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NATIONS

                                                    Distr.
                                                    GENERAL

                                                    E/1993/25/Add.1
                                                    E/CN.17/1993/3/Add.1
                                                    30 June 1993

                                                    ORIGINAL:  ENGLISH

Substantive session of 1993
28 June to 30 July 1993


            REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ON ITS
                                  FIRST SESSION*

                            (New York, 14-25 June 1993)

__________

     *    The present document is a mimeographed version of the report of the
Commission on Sustainable Development on its first session.  The final
report will be issued in Official Records of the Economic and Social
Council, 1993, Supplement No. 5A (E/1993/25/Add.1).

                                     CONTENTS

Chapter

  I.  MATTERS CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OR
      BROUGHT TO ITS ATTENTION ........................................

      A.  Adoption of a multi-year thematic programme of work of the
          Commission ..................................................

      B.  Issues relating to the future work of the Commission ........

      C.  Exchange of information regarding the implementation of
          Agenda 21 at the national level:  guidelines to the
          secretariat for organizing information provided by
          Governments, including information in the form of periodic
          communications or national reports and national Agenda 21
          action plans regarding the activities they undertake to
          implement Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as those
          related to financial resources and technology transfer, and
          other environmental and development issues they find relevant

      D.  Progress in the incorporation of recommendations of the
          United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in
          the activities of international organizations, and measures
          undertaken by the Administrative Committee on Coordination to
          ensure that sustainable development principles are
          incorporated in programmes and processes within the United
          Nations system ..............................................

      E.  Progress achieved in facilitating and promoting the transfer
          of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and
          capacity-building ...........................................

      F.  Initial financial commitments, financial flows and
          arrangements to give effect to the decisions of the United
          Nations Conference on Environment and Development from all
          available funding sources and mechanisms ....................

      G.  Provisional agenda for the second session of the Commission .

 II.  CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY OF THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ..

III.  ADOPTION OF A MULTI-YEAR THEMATIC PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR THE
      COMMISSION ......................................................

 IV.  ISSUES RELATING TO THE FUTURE WORK OF THE COMMISSION ............

  V.  EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 21
      AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ...........................................

 VI.  PROGRESS IN THE INCORPORATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED
      NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE
      ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND MEASURES
      UNDERTAKEN BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION TO
      ENSURE THAT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES ARE INCORPORATED
      IN PROGRAMMES AND PROCESSES WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM ....

VII.  PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN FACILITATING AND PROMOTING THE TRANSFER OF
      ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY, COOPERATION AND CAPACITY-
      BUILDING ........................................................

VIII. INITIAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, FINANCIAL FLOWS AND ARRANGEMENTS
      TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE DECISIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
      ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FROM ALL AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES
      AND MECHANISMS ..................................................

 IX.  PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMISSION .....

  X.  OTHER MATTERS ...................................................

 XI.  ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION .....................................

      A.  Opening and duration of the session .........................

      B.  Attendance ..................................................

      C.  Election of officers ........................................

      D.  Agenda and organization of work .............................

Annex.  LIST OF DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT ITS FIRST SESSION ..

                                     Chapter I

               MATTERS CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
                        COUNCIL OR BROUGHT TO ITS ATTENTION

              A.  Adoption of a multi-year thematic programme of work
                  of the Commission

1.   The Commission approved its multi-year thematic programme of work as
contained in the annex to the present decision.

2.   The Commission, in its deliberations under thematic clusters
included in the multi-year programme of work, will ensure an integrated
approach to environment and development, taking full account of the
principles of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development  and
all other aspects of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, as well as paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 47/191
and the cross-linkages between and among sectoral and cross-sectoral
components of relevant chapters and related programme areas of Agenda 21.


3.   In carrying out its programme of work, the Commission will take into
account the results of major intergovernmental events and negotiating
processes, with a view to integrating these results and any recommended
follow-up activities in the process of review of the implementation of
Agenda 21.

4.   The Commission will also take into account time-frames with regard
to specific targets identified in the relevant chapters of Agenda 21.

5.   The multi-year thematic programme of work can be adjusted, as the
need arises, at future sessions of the Commission, as provided for in
paragraph 12 of General Assembly resolution 47/191.

                                       Annex

              MULTI-YEAR THEMATIC PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE COMMISSION

                   I.  AGENDA 21 CLUSTERS AS RECOMMENDED AT THE
                       ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION OF THE COMMISSION

                      A.  Critical elements of sustainability

1.   International cooperation to accelerate sustainable development in
developing countries and related domestic policies (chapter 2).

2.   Combating poverty (chapter 3).

3.   Changing consumption patterns (chapter 4).

4.   Demographic dynamics and sustainability (chapter 5).

                      B.  Financial resources and mechanisms

1.   Financial resources and mechanisms (chapter 33).

            C.  Education, science, transfer of environmentally sound
                technologies, cooperation and capacity-building  

1.   Environmentally sound management of biotechnology (chapter 16).

2.   Transfer of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and
capacitybuilding (chapter 34).

3.   Science for sustainable development (chapter 35).

4.   Promoting education, public awareness and training (chapter 36).

5.   National mechanisms and international cooperation for capacity-
building in developing countries (chapter 37).

                          D.  Decision-making structures

1.   Integrating environment and development in decision-making (chapter
8).

2.   International institutional arrangements (chapter 38).

3.   International legal instruments and mechanisms (chapter 39).

4.   Information for decision-making (chapter 40).

                             E.  Roles of major groups

1.   Preamble to section III on strengthening the role of major groups
(chapter 23).

2.   Global action for women towards sustainable and equitable
development (chapter 24).

3.   Children and youth in sustainable development (chapter 25).

4.   Recognizing and strengthening the role of indigenous people and
their communities (chapter 26).

5.   Strengthening the role of non-governmental organizations:  partners
for sustainable development (chapter 27).

6.   Local authorities' initiatives in support of Agenda 21 (chapter 28).

7.   Strengthening the role of workers and their trade unions
(chapter 29).

8.   Strengthening the role of business and industry (chapter 30).

9.   Scientific and technological community (chapter 31).

10.  Strengthening the role of farmers (chapter 32).

                   F.  Health, human settlements and freshwater

1.   Protecting and promoting human health (chapter 6).

2.   Promoting sustainable human settlement development (chapter 7).

3.   Protection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources,
application of integrated approaches to the development, management and
use of water resources (chapter 18).

4.   Environmentally sound management of solid wastes and sewage-related
issues (chapter 21).

                G.  Land, desertification, forests and biodiversity

1.   Integrated approach to the planning and management of land resources
(chapter 10).

2.   Combating deforestation (chapter 11).

3.   Managing fragile ecosystems:  combating desertification and drought
(chapter 12).

4.   Managing fragile ecosystems:  sustainable mountain development
(chapter 13).

5.   Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development (chapter
14).

6.   Conservation of biological diversity (chapter 15).

                   H.  Atmosphere, oceans and all kinds of seas

1.   Protection of the atmosphere (chapter 9).

2.   Protection of the oceans, all kinds of seas including enclosed and
semi-enclosed seas, and coastal areas and their protection, rational use
and development of their living resources (chapter 17).

                     I.  Toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes

1.   Environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals, including
prevention of illegal international traffic in toxic and dangerous
products (chapter 19).

2.   Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, including
prevention of illegal international traffic in hazardous wastes (chapter
20).

3.   Safe and environmentally sound management of radioactive wastes
(chapter 22).

                          II.  PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF WORK

                                   1993 Session

     Adoption of a multi-year thematic programme of work (item 2 of the
provisional agenda).

                                   1994 Session

Review of cross-sectoral clusters:

                      A.  Critical elements of sustainability

     With particular reference to chapters 2 and 4.

                      B.  Financial resources and mechanisms

     Chapter 33.

                C.  Education, science, transfer of environmentally
                    sound technologies, cooperation and
                    capacity-building

     With particular reference to chapters 34 and 37.

                          D.  Decision-making structures

     With particular reference to chapters 38 and 39.

                             E.  Roles of major groups

     Chapters 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.

Review of sectoral clusters, first phase:

                   F.  Health, human settlements and freshwater

     Chapters 6, 7, 18 and 21.

                     I.  Toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes

     Chapters 19, 20 and 22.

                                   1995 Session

Review of cross-sectoral clusters:

                      A.  Critical elements of sustainability

     With particular reference to chapters 3 and 5.

                      B.  Financial resources and mechanisms

     Chapter 33.

            C.  Education, science, transfer of environmentally sound
                technologies, cooperation and capacity-building

     With particular reference to chapters 16, 34 and 35.

                          D.  Decision-making structures

     With particular reference to chapters 8 and 40.

                             E.  Roles of major groups

     Chapters 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.

Review of sectoral clusters, second phase:

                G.  Land, desertification, forests and biodiversity

     Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.

                                   1996 Session

Review of cross-sectoral clusters:

                      A.  Critical elements of sustainability

     Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5.

                      B.  Financial resources and mechanisms

     Chapter 33.

               C.  Education, science, transfer of environmentally
                   sound technologies, cooperation and
                   capacity-building

     With particular reference to chapters 34, 36 and 37.

                          D.  Decision-making structures

     Chapters 8, 38, 39, 40.

                             E.  Roles of major groups

     Chapters 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32:

Review of sectoral clusters, third phase.

                   H.  Atmosphere, oceans and all kinds of seas

     Chapters 9 and 17.

                                   1997 Session

     Overall review and appraisal of Agenda 21 in preparation for the
special session of the General Assembly in 1997 envisaged in resolution
47/190.

             B.  Issues relating to the future work of the Commission

6.   In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of the decision
on issues relating to the future work of the Commission on Sustainable
Development, adopted by the Commission at its organizational session
(E/1993/25 and Corr.1, para. 3), the Commission will decide at each
session, on the basis of its agenda, on the need for and the number of
informal negotiating groups, as well as other specific sessional
arrangements for its work, on the understanding that the number of such
groups will not exceed three during a particular session and that no more
than two of those will meet simultaneously.  The proceedings of the
informal negotiating groups should be interpreted in all official
languages of the United Nations.

7.   The Commission requests the Secretary-General to take all
appropriate measures to ensure that the reports of the Secretary-General
for the Commission are distributed not less than six weeks before its
meetings in all official languages of the United Nations, in accordance
with paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 45/238 B.

