in conference-servicing (decision 19/27)
Enhancing human-resource utilization within the United Nations Environment Programme, while ensuring the complementary and appropriate use of individual and corporate consultancies (decision 19/28)
Management issues (decisions 19/29 A and B)
Mercure satellite communications system (decision 19/30)
Governance of the United Nations Environment Programme (decision 19/32)
Other Decisions
Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mandate of the United Nations Environment Programme (decision 19/1)
Contribution of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to the special session of the General Assembly in 1997 (decision 19/2)
Report on the Global Environment Outlook (decision 19/3)
Global assessment (decision 19/4)
Estimates of costs for the United Nations Environment Programme to implement fully those parts of Agenda 21 recommended for its attention (decision 19/5)
Globalization and the environment: emerging issues on the trade and environment agenda (decision 19/6)
The United Nations Environment Programme and the role of women in environment and development (decision 19/7)
The environmental situation in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories (decision 19/8)

POLICY ISSUES

PREPARATION FOR THE 1997 REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF AGENDA 21

PROGRAMME MATTERS

THE ENVIRONMENT FUND AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER BUDGETARY MATTERS

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