| REGIONAL PREPARATIONS |
| REGIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| PARTICIPATION |
| ESCAP's ROLE |
| ESCAP MANDATES |
| REGIONAL FEATURES |
| NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS |
| CONTACT |
ESCAP MANDATES
As a regional commission of the UN, ESCAP is mandated to support the preparatory process of the UNCSD RIO+20 Conference. The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/236 decided that in preparation to RIO+20 Conference, there will be regional preparatory meetings (which will replace the Regional implementation meeting, traditionally being held prior to the Policy year of the CSD).
The General Assembly also stressed the importance of having efficient and effective preparations at the local, national, regional and international levels by Governments in collaboration with the United Nations system so as to ensure high-quality inputs without placing undue strain on Member States.
The Regional Commissions have developed calendars of regional preparatory activities, have made plans to commission special studies, have held or plan to organize Intercessional regional meetings on the themes of the Conference in preparation to the Regional Preparatory Meetings.
In Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP will head the Regional Coordination Mechanism and will engage members in the preparatory process. Furthermore, regional and sub-regional inter-agency collaboration has been launched through regular consultations in all regions.
| LIST OF ESCAP MANDATES | |||
| A/RES/58/218 | Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development | “welcomes the decision of the CSD at its eleventh session to invite the regional commissions... to consider organizing regional implementation meetings in order to contribute to the work of the Commission, and in this regard urges the regional commissions to take into account the relevant thematic clusters contained in the Commission’s programme of work…” paragraph 6 | |
| A/RES/60/193 | Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development | “... the regional commissions ... in accordance with their respective mandates...to take action to ensure the effective implementation of and follow-up to the commitments, programmes and time-bound targets adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and encourages them to report on concrete progress in that regard” paragraph 4 | |
| A/RES/64/236 | Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development | “implementation meeting in 2011 will be converted into regional preparatory meetings of the Conference and CSD will postpone its multi-year programme of work for one year in 2012.” Paragraph 25 |
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