8.   The Commission encourages the participation of ministers in its
high-level meetings.

9.   The Commission decides that, as a rule, its high-level meetings
should last for a period of up to three days and that they should be
integral parts of the sessions of the Commission and of its decision-
making process.  The organization of work of the high-level meetings
should provide, inter alia, for an open exchange of views among the
participants, as well as for holding informal meetings, as the need
arises, to resolve outstanding issues related to its work that require
high-level consideration.

10.  The high-level meetings should provide necessary political impetus
to the implementation of decisions of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development and the commitments contained therein, as
adopted.  The meetings should further provide for an integrated overview
of the implementation of Agenda 21, consideration of urgent and major
emerging policy issues brought to its attention and, in a focused way, of
the outcome of discussions held in the Commission.  The result of the
high-level meeting may be a concise document, should the participants
deem that appropriate.

11.  In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 18 of General
Assembly resolution 47/191, the Commission should submit its report with
agreed consolidated recommendations to the Economic and Social Council
and, through it, to the General Assembly.  The sections of the report of
the Commission corresponding to particular substantive agenda items could
also contain brief summaries of the discussions held.  Such summaries are
to be prepared by the Rapporteur with the assistance of the Secretariat
and shall be approved by the Commission in the context of the adoption of
its report.

12.  Bearing in mind the functions of the Commission, in particular those
contained in paragraph 3 (a) and (i) of General Assembly
resolution 47/191, the Commission requests the Economic and Social
Council and, through it, the General Assembly to decide on the
arrangements required so that the relevant reports or parts thereof of
their subsidiary bodies dealing with issues related to sustainable
development will be made available to the Commission.

13.  The Commission requests the Economic and Social Council to invite
relevant organizations of the United Nations system, including
international financial institutions and the Global Environment Facility,
to prepare specific reports on their activities to follow up the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development, focusing on ongoing
and future projects and initiatives related to its multi-year thematic
programme of work.  In that context, the Commission requests the
Secretary-General to prepare annually a consolidated analytical report
which would synthesize information related to United Nations system
activities to implement Agenda 21, outline gaps and assess progress
achieved and clarify organizational responsibilities, taking fully into
account the report of the Inter-agency Committee on Sustainable
Development and other relevant contributions of the Administrative
Committee on Coordination.

14.  The Commission further invites, through the Economic and Social
Council, international, regional and subregional intergovernmental
organizations outside the United Nations system to prepare and submit to
the Secretary-General reports on their activities related to sustainable
development, focusing on ongoing and future projects and initiatives
related to its multi-year thematic programme of work.  The Commission
requests the Secretary-General to prepare annually a report containing an
analytical summary of relevant activities of such organizations.  This
report will be considered by the Commission, together with the reports
mentioned in paragraph 13 above, with a view to elaborating policy
recommendations aimed at ensuring effective collaboration and greater
complementarity of activities of intergovernmental organizations, both
within and outside the United Nations system.

15.  The Commission recommends that the reports requested in
paragraphs 13 and 14 above should be prepared on the basis of
comparability of information contained.

16.  The Commission requests the Secretary-General to prepare analytical
summaries of reports that the Commission may wish to specifically request
from one or more organizations of the United Nations system in the
future, when such reports are highly technical or specialized in nature.

17.  The Commission recommends that the report of the High-level Advisory
Board on Sustainable Development, containing its expert advice on issues
related to the implementation of Agenda 21, be submitted to the
Commission through the Secretary-General.  On the proposal of the
Secretary-General, the Commission could invite members of the Advisory
Board to provide advice to it during its sessions.

18.  The consideration of contributions from non-governmental
organizations should be based on the procedural arrangements for the
Commission set out in Economic and Social Council decision 1993/215.  The
Commission may decide on specific arrangements for holding special
informal meetings during its sessions in order to have a direct informal
dialogue with representatives of non-governmental organizations and major
groups.

19.  This decision does not preclude any other decisions regarding
methods of work that the Commission may wish to adopt in the future.

       C.  Exchange of information regarding the implementation of
           Agenda 21 at the national level:  guidelines to the
           secretariat for organizing information provided by
           Governments, including information in the form of
           periodic communications or national reports and national
           Agenda 21 action plans regarding the activities they
           undertake to implement Agenda 21, the problems they
           face, such as those related to financial resources and
           technology transfer, and other environmental and
           development issues they find relevant

20.  In accordance with paragraph 3 (b) of General Assembly resolution
47/191, the Commission will consider information provided by Governments,
including, for example, information in the form of periodic
communications or national reports, regarding the activities they
undertake to implement Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as
problems related to financial resources and technology transfer, and
other environment and development issues they find relevant.

21.  In order to enable the Commission effectively to perform its
function to review the progress in the implementation of the commitments
contained in Agenda 21, including those related to the provision of
financial resources and transfer of technology, Governments are
encouraged to provide such information to the Secretariat.

22.  Bearing in mind the voluntary nature of information to be provided
by Governments and that it will be up to individual Governments to decide
on its degree of detail and regularity, the Commission recommends that
the information provided to the Secretariat in a given year should be
relevant to the Agenda 21 clusters to be discussed that year in
accordance with its multi-year thematic programme of work, and that it
should be concise and not exceed 50 pages.  Furthermore, Governments may
wish to provide an executive summary of the information of no more than
five pages.

23.  In order to allow the Secretary-General to ensure a more focused and
coherent analysis of information and data received from Governments, the
Commission agrees on the need for the Secretary-General to prepare
reports using a standardized format, which Governments may wish to
follow, taking into account the format of Agenda 21.

24.  For that purpose, on the proposal of the Secretary-General, and in
order to give the Secretariat sufficient time for the analysis of
information received, Governments are encouraged to submit their
information not less than six months prior to the Commission's sessions. 
Governments may wish to update such information at a later date.  In
order to facilitate the work of the Secretariat, Governments are
encouraged to notify, as far as possible, the Secretary-General of a
point of contact that has knowledge of the information provided.

25.  The collection and dissemination of such information should be
widely based, and as participatory as possible.

26.  The Secretariat should take into account the particular clusters of
the multi-year thematic programme of work of the Commission and be guided
by the following list of issues as regards the information to be included
in the analytical reports envisaged in paragraph 28 below:

     (a)  Policies and measures adopted at the national level to meet the
objectives of Agenda 21, including information on national sustainable
development strategies or plans and on the major activities and projects
undertaken;

     (b)  Institutional mechanisms to address sustainable development
issues, including the participation of non-governmental sectors and major
groups in those mechanisms;

     (c)  Assessments of progress achieved to date.  These could be, where
appropriate, in the form of statistical sheets or tables;

     (d)  Measures taken, including indicators, and progress achieved to
reach sustainable production and consumption patterns and lifestyles, to
combat poverty and to limit the demographic impact on the life-supporting
capacity of the planet;

     (e)  The impact of the environmental measures undertaken on the
national economy, which would also reflect information on the social
impact of such measures;

     (f)  Experience gained - for example, descriptions of successful
policies/projects that can serve as models - and particularly progress in
strategies that improve both social conditions and environmental
sustainability;

     (g)  Specific problems and constraints encountered, including those
related to finance and technology, as well as to the adverse impact of
economic and trade policies and measures, in particular on developing
countries;

     (h)  The adverse impact on sustainable development of trade
restrictive and distortive policies and measures - specifically, trade
policy measures for environmental purposes that constitute a means of
arbitrary or unjustified discrimination or a disguised restriction on
international trade - as well as progress in making trade and environment
policies mutually supportive in favour of sustainable development, in
accordance with principle 12 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and
Development;

     (i)  Assessments of capacity - that is, the availability of domestic
human, technological and financial resources;

     (j)  Assessments of needs and priorities for external assistance in
terms of finance, technology transfer, cooperation and capacity-building
and human resource development;

     (k)  Implementation of Agenda 21 commitments related to finance,
including those related to the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent of
gross national product for official development assistance and to the
transfer of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-
building;

     (l)  Assessments of the effectiveness of activities and projects of
international organizations, including those of international financial
institutions and funding mechanisms, and specific assistance that might
be provided by them;

     (m)  Other relevant environment and development issues, including
those affecting youth, women and other major groups.

27.  Governments, in providing information to the Secretariat, are
encouraged to take into account the above guidelines, in order,
inter alia, to facilitate the task of the Secretariat.

28.  In order to organize the information provided by Governments, the
Secretary-General is requested to prepare, taking into account regional
and subregional dimensions, the following analytical reports for future
sessions of the Commission:

     (a)  An annual overview report on progress made in the implementation
of Agenda 21, which should focus on the cross-sectoral components of
Agenda 21 and the critical elements of sustainability and should contain
an analysis of progress made, the main trends, and the main problems
countries face in the implementation of Agenda 21;

     (b)  Thematic reports, corresponding to the Agenda 21 sectoral
clusters to be included on the agendas of forthcoming sessions of the
Commission, in accordance with its multi-year programme of work.  These
reports should address the interrelationships between sectoral and cross-
sectoral issues, reflecting the integrated nature of environment and
development, including its social dimensions, and should include the
following information:

     (i)  Progress achieved to date in the implementation of the
objectives of relevant chapters of Agenda 21;

    (ii)  The main activities that countries are undertaking or planning
in order to achieve those objectives;

   (iii)  The experience gained, particularly experience from which others
may benefit;

    (iv)  Assessments of developments in capacity-building;

     (v)  Specific problems and constraints encountered by Governments at
all levels, including local Agenda 21 activities and activities related
to major groups;

    (vi)  Assessments of the availability of domestic human, technological
and financial resources and of needs and priorities for external
assistance;

   (vii)  Assessments of specific expectations from international
organizations, financial institutions and funding mechanisms.

29.  In order to facilitate an integrated analysis by the Commission of
progress achieved at the national, subregional, regional and
international levels, the reports of the Secretary-General on the
activities of intergovernmental organizations, both within and outside
the United Nations system, to implement Agenda 21, requested in section B
above, should be structured in such a way as to permit, to the extent
possible, comparison of the data and trends therein with those in the
reports on national implementation referred to in paragraph 28 above.

