detailed elabora~ion inthesection onemerging issuesintheExecutive Director's reportonthestateoftheenvironment for1987:municipal solidwastein developing countries, andaquacultureJ 3.TakesnoteoftheExecutive Director's reportonenvironmental events; 19/ 4.Decides thattheroleoftheEnvironment Programme withregardtomajor environmental accidents should belimited tothecollation anddissemination of information ontheaccidents themselves andonavailable expertise todealwith them. 15thmeeting 24May1985 C.Recommendations forfurther actiononthe1984 state-of-the-environment report TheGoverning Council, Recallini itsdecision 12/3Aof28May1984,inwhichitdecided tosubmit chapter IVofthe1984reportonthestateoftheenvironment, JI'rheenvironment in thedialogue between andamongdeveloped anddeveloping countries", 20/tothe permanent representatives inNairobi totheunitedNations Environment Programme fortheirconsideration inpreparation forthethirteenth session oftheCouncil, Conscious oftheimportance ofenvironmental aspects ofthebroadeconomic and socialissuesinvolved inthedialogue between andamongdeveloped anddeveloping countries. Awareoftheharmony withwhichdialogue Clltheenvironment hasproceeded in theCouncil formanyyears, Affirming itscontinuing interest inthisSUbject, 1.TakesnoteoftheExecut:ve Director's recommendations foraction bythe Council, whicharecontained intheannextotheprese..tdecision; 2.UrgestheGovernments ofdeveloped anddeveloping countries, bothin termsofnational policies andprogrammes andintermsofco-operation withother Governments andinternational organizations, tocontinue toaddress or,wherenew actionisrequired, toinitiate actionornegotiation onthemajorenvironmental issuestowhichGovernments agreedinthesystem-wide medium-term environment programme 21/andonsuchadditional issues,isGovernments ortheCouncil deemof concerni 19/UNEP/GC.13/4/Add.2. 20/UNEP/GC.12/11 andCorr.land2. 21/UNEP/GC.IO/7 andCorr.l. -37-'tor's lajor of th leeting y1985 mit ntin e mme cil, icand ping din•---------- ~--~- ---~-~-"""'?"~._--_.- 3.Endorses paragraph 3oftheannexhereto, identifying someprerequisites forthesuccess ofnegotiation anddialogue onsuchissues; 4.Expresses theviewthatnonewinstitutional arrangements arerequired to dealwiththesubject ofthereport, andthatactionshouldariseinthecontext of ongoing international orintergovernmental treatment oftheindividual issues, as referred toinparagraph 2above; 5.Requests theExecutive Director, withinexisting resources, tomonitor andreportonconcerns ofGovernments ontheissuesreferred toinparagraph 2 above,andtoreportbacktoitontheprogress madeontheseissues; 6.Transmits theannextothepresent decision, containing theExecutive Director's recommendations, totheGeneral Assembly andtheSpecial Commission. 15thmeeting 24May1985 D.Futurestate-of-the-environment reports TheGoverning Council 1.Expresses thehopethattheannualstate-of-the-environment reports of theExecutive Director willincreasingly becomebasicdocuments forthe deliberations oftheCouncil, especially whensuchreports canbebasedon statistical dataderived fromafullydeveloped GlobalResource Information Data Base; 2.Decides thatfuturestate-ot-the-environment reports should, ingeneral, alternate insuccessive yearsbetween areportoneconomic andsocialaspects of theenvironment andareportonenvironmental dataandassessment; 3.Decides thatthetopicofthestate-of-the-environment reportfor1986 shallbehealthandtheenvironment; ythe n ther new tal mof i'4.Further decides thatthe1987state-ot-the environment reportshould attempt, asthefirstworldstate-of-the environment report, topresent a comprehensive surveyutilizing, interalia,thedataandresults ofassessments available through theGlobalEnvironmental Monitoring System. 15thmeeting 24May1985 ANNEX Recommendations oftheExecutive Director concerning the environment inthedialogue between andamongdeveloped anddeveloping countries 1.TheGoverning Council maywishtotransmit thepresent document, together with itsviewsthereupon, torelevant forumswheretheissuespertaining toeconomic and socialdevelopment areunderconsideration.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing environmental issues and the role of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in addressing these issues. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on international cooperation and policy-making. The topics mentioned, such as municipal solid waste, aquaculture, and environmental data, are all related to the natural environment and its management.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment