reporttoitonanannualbasisin1986and1987,inaccordance withGeneral Assembly resolution 2997(XXVII), reviewing thepolicyissuesinco-ordination and presenting anaccount oftheresults achieved andpolicymeasures required, with bothreports tobeconsidered bytheCouncil atitsfourteenth session. D.Observance ofthefortieth anniversary ofthefounding oftheUnitedNations 23.Byitsdecision 13/5of23May1985,theGoverning Council requested the Executive Director totransmit amessage totheGeneral Assembly atits commemorative session, whichistobeheldontheoccasion ofthefortieth anniversary. Themessage isannexed tothedecisiono ~Resolutions 39/940t 14December 1984,39/167, 39/168AandBand 39/208of17December 1984,and39/229of18December 1984. -7-1/Resolution 1984/65 of26July1984. i/SeeUNEP/GC.13/2 andCorr.l and2,chap.11,sects.BandC,and UNEP/GC.l3/3/Add.3, sect.11.a E.1984reportonthestateoftheenvironment 24.Byparagraph 6otitsdecision 13/9Cof24May1985,the~~verning Council decided totransmit totheGeneral Assembly andtheSpecial Commission the recommendations oftheExecutive Director foractiontofollow uphis1984report onthestateoftheenvironment. Thebodyofthereport (UNEP/GC.12/11 andCorr.l and2)wastransmitted tothesamebodiesin1984incompliance withCoun9il decision 12/3Aof28May1984. F.Co-operation t~tween UNEPandtheUnitedNations centreforHumanSettlements (Habitat) 25.Byparagraph 6ofitsdecision 13/12of23May1985,theGoverning Council notedresolution 8/14adopted bytheCommission onHumanSettlements on8May1985, concerning meetings oftheExecutive Director ofHabitat andthebureauofthe Commission withtheExecutive Director ofUNEPandthebureauofitsGoverning Council, andrequested theExecutive Director ofUNEPtoconsult withtheExecutive Director ofHabitat withaviewtosubmitting totheGeneral Assembly atits fortieth session adraftresolution ondiscontinuance oftheannualmeetings between thetwoExecutive Directors andthetwobureaux. G.Environmental law l 26.Bysection IV,paragraph 1ofitsdecision 13/18of24May1985,theGoverning Council authoriz~d theExecutive Director totransmit hisreportonsharednatural resources andlegalaspects ofotfshore mininganddrilling (UNEP/GC.13/9/Add.l), preparea inpursuance ofGeneral Assembly resolution 37/217of20December 1982,on behalfoftheCouncil, together withanycomments madebydelegations thereon, to theAssembly atitsfortieth session. Inparagraph 2ofthedecision, theCouncil recommended totheAssembly thatitshouldtakenoteofthereportandreiterate thetermsofAssembly resolution 34/186of18December 1979asawhole. In paragraph 3ofthedecision, theCouncil invited theAssembly torequestitto submit afurther progress reportontheimplementation ofAssembly resolution 34/186in1987. 27.Bysection VIofthesamedecision, theCouncil authorized theExecutive Director t9transmit hisreportoninternational conventions andprotocols inthe fieldoftheenvironment (UNEP/GC.13/l0), onbehalfoftheCouncil, together ~ith anycomments madebydelegations thereon, totheAssembly atitsfortieth session inaccordance withAssembly resolution 3436(XXX)of9December 1975. H.Desertification 28.Inresponse toGeneral Assembly resolution 39/168Aof17December 1984,the Governing Council examined thepossibility ofexpanding thescopeoftheUnited Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office CUNSO) SOastoenableittoassisttheStates members oftheSouthern African Development Co-ordination Conference in implementing therecommendations ofUNEPoncombating desertification anddrought. Byparagraph 17ofitsdecision 13/30Aof23May1985,theCouncil requested the Executive Director toconsider theinclusion ofthoseStatesinthelistof countries eligible toreceive assistance through UNSO,actingonbehalfofUNEP,in combating desertification. -8-.1 IS, .ve ,ng 11 on 1 in29.Alsoinresponse toGeneral Assembly resolution 39/168 A,theCouncil examined thepossibility ofincluding theUnitedRepublic ofTanzania inthetermsof reference ofUNSOinordertoenableittoreceive assistance intheimplementation ofprogrammes forcombating desertification. Byparagraph 4ofits decision 13/30Bof23May1985,theCouncil decided toinclude theUnitedRepublic
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to the General Assembly, discussing various environmental and natural resource-related issues. It mentions reports on the state of the environment, environmental law, desertification, and co-operation with other organizations. This suggests that the text is primarily focused on environmental and natural resource-related topics.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Science and technology