30.  Bearing in mind the evolving nature of Agenda 21 and the concept of
sustainability in general, the Commission, in its analysis of the reports
requested above, will focus on sharing local, national, subregional and
regional experiences and on the elaboration of recommendations on
mobilizing support for national efforts to implement Agenda 21.  In the
light of future progress in the elaboration of realistic, usable and
easily understandable indicators that would provide a basis for a
meaningful assessment of progress towards sustainable development, the
Commission will consider the possibility of integrating such indicators
in the process outlined above.

31.  The Commission requests relevant organizations within and outside
the United Nations system, as well as bilateral donors, to provide
technical and financial assistance to countries, particularly developing
countries, in the preparation of periodic communications or national
reports and national Agenda 21 action plans.

    D.  Progress in the incorporation of recommendations of the
        United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
        in the activities of international organizations, and
        measures undertaken by the Administrative Committee on
        Coordination to ensure that sustainable development
        principles are incorporated in programmes and processes
        within the United Nations system

32.  The Commission, having examined the report of the Secretary-General
(E/CN.17/1993/8), as well as the reports submitted by the Trade and
Development Board (see E/CN.17/1993/13) and the Governing Council of the
United Nations Environment Programme (see E/CN.17/1993/14), takes note of
the initial measures taken within the United Nations system to implement
Agenda 21 and to incorporate the outcomes of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, in particular the principles
contained in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, into
programmes and processes within the United Nations system, including the
establishment of the Inter-agency Committee on Sustainable Development. 
In this regard, the Commission requested the Secretary-General to
continue to inform the Commission on the measures taken to ensure the
effective functioning of the Inter-agency Committee on Sustainable
Development in this area.

33.  The Commission recognizes the crucial role of the Administrative
Committee on Coordination in ensuring effective monitoring, coordination
and supervision of the involvement of the United Nations system in the
follow-up of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development.  The Commission supports the recent decisions of the
Administrative Committee on Coordination to place the Conference follow-
up issues high on its agenda and to undertake measures to streamline and
reorganize its subsidiary machinery and other inter-agency coordination
arrangements to achieve greater complementarity and synergy in giving
practical shape to the programme areas of Agenda 21.

34.  The Commission recognizes the need for further enhancing inter-
agency coordination in the United Nations system to ensure more cost-
efficient, effective and result-oriented follow-up to the Conference, to
avoid duplication and to ensure more efficient use of resources in the
implementation of Agenda 21.

35.  The Commission invites the Economic and Social Council and, through
it, the General Assembly, to analyse and review, in the context of the
ongoing process of revitalization and restructuring in the economic,
social and related fields, the functioning of the intergovernmental
machinery in relation to the implementation of Agenda 21 and other
outcomes of the Conference, with a view to making it more responsive to
these tasks, as well as to improving the complementarity in the work of
their subsidiary organs, and making compatible their methodologies and
data utilized.  The Commission requests the Secretary-General to inform
it, at its second session, of progress made in this area.

36.  The Commission calls upon all countries to maintain consistent
positions in various governing bodies in order to achieve greater
harmonization of policy direction within the system in relation to the
implementation of Agenda 21 and other decisions of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development.  The Commission emphasizes its
readiness to collaborate with the governing bodies of the United Nations
system in harmonizing collective efforts towards the implementation of
Agenda 21.

37.  The Commission takes note of the concerns expressed by the
Administrative Committee on Coordination regarding the lack of funding to
meet the new mandates stemming from Agenda 21, and, in the context of its
decision on finance, requests the Economic and Social Council to invite
all organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to provide
to the Commission at its second session, through the Administrative
Committee on Coordination, information regarding their financial needs
and priorities that are relevant to their specific responsibilities,
taking into account the system-wide perspective in the implementation of
Agenda 21 and other outcomes of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development, as it is developed by the Administrative
Committee on Coordination and its Inter-agency Committee on Sustainable
Development, bearing in mind agreed objectives reflected in Agenda 21, in
particular chapter 33 on the provision of financial resources to achieve
sustainable development.

38.  The Commission stresses the importance of enhancing cooperation
between the organs, programmes and organizations of the United Nations
system and non-governmental organizations and major groups, under
relevant United Nations rules of procedure.  The Commission expresses
support for the convening of inter-agency consultations with major
groups, where specifically provided for in Agenda 21.

39.  The Commission invites all international organizations, including
international financial institutions, to undertake further measures to
fully incorporate the outcome of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in their work programmes, and to provide it
with further reports on their activities to follow up the Conference,
focusing on the clusters of its multi-year thematic programme of work. 
The Commission requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the reports
requested in section B above will, inter alia:

     (a)  Assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the
relevant chapters of Agenda 21;

     (b)  Identify gaps and opportunities for cooperation, including
cooperation with non-governmental organizations and major groups;

     (c)  Compare and assess the relevance, strength and usefulness of
various programmes and activities undertaken by different international
organizations;

     (d)  Clarify organizational responsibilities within the United
Nations system and assess whether allocation of tasks adequately reflects
the expertise and comparative advantage of different organs, programmes
and organizations;

     (e)  Assess the progress made in reducing unnecessary duplication of
efforts and inefficient use of resources.

40.  The Commission takes note of the processes launched within the
United Nations system to improve the coordination of programmes related
to development data, and requests the Secretary-General, with the
assistance of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, to continue
to formulate proposals regarding Development Watch, envisaged in
paragraph 40.13 of Agenda 21, as well as the elaboration of realistic,
usable and easily understandable indicators that would allow the
Commission to assess the progress made towards sustainable development.

41.  The Commission invites the Economic and Social Council to recommend
to the General Assembly that, in order to avoid duplication of reports,
the reporting requested by the General Assembly in resolutions 42/186 and
42/187 on the Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond and
on the World Commission on Environment and Development, respectively,
should be discontinued.

42.  The Commission decides that the format of the discussion on the
progress made in the incorporation of the recommendations of the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development in the activities of
international organizations and measures undertaken by the Administrative
Committee on Coordination to implement Agenda 21 and to incorporate the
outcomes of the Conference, in particular the principles contained in the
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, into the programmes and
processes within the United Nations system, should be improved and should
be focused on the clusters of its multi-year thematic programme of work
to ensure a constructive dialogue between the Commission and the
representatives of international organizations.

43.  The Commission invites relevant organizations of the United Nations
system to participate, at the highest possible level, in the sessions of
the Commission, taking into account the multi-year thematic programme of
work, in order to promote in-depth discussions on issues falling within
their respective areas of responsibility.

              E.  Progress achieved in facilitating and promoting the
                  transfer of environmentally sound technology,
                  cooperation and capacity-building

44.  The Commission emphasizes the crucial importance of the transfer of
environmentally sound technologies, cooperation and capacity-building for
achieving sustainable development in all countries, as well as the
importance of operationalizing objectives agreed to at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development in this regard.

45.  The Commission stresses the need, inter alia, (a) to promote,
facilitate and finance, as appropriate, access to and the transfer of
environmentally sound technologies and corresponding know-how, in
particular to developing countries, on favourable terms, including on
concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed, taking into
account the need to protect intellectual property rights; (b) to promote
long-term technological cooperation and partnership between holders of
environmentally sound technologies and potential users; and (c) to
improve the endogenous capacities of those countries to develop, assess,
manage and utilize such technologies, through, inter alia, research and
development, education and training.

46.  The Commission decides that in order to make operational those
provisions of Agenda 21 relating to the transfer of environmentally sound
technologies, cooperation and capacity-building, there is a particular
need to focus on, inter alia, the dissemination of information, the
removal of barriers and the creation of incentives, financial support and
endogenous capacity-building.  In this regard, the Commission:

     (a)  Urges bilateral and multilateral donors, as well as national
Governments, to undertake efforts to increase their financial support at
the international, regional and subregional levels for activities that
are designed to promote and facilitate the transfer of environmentally
sound technologies, in particular to developing countries and to the
building of the endogenous capacities of developing countries to develop
and manage those technologies, including state-of-the-art technologies
and technologies already in place;

     (b)  Urges Governments to develop policies and innovative mechanisms
that would promote and/or improve access to environmentally sound
technologies, in particular of developing countries, and to provide
appropriate incentives, fiscal or otherwise, to encourage the private
sector to transfer those technologies, in particular to the developing
countries, in accordance with paragraph 34.18 (e) of Agenda 21;

     (c)  Urges all Governments, wherever appropriate and taking into
account national strategies, to identify and implement an appropriate mix
of economic instruments and normative measures to encourage and support
the investment and infrastructure required to promote access to and
transfer of environmentally sound technologies, in particular to
developing countries;

     (d)  Urges Governments to formulate policies and programmes for the
effective transfer of environmentally sound technologies that are
publicly owned or in the public domain;

     (e)  Recognizes the need to develop methodologies and establish,
where appropriate, institutions for technology assessment;

     (f)  Also recognizes that in addition to promoting the transfer of
environmentally sound technologies, the Commission should promote both
the development of methodologies for and the assessment of the
environmental, health, safety and social impacts of technologies.  In
this context, national and international measures should be strengthened
to promote information exchange on and discourage the transfer of
activities that employ hazardous technologies which are not used and/or
are prohibited in developed countries;

     (g)  Urges Governments and appropriate organizations to modify their
policies and regulations to facilitate access to, transfer of and
introduction of environmentally sound technologies;

     (h)  Stresses the importance of strengthening national capacities to
assess, develop, manage and apply new technologies, and in this context,
the need to strengthen existing institutions, train personnel at all
levels and educate the end-users of new technologies;

     (i)  Urges developing countries that are in a position to do so to
cooperate among themselves with a view to developing and improving
environmentally sound technologies, and exhorts the international
community, as well as the institutions of the United Nations system, to
provide full support to initiatives intended to promote technological
cooperation and capacity-building among developing countries;

     (j)  Recognizes the positive initiatives of developing countries in
the field of environmentally sound technology, for example in
biotechnology, and urges developed countries and the United Nations
system to support such initiatives.

