I.; ...,.,UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME REPORT OFTHE .GOVERNING COUNCIL ontheworkofitsthirteenth session 14-24May1985 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.25(Al40/25) UNITEDNATIONSUNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGltAMME REPORT OFTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL ontheworkofitsthirteenth session 14-24May1985 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.25(A/40/25) UNITEDNATIONS NewYork,1985I, I-,,-------.--~,--------------- NOTE SymbolsofUnitedNations documents arecomposed ofcapitalletterscombined with figures.Mentionofsuchasymbolindicates areference to,aUnitedNationsdocument.04 14#i [Original: English] [24September 1985] CONTENTS E.Agenda••••••••• 1II•••••••••••••••••••••••• ID••••••••••••• G.WorkoftheCommittee oftheWhole••••••••••••••••••••F.Organization oftheworkofthesession ••••••••••••••• E.1984reportonthestateoftheenvironment •••••••••••Paragraphs Page 1 1 2-19 2 2 2 3-10 3 11 4 12-13 4 14 5 15-ll:t 5 19 6 20-30 7 20 7 21 7 22 7 23 7 24 8 25 8 26-27 8 28-30 8 31-117 10• OD·· ~••••••••• D•••••••••• O•••officers ••••••• 0•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• e .thesession •••••••• a•••••• G••••••••••• »••••..................................................... Opening of Attendance Election of Credential'sA. B. D.C. A.Dateandplaceofthefourteenth session otthe Governing Counci1..........•........•.... IiII•0 •&•••••••• B.Actionwithrespect toresolutions ottheGeneral Assembly andtheEconomic andSocialCouncil •••••••••• C.Reporting bytheAdministrative Committee on Co-ordination •••••••••••••••••••••• $~•••• O•••••••• G••• D.Observance ofthefortieth anniversary ofthefounding oftheUnitedNations ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• H.Desertification .....• ~.•••.••.•••••..••.•.••••••••••••G.Environmental law••.•••••••• ~••••••••••••••.••••••••••F.Co-operation between UNEPandtheUnitedNations CentreforHumanSettlements (Habitat) ••••••••••••••••I.ORGANIZATION OFTHESESSION . 11.MATTERS REQUIRING THESPECIFIC ATTENTION OFTHEGENERAL ASSEMBLY AND/OR THEECONOMIC ANDSOCIAL COUNCIL •••••••••••Chapter INTRODUCTION Ill.ADOPTION OFDECISIONS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Annex. DECISIONS ADOPTED BYTHEGOVERNING COUNCIL ATITS THIRTEENTH SESSION ••••.•• ~••.••••••••. o............................. 19 -iii--1-INTRODUCTION 1.Thethirteenth session oftheGover~ing Council oftheUnitedNations Environment Programme (UNEP)washeldatUNEPheadquarters, Nairobi, from14to 24May1985. TheCouncil adopted thepresent reportatthe15thmeeting ofthe session, on24May1985..-.----------------_6- ..--..__2,-._,-_,a. s 14to ofthe", CHAPTER I ORGA~IZATION OFTHESESSION A<Openinq ofthesession 2.Thethirteenth session wasopened byMr.A.AlAgib(Sudan), President oftheCouncil atitstwelfth session. B.Attendance I;3.Thefollowing States members oftheGoverning Council1/wererepresented at ~thesession: l' rAlgeria Argentina Austrclia Austria Belgium Botswana Brazil BUlgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Finland France Germany, Federal Republic of Ghana Hungary India Indonesia Italy IvoryCoast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Libyan ArabJamahiriya MalaysiaMalta Mexico Nepal Nigeria Norway Oman Panama PapuaNewGuinea Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda SaudiArabia SriLanka Sudan Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukrainian SovietSocialist Rep~blic UnionofSovietSocialist Republics United Kingdom of GreatBritain and
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The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) regarding the work of its governing council. The report discusses various environmental issues, such as desertification, environmental law, and cooperation between UNEP and other UN agencies. The content suggests that the report is focused on environmental protection and sustainable development, which are key aspects of the natural resources and environment category.

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Natural resources and environment