47.  The Commission requests the Secretary-General to initiate actions
aimed at the full implementation of paragraphs 34.15, 34.16, 34.17 and
34.26 of Agenda 21, to prepare proposals on ways and means of
facilitating such implementation and to inform the Commission at its next
session of the progress achieved in this respect.  This should include
ways and means of:

     (a)  Considering the designation of a focal point for technology
assessment for the implementation of mandated activities on technology
assessment within the United Nations system that could serve as a
clearing-house for information and referrals;

     (b)  Ensuring, taking into account initiatives being undertaken by
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other relevant United
Nations bodies, the full implementation of General Assembly resolutions
relating to the collection and dissemination of information on
environmental emergencies that may result from poor or inappropriate
application of technologies, and early warning information aimed at
avoiding environmental disasters;

     (c)  Supporting the establishment of a collaborative network of
national, subregional and regional research and information systems,
including mechanisms that enable countries, in particular developing
countries, to access information at low cost.

48.  The Commission supports the establishment of environmental
technology centres at the international, regional, subregional and
national levels, as appropriate, and the strengthening of existing
centres.  The objective of these centres would be to improve the capacity
to promote the development, transfer and application of environmentally
sound technologies and corresponding technical know-how with special
focus on developing countries' needs, and to foster sustainable
development, in particular in developing countries.

49.  The Commission invites Governments, as well as relevant
intergovernmental bodies, to provide information on the implementation of
science and technology-related provisions of Agenda 21, particularly with
regard to progress achieved in the transfer of environmentally sound
technologies, cooperation and capacity-building, in line with section C
above, on the guidelines to the Secretariat for organizing information
provided by Governments on issues related to the implementation of
Agenda 21.  Such information should be provided in accordance with the
multi-year thematic programme of work.

50.  Recognizing that the Commission has been mandated to review progress
concerning the transfer of environmentally sound technologies,
cooperation and capacity-building for the implementation of Agenda 21,
the Commission has decided to prepare for the discussion at its second
session through the establishment of an inter-sessional ad hoc open-ended
working group, for a trial period of one year, to be composed of
Governments that will nominate experts to assist in the task of assessing
and suggesting specific measures to support and promote access to and
transfer of technology, as indicated in paragraph 34.18 of Agenda 21, in
particular subparagraphs (a) and (e), and on the basis of the above, in
the development of the policy framework to facilitate, promote and
finance technology transfer, particularly in relation to the sectoral
clusters under consideration.  The Commission calls on its Bureau to
coordinate the work of the ad hoc open-ended working group, as well as
the inputs from other experts in relevant fields, including non-
governmental organizations, the private sector and other major groups. 
The Commission requests the Secretary-General to provide support, within
existing resources, to organize the above-mentioned working group.  The
Commission will decide on the agenda and procedures for the working
group, which will report on its findings to the Commission.

51.  In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 1993/215,
the ad hoc working group should have a dialogue and interaction with
representatives of non-governmental organizations and major groups, under
the relevant rules of procedure, ensuring equitable participation of non-
governmental organizations from developed and developing countries and
from all regions.

52.  The Commission emphasizes the need for effective interaction and
collaborative arrangements with intergovernmental bodies which are of
special relevance to the work of the Commission in relation to promoting
and facilitating the transfer of environmentally sound technologies,
cooperation and capacity-building, such as with the Commission on Science
and Technology for Development, the Trade and Development Board of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Commission on
Transnational Corporations and the Governing Councils of UNEP, the United
Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization.  For this purpose the Commission invites the
Economic and Social Council to consider the intergovernmental machinery
related to science and technology in the coordination segment of its
substantive session of 1994, with a view to clarifying the distribution
of labour and cooperation mechanisms.

53.  The Commission stresses the need to consider, where appropriate,
information, which could be made available by the relevant conference of
the parties, on the implementation of environmental conventions as it
relates to the support, promotion and access to environmentally sound
technologies.

54.  The Commission emphasizes the importance of engaging in dialogue and
interaction with other relevant intergovernmental organizations,
non-governmental organizations, the private sector, including the
relevant transnational corporations, and other major groups, to encourage
new forms of technology cooperation and partnership in technological
areas of particular relevance to developing countries.

      F.  Initial financial commitments, financial flows and
          arrangements to give effect to the decisions of
          the United Nations Conference on Environment and
          Development from all available funding sources and
          mechanisms

55.  The Commission reaffirms the basis for action contained in chapter
33 of Agenda 21 - that economic growth, social development and poverty
eradication are the first and overriding priorities in developing
countries and are themselves essential to meeting national and global
sustainability objectives.  The Commission expresses concern that the
general response to the recommendations and commitments of the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development regarding funding falls
significantly short of expectations and requirements.  The Commission
welcomes, however, the initial commitments and pledges made by some
countries and the continued high level of assistance of other countries
but emphasizes that the inadequacy of financial resources remains a major
constraint for effective implementation of Agenda 21 and the phasing-in
of sustainable development.  The Commission notes that, despite the
agreed objectives reflected in chapter 33 of Agenda 21 regarding the
necessity of financial resources being adequate, predictable, new and
additional, these objectives have not yet been fulfilled.  Therefore, the
Commission stresses the need for effective and early implementation of
all commitments contained in chapter 33 of Agenda 21, including those
related to the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent of gross national
product (GNP) for official development assistance (ODA).  The Commission
notes the absence of additional funding in the form of an "Earth
Increment" at the Tenth Replenishment of the International Development
Association and calls on donor countries and the World Bank to explore
ways and means of achieving an "Earth Increment".  The Commission recalls
the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development that the cost of inaction could outweigh the financial cost
of implementing Agenda 21.

56.  The Commission emphasizes the importance of ensuring a supportive
international economic climate and domestic economic and financial
activities conducive to sustained economic growth and development in
order to achieve sustainability.  The Commission highlights, in this
context, the importance of making further progress in such areas as debt
relief, in particular for developing countries, as well as of encouraging
free trade and access to markets, which will help make economic growth
and environmental protection mutually supportive for all countries,
particularly developing countries and countries undergoing the process of
transition to a market economy.

57.  The Commission stresses the importance of promoting sustainable
development through trade liberalization and recognizes that an open,
equitable, secure, non-discriminatory and predictable multilateral
trading system is critical for achieving sustainable development.  In
this respect the Commission expresses strong support for an early,
balanced, comprehensive and successful outcome of the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations that would halt and reverse
protectionism, improve access to markets, in particular for exports of
developing countries, and bring about further liberalization and
expansion of world trade.  The Commission also recognized the importance
of making trade and environment policies mutually supportive and
favourable to sustainable development, while emphasizing that trade
policy measures for environmental purposes should not constitute a means
of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction
on international trade.  The Commission emphasizes that structural
adjustment programmes should not have a negative impact on the
environment and the social and economic situation of developing
countries.

58.  The Commission welcomes the initiatives of some donor countries with
respect to debt relief for the least developed countries and low and
lower-middle-income countries, including debt cancellation, encourages
other donors to consider similar measures and emphasizes the necessity of
an adequate response to the problems of low and middle-income countries
that have continued to service their debt despite severe economic
problems.

59.  The Commission urges international financial institutions, regional
and subregional banks and specialized agencies and programmes of the
United Nations system, as well as other institutions involved in the
implementation of Agenda 21, to play an increased and more effective role
in providing new and additional financial resources, in particular to
developing countries, for the implementation of Agenda 21, to make
greater progress in integrating the concept of sustainable development
into their programmes and projects and to make it an integral part of
their decision-making process and institutional objectives.

60.  The Commission requests the Secretary-General to use, inter alia,
data of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on resource flows to and
from developing countries (including ODA, official and private financial
flows and debt repayments), on both an individual country and aggregated
basis, in the development by the Secretary-General of the information
required by the Commission to fulfil its responsibilities in reviewing
and monitoring financial flows in relation to specific Agenda 21
clusters, and invites OECD to cooperate in this regard.

61.  The Commission, recognizing its mandate to review the adequacy of
the financial resources available for the implementation of Agenda 21,
decides to establish an inter-sessional ad hoc, open-ended working group
composed of Governments, which will nominate experts in order to assist
the Commission in the following tasks:

     (a)  To monitor and review the requirements, availability and
adequacy of financial resources for the implementation of different
clusters of Agenda 21, taking into account the multi-year thematic
programme of work, as well as projects, programmes, activities and
sustainable development strategies prepared by Governments, in order to
provide a suitable and common basis for action on the part of all
Governments, bilateral funding agencies and States members of the
governing bodies of the agencies and programmes of the United Nations
system, as well as multilateral regional and subregional development
banks and funds dealing with the issues of environment and development;

     (b)  To monitor and analyse various factors that influence the flow
of financial and economic resources, such as debt relief, terms of trade,
commodity prices, market access and private foreign investment, as well
as to review mechanisms for innovative financing in the context of
paragraph 33.16 of Agenda 21, taking into account activities at the
national level;

     (c)  To develop, on the basis of the above, a policy framework for
the mobilization of financial resources towards a balanced implementation
of all aspects of Agenda 21 that would, inter alia, assist Governments,
where appropriate, to implement their sustainable development strategies.

62.  The Commission calls on its Bureau to coordinate the work of the
ad hoc open-ended working group, as well as the inputs to its work from
other experts in relevant fields.  The Commission requests the Secretary-
General to provide, within existing resources, support to the above-
mentioned working group.

63.  The Commission will decide on the agenda and procedures for the
working group, which will report its findings to the Commission.

64.  In accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/215,
the ad hoc working group should have a dialogue and interaction with
representatives of non-governmental organizations and major groups, under
the relevant rules of procedure, ensuring equitable participation of
non-governmental organizations from developed and developing countries
and from all regions.

65.  In order to facilitate the task of monitoring financial resources
and mechanisms for the implementation of Agenda 21, the Commission
invites Governments to provide information related to the financial
aspects of implementing Agenda 21 in line with section C above, on the
guidelines to the Secretariat for organizing information provided by
Governments on issues related to the implementation of Agenda 21. 
Regarding donor countries, the Commission suggested that such information
should include the extent to which the objectives and targets contained
in chapter 33 of Agenda 21 have been achieved (for example, ODA as a
percentage of GNP), debt relief, aid priorities, main funding
arrangements related to sustainable development and specific support to
environmental conventions.  This information should, as far as possible,
include an assessment related to programme areas of Agenda 21.

66.  The Commission invites the World Bank and other international,
regional and subregional financial and development institutions,
including the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and all specialized
agencies and related organizations of the United Nations system, in
accordance with paragraph 21 of General Assembly resolution 47/191, to
include in the reports requested in section B above information regarding
their experience, activities and plans to implement Agenda 21, in
particular those related to the provisions of paragraph 33.14 (a) and
(b).

67.  The Commission welcomes the decision by the participants in GEF to
conclude negotiations on replenishment and restructuring by December 1993
and stresses the importance of:

     (a)  Improved transparency as well as a more open information policy
in GEF for all parties;

     (b)  Funding activities designed to achieve global environmental
benefits, which should cover the agreed incremental costs of relevant
activities under Agenda 21 and have sufficient flexibility to expand
their scope and coverage to relevant programme areas of Agenda 21, with
global environmental benefits, as agreed;

     (c)  Regular reporting by GEF to the Commission on Sustainable
Development on its activities;

     (d)  According non-governmental organizations an improved
consultative status;

     (e)  Ensuring access to and disbursement of funds under mutually
agreed criteria without introducing new forms of conditionality.

68.  In reviewing other mechanisms and institutions for capacity-building
as referred to in chapter 33 of Agenda 21, the Commission also invites
States members of the governing bodies of the agencies and programmes of
the United Nations system and multilateral, regional and subregional
development banks and funds dealing with issues of environment and
development to take steps to ensure that the programme budgets of those
institutions receive adequate financial support in order for them to
implement the provisions of Agenda 21 according to their respective
mandates.

          G.  Provisional agenda for the second session of the Commission

69.  The Commission recommends that the Economic and Social Council
approve the provisional agenda for its second session, set out below:

      1.  Election of officers.

      2.  Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

      3.  General discussion on progress in the implementation of
Agenda 21, focusing on the cross-sectoral components of Agenda 21 and the
critical elements of sustainability.

      4.  Financial resources and mechanisms.

      5.  Education, science, transfer of environmentally sound
technologies, cooperation and capacity-building.

      6.  Review of sectoral clusters, first phase:

          (a)  Health, human settlements and freshwater;

          (b)  Toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes.

      7.  Other matters.

      8.  High-level meeting.

      9.  Adoption of the draft provisional agenda for the third session
of the Commission.

     10.  Adoption of the report of the Commission on its second session.

                                    Chapter II

          CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY OF THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE COMMISSION

1.   The Ministers and the other participants at the high-level meeting
of the first session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
recognized the sense of urgency in the promoting of environmentally sound
sustainable development through concrete actions by Governments and the
international community in general.  They emphasized the political
importance of effective follow-up to the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, and of
the implementation of the recommendations, decisions and commitments
contained in its final documents, in order to achieve sustainable
development in all countries.

2.   They reconfirmed their commitment to the growing global partnership
for sustainable development among nations, as well as among all parties
involved in the transition to sustainability at the local, national,
regional and international levels, and highlighted the need for further
development of such partnerships as that upon which Agenda 21 had been
built.

3.   They emphasized the dynamic role of the Commission as a central
political forum for the monitoring and review, in an integrated and
coordinated manner, of the implementation of Agenda 21 and other outcomes
of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.  In that
connection, they stressed the need to provide further political impetus
and shape to the activities of the Commission.

4.   The participants agreed that the overall progress achieved in the
one year following the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development remained limited, despite some developments at the national
and international levels.  They emphasized that much more had to be done
to translate the commitments of the Conference into action.

5.   They stressed the fact that the inadequacy of financial resources
was a major constraint on effective implementation of Agenda 21, and
emphasized the urgent need to support national efforts to achieve
sustainable development in the developing countries with new and
additional financial resources.

6.   They highlighted the importance of collaboration in the area of the
development, transfer of, access to and application of environmentally
sound technologies, inter alia, with a view to enhancing the scientific
and technological capacity of developing countries to achieve sustainable
development.  Within this context they welcomed new initiatives by both
developed and developing countries in that area and stressed the need for
further concrete measures to operationalize relevant provisions of Agenda
21.

7.   They urged that there be effective implementation of the
recommendations set forth at the first session of the Commission, and
invited the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly to
attach priority to their consideration of the report of the Commission on
its first session at their respective forthcoming sessions.

8.   The participants recognized the necessity for all Governments and
international organizations, including multilateral financial
institutions, as well as all other parties involved, to cooperate
actively with the Commission, inter alia, by providing it with updated
information on their activities and progress in the implementation of the
decisions and recommendations contained in the final documents of the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.  In that
respect, they looked forward to comprehensive reports of the
Secretary-General providing a review and analysis of the information
received.

9.   They emphasized the importance of setting up national coordination
and information-exchange mechanisms, as well as of elaborating national
sustainable development plans and strategies, in particular with a view
to integrating sustainable development considerations within
decision-making processes.  They highlighted the importance of including
in those mechanisms, together with representatives of relevant
ministries, representatives of local authorities, legislatures and the
private sector, as well as of non-governmental organizations and of
youth, women and other major groups.

10.  They emphasized the importance of effective international solutions
to pressing world issues related to critical elements of sustainability,
such as the need for a supportive economic environment, combating
poverty, achieving sustainable consumption and production patterns and
lifestyles, and limiting demographic impacts on the life-supporting
capacity of the planet.

11.  They recognized the importance of making trade and environment
mutually supportive, as well as of effectively addressing the debt issue.

12.  They emphasized the fact that since the Commission was the
appropriate intergovernmental forum for addressing issues related to
unsustainable production and consumption patterns and lifestyles in their
relation to sustainable development, it should take a leading role in
that area.

13.  They emphasized the need to ensure that the inter-sessional working
groups of the Commission on issues related to finance and technology
would contribute to adequate preparations for its next session.

14.  They welcomed the intention expressed by a number of Governments to
host meetings with a view to elaborating action-oriented inputs under
specific thematic clusters of the Commission's multi-year programme of
work, starting with issues such as health, human settlements, freshwater,
toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes, and consumption and production
patterns.

15.  They invited the Bureau of the Commission and the Secretary-General
to monitor the inter-sessional process with a view to enriching the
deliberations at its next session.

16.  Early efforts could be undertaken by the Commission for the
implementation of the Forest Principles agreed to at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, with a view to accelerating
the process of sustainable development of forests, and thus preparing the
ground for consideration of that issue by the Commission in 1995, as
agreed in the multi-year thematic programme of work.

17.  They reaffirmed the importance of the principles embodied in the
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and emphasized the need to
promote broad dissemination of those principles at all levels with a view
to promoting public awareness regarding sustainable development.

18.  The participants welcomed the announcement by some countries
regarding increased levels of assistance.

19.  The participants also welcomed the inputs from the various non-
governmental organizations, and their commitments to work in partnership
with Governments in furthering the sustainable development process.

                                    Chapter III

                ADOPTION OF A MULTI-YEAR THEMATIC PROGRAMME OF WORK
                                FOR THE COMMISSION

1.   The Commission considered item 2 of its agenda at the 2nd, 12th and
20th meetings, on 14, 21 and 25 June 1993.  It had before it the report
of the Secretary-General on the adoption of a multi-year thematic
programme of work for the Commission (E/CN.17/1993/5).

2.   At the 2nd meeting, on 14 June 1993, statements were made by the
representatives of Egypt, Norway (on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway and Sweden), China, Hungary, Mexico, the Russian Federation,
Austria, Japan, India, Colombia (on behalf of the States Members of the
United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China), the United
States of America, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the
Philippines, Uruguay, Algeria, France and Canada, as well as by the
observers for Denmark (on behalf of the States Members of the United
Nations that are members of the European Economic Community) and Saudi
Arabia.

3.   A statement was also made by a speaker on behalf of a group of
non-governmental organizations accredited to the Commission.

4.   At the 12th meeting, on 21 June, the Chairman introduced a draft
decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.4) entitled "Adoption of a multi-year thematic
programme of work" and orally revised it by inserting the words "and
related programme areas" in paragraph 2 before the words "of Agenda 21"
at the end of the sentence.

5.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June, the Commission adopted the draft
decision, as orally amended (see chap. I, sect. A).

                                    Chapter IV

               ISSUES RELATING TO THE FUTURE WORK OF THE COMMISSION

1.   The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at the 2nd, 12th and
20th meetings, on 14, 21 and 25 June 1993.

2.   At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of
Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, the Czech Republic, India, Norway (on behalf of
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), Morocco, Vanuatu and
Austria, as well as by the observer for Denmark (on behalf of the States
Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Economic
Community).

3.   A statement was also made by a speaker on behalf of a group of
non-governmental organizations accredited to the Commission.

4.   At the 12th meeting, on 21 June, the Chairman introduced a draft
decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.2) entitled "Issues relating to the future work
of the Commission", which was submitted on the basis of informal
consultations.  The draft decision read as follows:

     "1.  In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of the
decision on issues relating to the future work of the Commission on
Sustainable Development, adopted by the Commission at its organizational
session (E/1993/25 and Corr.1, para. 3), the Commission will decide at
each session, on the basis of its agenda, on the need for and the number
of informal negotiating groups, as well as other specific sessional
arrangements for its work, on the understanding that the number of such
groups will not exceed three during a particular session and that no more
than two of those will meet simultaneously.

     "2.  With a view to saving time devoted to consideration of
organizational issues during its future sessions, the Commission decides
that its Chairman, with the assistance of the Bureau and the Secretariat,
should conduct pre-sessional informal consultations with all members of
the Commission and other interested delegations on the above issues and
make recommendations for the approval of the Commission at its first
meeting.

     "3.  The Commission decides that, as a rule, its high-level meetings
should last for a period of up to three days and that they should be
integral parts of the sessions of the Commission and of its decision-
making process.  The organization of work of the high-level meetings
could provide, inter alia, for an open exchange of views among the
participants, as well as for holding informal meetings as the need may
arise to resolve outstanding policy issues that require high-level
consideration.

     "4.  The high-level meeting should provide for an integrated overview
of the implementation of Agenda 21, consideration of the outcome of
discussions held in the Commission and of urgent and major emerging
issues brought to its attention.  The result of the high-level meeting
should be a concise agreed document that would endorse the overall
results of the work of the Commission and give further political impetus
to the implementation of decisions of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development and the commitments contained therein.

     "5.  In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 18 of General
Assembly resolution 47/191 of 22 December 1992, the Commission should
submit its report with agreed consolidated recommendations to the
Economic and Social Council and, through it, to the General Assembly. 
The sections of the report of the Commission corresponding to particular
substantive agenda items could also contain brief summaries of the
discussions held.  Such summaries are to be prepared by the Rapporteur
with the assistance of the Secretariat and shall be approved by the
Commission in the context of the adoption of its report.

     "6.  Bearing in mind the functions of the Commission, in particular
those contained in paragraph 3 (a) and (i) of General Assembly
resolution 47/191, the Commission requests the Economic and Social
Council and, through it, the General Assembly to decide on the
arrangements required so that the relevant reports or parts thereof of
their subsidiary bodies dealing with issues related to sustainable
development will be made available to the Commission.

     "7.  The Commission requests the Economic and Social Council to
invite relevant organizations of the United Nations system, including
international financial institutions and the Global Environment Facility,
to prepare specific reports on their activities to follow up the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development, with a particular
focus on ongoing and future projects and initiatives, taking into account
its multi-year thematic programme of work.  In that context, the
Commission requests the Secretary-General to prepare annually a
consolidated analytical report which would synthesize information related
to United Nations system activities to implement Agenda 21, outline gaps
and assess progress achieved.  Such a report would be considered by the
Commission together with the report of the Inter-agency Committee on
Sustainable Development and other relevant contributions of the
Administrative Committee on Coordination.  Reports of individual agencies
might be made available to the Commission as background documents.

     "8.  The Commission further invites international, regional and
subregional intergovernmental organizations outside the United Nations
system to prepare and submit to the Secretary-General reports on their
activities related to sustainable development, with a particular focus on
ongoing and future projects and initiatives, bearing in mind its multi-
year thematic programme of work.  The Commission requests the Secretary-
General to prepare annually a report containing an analytical summary of
relevant activities of such organizations.  This report will be
considered by the Commission, together with the reports mentioned in
paragraph 7 above, with a view to elaborating policy recommendations
aimed at ensuring effective collaboration and greater complementarity of
activities of intergovernmental organizations, both within and outside
the United Nations system.

     "9.  The Commission recommends that the report of the High-level
Advisory Board, containing its expert advice on issues related to the
implementation of Agenda 21, be submitted to the Commission through the
Secretary-General.  On the proposal of the Secretary-General, the
Commission could invite members of the Advisory Board to provide advice
to it during its sessions.

     "10.  The consideration of contributions from non-governmental
organizations should be based on the procedural arrangements for the
Commission set out in Economic and Social Council decision 1993/215.  On
the recommendation of the Bureau, the Commission may decide on specific
arrangements for holding a special informal meeting during its sessions
in order to have a direct informal dialogue with representatives of
non-governmental organizations.

     "11.  This decision does not preclude any other decisions regarding
methods of work that the Commission may wish to adopt in the future."

5.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 July, the Chairman introduced a revised
draft decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.2/Rev.1), submitted on the basis of
informal consultations.

6.   At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the revised draft
decision (see chap. I, sect. B).

                                     Chapter V

              EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
                          AGENDA 21 AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

1.   The Commission considered item 4 of its agenda at the 3rd, 4th, 12th
and 20th meetings, on 15, 21 and 25 June 1993.  It had before it the
following documents:

     (a)  Report of the Secretary-General on the exchange of information
regarding the implementation of Agenda 21 at the national level: 
guidelines to the Secretariat for organizing information provided by
Governments, including information in the form of periodic communications
or national reports and national Agenda 21 action plans regarding the
activities they undertake to implement Agenda 21, the problems they face,
such as those related to financial resources and technology transfer, and
other environment and development issues they find relevant
(E/CN.17/1993/6);

     (b)  Report of the Secretary-General on the exchange of information
regarding the implementation of Agenda 21 at the national level:  ways in
which, upon request, the United Nations system and bilateral donors are
assisting countries, particularly developing countries, in the
preparation of periodic communications or national reports and national
Agenda 21 action plans (E/CN.17/1993/7).

2.   At its 3rd and 4th meetings, on 15 June, statements were made by the
representatives of Colombia, Venezuela, Australia, China, Pakistan,
Iceland (on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), the United
States of America, the Russian Federation, Egypt, Sri Lanka, India,
Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, Austria, Japan, Poland, Malaysia,
Morocco, the Republic of Korea, Algeria, Vanuatu, Bolivia, France and
Uruguay.  Statements were also made by the observers for Saudi Arabia,
New Zealand, Switzerland, Denmark (on behalf of the States Members of the
United Nations that are members of the European Economic Community) and
Romania.

3.   The observer for the Scottish Environmental Forum, a non-
governmental organization accredited to the Commission, also made a
statement.

4.   At the 12th meeting, on 21 June, the Chairman introduced a draft
decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.3) entitled "Exchange of information regarding
the implementation of Agenda 21 at the national level:  guidelines to the
Secretariat for organizing information provided by Governments, including
information in the form of periodic communications or national reports
and national Agenda 21 action plans regarding the activities they
undertake to implement Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as those
related to financial resources and technology transfer, and other
environment and development issues they find relevant", which was based
on submissions that had been received.  The draft resolution read as
follows:

     "1.  In accordance with paragraph 3 (b) of General Assembly
resolution 47/191, the Commission will consider information provided by
Governments, including, for example, information in the form of periodic
communications or national reports, regarding the activities they
undertake to implement Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as
problems related to financial resources and technology transfer, and
other environment and development issues they find relevant.

     "2.  In order to enable the Commission effectively to perform its
function to review the progress in the implementation of the commitments
contained in Agenda 21, including those related to the provision of
financial resources and transfer of technology, Governments are
encouraged to provide such information to the Secretariat.

     "3.  Although it will be up to individual Governments to decide what
specific information to provide and in what format, degree of detail and
regularity, the Commission recommends that the information provided in a
given year should be relevant, as far as possible, to the Agenda 21
clusters to be discussed that year under the Commission's agenda, and
that it should cover the following issues:

          "(a) Policies and measures adopted at the national level to meet
the objectives of Agenda 21, including information on national
sustainable development strategies or plans and on the major activities
and projects undertaken;

          "(b) Institutional mechanisms to address sustainable development
issues, including the participation of non-governmental sectors in those
mechanisms;

          "(c) Assessments of progress achieved, to date.  These could be
in the form of statistical sheets or tables;

          "(d) Measures taken, including targets for changing unsustainable
production and consumption patterns and lifestyles, and progress
achieved;

          "(e) Experience gained - for example, descriptions of successful
policies/projects that can serve as models - and specific problems and
constraints encountered, including those related to finance and
technology;

          "(f) Assessments of capacity - i.e., availability of domestic
human, technological and financial resources;

          "(g) Assessments of requirements for external assistance in terms
of finance, technology transfer, cooperation and capacity-building and
human resource development;

          "(h) Implementation of Agenda 21 commitments related to finance,
including those related to the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent of
GNP for official development assistance and to the transfer of
environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-building;

          "(i) Assessments of the effectiveness of activities and projects
of international organizations, including those of international
financial institutions and funding mechanisms, and specific assistance
that might be provided by them.

     "4.  In order to organize the information provided by Governments,
the Secretary-General is requested to prepare overview and thematic
reports for future sessions of the Commission.

                               "A.  Overview report

     "5.  The overview report of the progress in the implementation of
Agenda 21 at the national level, which would take into account regional
and subregional factors and the interrelationships between sectoral and
cross-sectoral issues, should contain:

          "(a) An analysis of the main trends in the implementation of
Agenda 21;

          "(b) An analysis of the main problems and constraints countries
face in the area, including those related to finance and technology;

          "(c) An overview of what countries expect from the United Nations
system and other multilateral organizations, including multilateral
financial institutions, in the way of assistance to achieve sustainable
development;

          "(d) A highlighting of major new initiatives and emerging
sustainable development issues related to the implementation of Agenda 21
which countries may wish to bring to the attention of the Commission.

                               "B.  Thematic reports

     "6.  The thematic reports, corresponding to the Agenda 21 clusters to
be included on the agendas of forthcoming sessions of the Commission, in
accordance with its multi-year programme of work, should include the
following information:

          "(a) Progress achieved to date in implementation of the
objectives of relevant chapters of Agenda 21;

          "(b) Main activities that countries are undertaking or planning
in order to achieve those objectives;

          "(c) Experience gained, particularly experience from which others
may benefit;

          "(d) Problems and constraints encountered by Governments;

          "(e) Assessments of the availability of domestic human,
technological and financial resources and of requirements for external
assistance;

          "(f) Specific expectations from international organizations,
financial institutions and funding mechanisms.

     "7.  Information contained in the thematic reports should be
organized, as far as practicable, along the lines of paragraph 6 above.

     "8.  To prepare the reports the Secretariat might send to
Governments, at least six months prior to the Commission's sessions,
questionnaires based on the above guidelines, with adjustments that may
be required for the cluster to be discussed.  The questionnaires should
be prepared in a way that would facilitate the Governments' response and
the processing of the information.

     "9.  Governments are encouraged to submit their thematic reports and
other information they may wish to bring to the attention of the
Commission not less than three months prior to the relevant session.

     "10.  In order to facilitate an integrated analysis by the Commission
of progress achieved at the national, regional and international levels,
the reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of
intergovernmental organizations, both within and outside the United
Nations system, to implement Agenda 21 (envisaged in the draft decision
under item 3 of the agenda) should be structured in such a way as to
permit, to the extent possible, comparison of the data and trends therein
with those in the reports on national implementation."

5.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June, the Chairman introduced a revised
draft decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.3/Rev.1), submitted on the basis of
informal consultations.

6.   At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the revised draft
decision (see chap. I, sect. C).

                                    Chapter VI

             PROGRESS IN THE INCORPORATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
             UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
             IN THE ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND
             MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON
             COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
             PRINCIPLES ARE INCORPORATED IN PROGRAMMES AND PROCESSES
                         WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

1.   The Commission considered item 5 of its agenda at the 9th to 11th,
15th and 20th meetings, on 18, 21, 22 and 25 June 1993.  It had before it
the following documents:

     (a)  Report of the Secretary-General on progress in the incorporation
of recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development in the activities of international organizations, and
measures undertaken by the Administrative Committee on Coordination to
ensure that sustainable development principles are incorporated in
programmes and processes within the United Nations system
(E/CN.17/1993/8);

     (b)  Report of the Secretary-General on recommendations and proposals
for improving coordination of programmes related to development data that
exist within the United Nations system (E/CN.17/1993/9);

     (c)  Note by the Secretary-General on information provided by the
Trade and Development Board of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development on the implementation of Agenda 21 (E/CN.17/1993/13);

     (d)  Note by the Secretary-General on information provided by the
United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of Agenda 21
(E/CN.17/1993/14).

2.   Statements were made by the representatives of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Children's Fund, the
United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Centre for Human
Settlements (Habitat), the World Bank, the United Nations Development
Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the
United Nations University, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the International Labour
Organisation, the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization, the International Atomic Energy
Agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the
International Monetary Fund, the United Nations International Drug
Control Programme, the World Food Programme and the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (on behalf of the regional
commissions).

3.   During the discussion, the representatives of France, Nigeria, India
and Morocco raised questions.  Statements were also made by the
representatives of the United States of America, Iceland (on behalf of
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), Japan, Egypt, Australia,
China, Malawi, Uruguay and Brazil, as well as by the observers for
Denmark (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are
members of the European Economic Community) and Romania.

4.   A statement was also made by the observer for the Centre for
Development of International Law (also on behalf of the International NGO
Task Group on Legal and Institutional Matters), a non-governmental
organization accredited to the Commission.

5.   At the 15th meeting, on 22 June, the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Ghazi Jomaa
(Tunisia), introduced and orally amended a draft decision
(E/CN.17/1993/L.6) entitled "Progress in the incorporation of
recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development in the activities of international organizations, and
measures undertaken by the Administrative Committee on Coordination to
ensure that sustainable development principles are incorporated in
programmes and processes within the United Nations system".

6.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June, the Commission adopted the draft
decision, as orally amended (see chap. I, sect. D).

                                    Chapter VII

               PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN FACILITATING AND PROMOTING THE
               TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY,
                         COOPERATION AND CAPACITY-BUILDING

1.   The Commission considered item 6 of its agenda at the 7th, 8th and
20th meetings, on 17 and 25 June 1993.  It had before it a report of the
Secretary-General on progress achieved in facilitating and promoting the
transfer of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-
building (E/CN.17/1993/10).

2.   The Commission heard statements by the representatives of India, the
Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan, China, Germany, Egypt,
Mexico, Algeria, the United States of America, the Philippines, Colombia
(on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members
of the Group of 77 and China), Austria, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Singapore,
Uruguay, Brazil, Morocco, Malaysia, Tunisia, Belgium, Bolivia and Benin. 
The observers for Denmark (on behalf of the States Members of the United
Nations that are members of the European Economic Community), Sweden and
Senegal also made statements.

3.   Statements were also made by the observers for the following
non-governmental organizations accredited to the Commission: 
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, International Chamber
of Commerce, Sociedad de Amigos en Defensa de la Gran Sbana (AMIGRANSA)
(on behalf of the ad hoc group of non-governmental organizations on
technology), Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development (on
behalf of the Women's Caucus), International Council of Scientific Unions
and Environmental Protection Society.

4.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June, the Chairman introduced a draft
decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.7) entitled "Progress achieved in facilitating
and promoting the transfer of environmentally sound technologies,
cooperation and capacity-building".

5.   At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft decision (see
chap. I, sect. E).

                                   Chapter VIII

               INITIAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, FINANCIAL FLOWS AND
               ARRANGEMENTS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE DECISIONS OF
               THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND
               DEVELOPMENT FROM ALL AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES AND
                                    MECHANISMS

1.   The Commission considered item 7 of its agenda at the 5th to 7th,
11th, 13th to 15th and 20th meetings, on 16, 17, 21, 22 and 25 June 1993. 
It had before it a report of the Secretary-General on initial financial
commitments, financial flows and arrangements to give effect to the
decisions of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
from all available funding sources and mechanisms, including those
referred to in paragraph 33.14 of Agenda 21 (E/CN.17/1993/11 and Add.1).

2.   Statements were made by the Chairman of the Global Environment
Facility and the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
for a Framework Convention on Climate Change.  Several representatives
posed questions.

3.   Statements were made by the representatives of Austria, Pakistan,
Uruguay, Malaysia, Algeria, Norway (on behalf of Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway and Sweden), Colombia (on behalf of the States Members of
the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77), France, China,
Burkina Faso, Germany, Japan, the Philippines, the United States of
America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Singapore, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Australia, Cuba,
Brazil, Poland, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Benin, as well as the observers
for Denmark (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that
are members of the European Economic Community), New Zealand, Sweden and
Senegal.

4.   The observer for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development made a statement.  Statements were also made by speakers on
behalf of a group of non-governmental organizations for financing and a
group of non-governmental organizations for indigenous peoples, as well
as by the observers for the Third World Network and the Environment
Liaison Centre International, non-governmental organizations accredited
to the Commission.

5.   At the 11th meeting, on 21 June, the Chairman introduced a draft
decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.5) entitled "Initial financial commitments,
financial flows and arrangements to give effect to the decisions of the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development from all
available funding sources and mechanisms", which read as follows:

     "1.  The Commission on Sustainable Development expresses its concern
that the general response to the recommendations of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development regarding funding falls
significantly short of expectations.

     "2.  While welcoming the initial commitments and pledges made by some
countries, the Commission emphasizes that the lack of financial resources
remains the major constraint for effective implementation of Agenda 21
and the phasing in of sustainable development.  It stresses the urgent
need for effective and early implementation of all commitments contained
in chapter 33 of Agenda 21, including commitments related to the United
Nations target of 0.7 per cent of gross national product for official
development assistance.  The Commission notes the absence of additional
funding in the form of an 'Earth Increment' in connection with the tenth
replenishment of the International Development Association, and calls on
the developed countries together with the World Bank to explore ways and
means towards achieving that Increment.

     "3.  The Commission emphasizes the importance of a supportive
international and domestic economic climate conducive to sustained
economic growth and development in order to achieve sustainability.  The
Commission highlights in this context the importance of making further
progress in areas such as debt relief, integration of the concept of
sustainable development into structural adjustment, and improvement of
trade and market conditions in particular for developing countries.

     "4.  The Commission urges the Bretton Woods institutions, the
regional banks and other institutions involved in the implementation of
Agenda 21 to make greater progress in integrating the concept of
sustainable development into their programmes and projects, and to make
sustainable development an integral part of their decision-making
process.

     "5.  The Commission invites countries that provide a relevant
information to finance and coordinating organizations such as the
Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development to consider redesigning their data
classification schemes so as to make it possible to assess the flow of
development finance in relation to specific Agenda 21 clusters.

     "6.  Recognizing that the Commission has been mandated to review the
adequacy of the financial resources available for the implementation of
Agenda 21, the Commission requests the Secretary-General to organize a
consultative process involving all relevant parties at all stages to
undertake the following tasks:

          "(a) To monitor and assess availability and requirements of
financial resources for the implementation of different clusters of
Agenda 21 taking into account the multi-year thematic programme of work
of the Commission in order to assist further discussions in the
Commission and provide a suitable and common basis for action by
bilateral and multilateral funding organizations;

          "(b) To monitor various factors that determine the flow of
financial and economic resources, such as debt relief, terms of trade,
commodity prices and market access;

          "(c) To assist the Commission on the basis of the above in the
development of the policy framework for the mobilization and allocation
of financial resources towards the implementation of the various elements
of Agenda 21.

     "The Commission requests the Secretary-General to undertake the
above tasks in full consultation with the Bureau of the Commission.

     "7.  In order to facilitate the tasks of financial monitoring, the
Commission invites Governments to provide information related to
financial aspects of implementing Agenda 21 in line with decision ## of
the Commission on the guidelines to the Secretariat for organizing
information provided by Governments on issues related to the
implementation of Agenda 21.  As regards the donor countries, the
Commission suggests that elements of such information include official
development assistance as a percentage of gross national product, debt
relief, aid priorities, main funding arrangements related to sustainable
development and specific support to environmental conventions.

     "8.  The Commission further invites the World Bank and other
international, regional and subregional financial and development
institutions, including the Global Environment Facility, to submit
regularly to the Commission reports containing information on their
experience, activities and plans to implement Agenda 21.

     "9.  The Commission emphasizes the need for a timely replenishment
and restructuring of the Global Environment Facility in accordance with
paragraph 33.14 (a) (iii) of Agenda 21 and stresses the importance of:

          "(a) Improved transparency as well as a more open information
policy in the Global Environment Facility for all interested parties;

          "(b) Funding activities designed to achieve global environmental
benefits, taking into account environmental problems at the local and
national levels;

          "(c) Regular reporting of the Global Environment Facility to the
Commission on its activities in order to harmonize policy orientations
towards the effective implementation of Agenda 21;

          "(d) According to non-governmental organizations of an improved
consultative status.

     "10.  Pursuant to reviewing other funding mechanisms referred to in
chapter 33 of Agenda 21, the Commission also invites member States of the
governing bodies of the agencies and programmes of the United Nations
system dealing with issues of environment and development to ensure that
the programme budgets of these institutions receive adequate financial
support in order that they may implement the provisions of Agenda 21
relevant to their respective mandates."

6.   At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of
Canada, Colombia, China, Egypt, Venezuela, Norway, Brazil, Pakistan,
Philippines, the United States of America, the Russian Federation,
Australia, Iceland, Japan, Austria, Morocco, India, Uruguay, Benin and
Bolivia, as well as the observers for Saudi Arabia, Denmark (on behalf of
the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European
Economic Community), Sweden and Kenya.

7.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June, the Chairman introduced a revised
draft decision (E/CN.17/1993/L.5/Rev.1).  The Secretary of the Commission
made a statement on programme budget implications and informed the
Commission that a more comprehensive statement would be presented at the
substantive session of 1993 of the Economic and Social Council.

8.   At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the revised draft
decision (see chap. I, sect. F).

                                    Chapter IX

            PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMISSION

1.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June 1993, the Commission considered the
provisional agenda for its second session (E/CN.17/1993/L.9) and decided
to recommend that the Economic and Social Council approve the provisional
agenda (see chap. I, sect. G).

                                     Chapter X

                                   OTHER MATTERS

1.   At the 20th meeting, on 25 June 1993, the Under-Secretary-General
for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development made a statement on
the preparations for the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development
of Small Island Developing States.

2.   Statements were made by the representatives of Barbados, France,
Tunisia, Canada, Australia, Germany, as well as by the observer for Saudi
Arabia.

                                    Chapter XI

                            ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

                      A.  Opening and duration of the session

1.   The Commission on Sustainable Development held its first session at
United Nations Headquarters from 14 to 25 June 1993.  The Commission held
20 meetings (1st to 20th meetings).

2.   The session was opened by the Chairman.

3.   The Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Sustainable
Development delivered a statement on behalf of the Secretary-General.

4.   The representative of Brazil made a statement on behalf of the
President of Brazil.

5.   The Vice-President of the United States of America addressed the
Commission.

6.   At the 2nd meeting, on 14 June, the Chairman of the
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an
International Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in
Africa, made a statement.

7.   In accordance with the recommendation contained in paragraph 14 (c)
of General Assembly resolution 47/191, the Commission held, on 23 and 24
June 1993, a high-level meeting, with ministerial participation, to have
an integrated overview of the implementation of Agenda 21, to consider
emerging policy issues and to provide necessary political impetus to the
implementation of the decisions of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development and the commitments contained therein (see
chap. II).

                                  B.  Attendance

8.   The session was attended by all 53 States members of the Commission. 
Observers for other States Members of the United Nations and for two
non-member States, representatives of the Secretariat, United Nations
bodies and specialized agencies, and observers for intergovernmental
organizations and non-governmental organizations also attended.

                             C.  Election of officers

9.   The election of the members of the Bureau took place at the
Commission's organizational session (see document E/1993/25 and Corr.1,
para. 28).  Mr. Bedrich Moldan (Czech Republic), a member of the Bureau,
was elected to serve also as Rapporteur.  Mr. Ghazi Jomaa (Tunisia) acted
as a member of the Bureau following the death of Mr. Hamadi Khouini
(Tunisia).

                        D.  Agenda and organization of work

10.  At the 2nd meeting, on 14 June, the Commission adopted the
provisional agenda for the session, as contained in document
E/CN.17/1993/4, and approved its organization of work.  The agenda was as
follows:

     1.   Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

     2.   Adoption of a multi-year thematic programme of work for the
Commission.

     3.   Issues relating to the future work of the Commission.

     4.   Exchange of information regarding the implementation of Agenda
21 at the national level:

          (a)  Guidelines to the Secretariat for organizing information
provided by Governments, including information in the form of periodic
communications or national reports and national Agenda 21 action plans
regarding the activities they undertake to implement Agenda 21, the
problems they face, such as those related to financial resources and
technology transfer, and other environment and development issues they
find relevant;

          (b)  Ways in which, upon request, the United Nations system and
bilateral donors are assisting countries, particularly developing
countries, in the preparation of periodic communications or national
reports and national Agenda 21 action plans.

     5.   Progress in the incorporation of recommendations of the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development in the activities of
international organizations, and measures undertaken by the
Administrative Committee on Coordination to ensure that sustainable
development principles are incorporated into programmes and processes
within the United Nations system.

     6.   Progress achieved in facilitating and promoting the transfer of
environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-building.

     7.   Initial financial commitments, financial flows and arrangements
to give effect to the decisions of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development from all available funding sources and
mechanisms, including those referred to in paragraph 33.14 of Agenda 21.

     8.   Provisional agenda for the second session of the Commission.

     9.   Other matters.

     10.  Consideration of the outcome of the discussion on the above
items, as well as of urgent and major emerging issues, at the high-level
meeting of the first session of the Commission.

     11.  Adoption of the report of the Commission on its first session.

                                       Annex

           LIST OF DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT ITS FIRST SESSION

                        Agenda
Document symbol            item                Title or description

E/CN.17/1993/4               1      Provisional agenda

E/CN.17/1993/5               2      Report of the Secretary-General on the
                                    adoption of a multi-year thematic
                                    programme of work for the Commission

E/CN.17/1993/6            4 (a)     Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    exchange of information regarding the
                                    implementation of Agenda 21 at the
                                    national level:  guidelines to the
                                    Secretariat for organizing information
                                    provided by Governments, including
                                    information in the form of periodic
                                    communications or national reports and
                                    national Agenda 21 action plans regarding
                                    the activities they undertake to implement
                                    Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as
                                    those related to financial resources and
                                    technology transfer, and other environment
                                    and development issues they find relevant

E/CN.17/1993/7            4 (b)     Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    exchange of information regarding the
                                    implementation of Agenda 21 at the
                                    national level:  ways in which, upon
                                    request, the United Nations system and
                                    bilateral donors are assisting countries,
                                    particularly developing countries, in the
                                    preparation of periodic communications or
                                    national reports and national Agenda 21
                                    action plans

E/CN.17/1993/8               5      Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    progress in the incorporation of
                                    recommendations of the United Nations
                                    Conference on Environment and Development
                                    in the activities of international
                                    organizations, and measures undertaken by
                                    the Administrative Committee on
                                    Coordination to ensure that sustainable
                                    development principles are incorporated in
                                    programmes and processes within the United
                                    Nations system

E/CN.17/1993/9               5      Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    recommendations and proposals for
                                    improving coordination of programmes
                                    related to development data that exist
                                    within the United Nations system

E/CN.17/1993/10              6      Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    progress achieved in facilitating and
                                    promoting the transfer of environmentally
                                    sound technology, cooperation and
                                    capacity-building

E/CN.17/1993/11              7      Report of the Secretary-General on initial
                                    financial commitments, financial flows and
                                    arrangements to give effect to the
                                    decisions of the United Nations Conference
                                    on Environment and Development from all
                                    available funding sources and mechanisms,
                                    including those referred to in
                                    paragraph 33.14 of Agenda 21

E/CN.17/1993/11/Add.1        7      Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    information provided by Governments on
                                    initial financial commitments, financial
                                    flows and arrangements to give effect to
                                    the decisions of the United Nations
                                    Conference on Environment and Development

E/CN.17/1993/12             10      Report of the Secretary-General on
                                    consideration of the outcome of the
                                    discussion on the above items, as well as
                                    of urgent and major emerging issues, at
                                    the high-level meeting of the first
                                    session of the Commission

E/CN.17/1993/13              5      Note by the Secretary-General on
                                    information provided by the Trade and
                                    Development Board of the United Nations
                                    Conference on Trade and Development on the
                                    implementation of Agenda 21

E/CN.17/1993/14              5      Note by the Secretary-General on
                                    information provided by the United Nations
                                    Environment Programme on the
                                    implementation of Agenda 21

E/CN.17/1993/INF/2                  List of delegations

E/CN.17/1993/L.2             3      Draft decision submitted by the Chairman
                                    on the basis of informal consultations,
                                    entitled "Issues relating to the future
                                    work of the Commission"

E/CN.17/1993/L.2/Rev.1    3         Revised draft decision submitted by the
                                    Chairman on the basis of informal
                                    consultations, entitled "Issues relating
                                    to the future work of the Commission"

E/CN.17/1993/L.3          4 (a)     Draft decision submitted by the Chairman
                                    on the basis of submissions received on
                                    exchange of information regarding the
                                    implementation of Agenda 21 at the
                                    national level:  guidelines to the
                                    Secretariat for organizing information
                                    provided by Governments, including
                                    information in the form of periodic
                                    communications or national reports and
                                    national Agenda 21 action plans regarding
                                    the activities they undertake to implement
                                    Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as
                                    those related to financial resources and
                                    technology transfer, and other
                                    environmental and development issues they
                                    find relevant

E/CN.17/1993/L.3/Rev.1    4 (a)     Revised draft decision submitted by the
                                    Chairman on the basis of submissions
                                    received on exchange of information
                                    regarding the implementation of Agenda 21
                                    at the national level:  guidelines to the
                                    Secretariat for organizing information
                                    provided by Governments, including
                                    information in the form of periodic
                                    communications or national reports and
                                    national Agenda 21 action plans regarding
                                    the activities they undertake to implement
                                    Agenda 21, the problems they face, such as
                                    those related to financial resources and
                                    technology transfer, and other
                                    environmental and development issues they
                                    find relevant

E/CN.17/1993/L.4             2      Draft decision submitted by the Chairman,
                                    entitled "Adoption of a multi-year
                                    thematic programme of work"

E/CN.17/1993/L.5             7      Draft decision submitted by the Chairman
                                    on initial financial commitments,
                                    financial flows and arrangements to give
                                    effect to the decisions of the United
                                    Nations Conference on Environment and
                                    Development from all available funding
                                    sources and mechanisms

E/CN.17/1993/L.5/Rev.1       7      Revised draft decision submitted by the
                                    Chairman on initial financial commitments,
                                    financial flows and arrangements to give
                                    effect to the decisions of the United
                                    Nations Conference on Environment and
                                    Development from all available funding
                                    sources and mechanisms

E/CN.17/1993/L.6             5      Draft decision submitted by the Chairman
                                    of Negotiating Group I on progress in the
                                    incorporation of recommendations of the
                                    United Nations Conference on Environment
                                    and Development in the activities of
                                    international organizations, and measures
                                    undertaken by the Administrative Committee
                                    on Coordination to ensure that sustainable
                                    development principles are incorporated
                                    into programmes and processes within the
                                    United Nations system

E/CN.17/1993/L.7             6      Draft decision submitted by the Chairman
                                    on progress achieved in facilitating and
                                    promoting the transfer of environmentally
                                    sound technologies, cooperation and
                                    capacity-building

E/CN.17/1993/L.8                    Draft report of the Commission on its
and Add.1                           first session

E/CN.17/1993/L.9                    Draft provisional agenda for the second
                                    session of the Commission

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