Northern Ireland, following consultations withtherepresentative ofUNESCO. -14-& Lwas Jramme Iby Ireita 'L.27/Rev.1) • by Committee below,the he 7,as :iUruguay. ;orsthat theareas following .opmentof Indtar :ypeof samended dKirgdom ,on 3/19) \Tiet ippines, ritainand :0.I81.TheAssistant Executlve Director stressed thattherewasnoprovlslon forthe meeting intheprogramme budgetandthatitwouldbeheldonlyifitwasjUdged reallyusefulforGovernments andoriented towards assessing theresults ofthe preceding decade anddrawing upplansforthefuture. En'?ironmental education andtraining inAfrica(decision 13/20) 82.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted bytheAfrican Group,as revised bythesponsor.s following consultations withtherepresentative ofUNESCO. Environmental education network (decision 13/21) 83.TheCommitteeapproved adraftdecision submitt,edbytheLatinAmerican Gr:)up, asamended bytherepresentative ofArgentina. ReformottheInformation Service (decision 13/22) 84.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision suggested bytheChairman, asamended bytherepresentatives ofEgypt,France, theUnionofSovietSocialist Republics andtheUnitedStatesofAmerica. 85.Inplenary, theExecutive Director saiditwashisunderstanding thatthe limitation imposed inparagraph 8ofthedecision referred toregions whereonly onelanguage wasnormally used-forexample, Spanish inLatinAmerica: inother words,pUblications wouldbeissuedeitherinoneorintwolanguages. State-of-the-environment reports inthedeveloping countries (decision 13/23) 86.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted bytheCroupof77,as amended bytherepresentatives ofEgypt,Nepal, PapuaNewGuinea andUrl;,guay. WorldClimate Programme (decision 13/24) 87.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision suggested bytheChairman, asamended bytherepresentative ofEgypt• 88.Onerepresentative emphasized thatadequate staffresources should bemade available fortheclimate programme. Marinepollution (decision 13/25) 89.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision suggested bytheChairman, asamended bytherepresentatives ofEgyptandSriLanka, andfollowing consultations withthe representative ofUNESCO. 90.Onerepresentative saidthat,bearing inminditsco-ordinating andcat~lytic role,UNEPshouldnotbeobligated toindefinite financial support ofthevarious regional seasactionplansbeyondtheinitial stages. Another ~epreseneative disagreed, sayingthatcontinued support fromUNEPwascrucial forthesuccessful implementation oftheregional seasactionplans. -15-]ater(decision 13/26) 91.TheCommittee approved adecision submitted bytheGroupof77,asamended by therepres~ntative ofthePhilippines andtheChairman. Therepresentatives ofEgyptandtheUnitedStatesofAmerica stressed theimportance oflimiting thescopeofthewaterprogramme, inordertoincrease theimpactofthelimitedresources available. Soils(decision 13/27) 92.TheCommittee a~~roved adraftdecision suggested bytheChairman, asamendedbytherepresentatives ofEg~~t, Ghana,Tunisia, theUnitedStatesofAmerica andUruguay. Implementation oftheActionPlanforBiosphe~e Reserves (decision 13/28) 93.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted byFrance, theFederalRepublic ofGermany, India,theIvoryCoast, Kenya,Mexico, theUkrainian SovietSocialist Republic, theUnionofSovietSocialist Republics andtheUnitedStatesofAmerica, asrevised bythesponso~s following consultations withtherepresentative ofUNESCO. Preparation ofnational conservation strategies (decision 13/29) 94.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted bytheAfrican Group,asamended bytherepresentative ofUruguay. Desertification (decisions 13/30AandB) 95.TheCommittee approved twodraftdecisions submitted bytheDrafting CommitteeofthePermanent Representatives toUNEP,asamended bytheAfrican Groupandtherepresentative oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica. 96.TheAssistant Executive Director saidthatthefinancial implications ofincluding thememberStatesoftheSouthern African Development Co-ordinationConference (SADCC) inthelistofcountries eligible toreceive assistance throughUNSOwouldamounttoabout$500,000 ayearplusadmini.strative costs. Hesoughtguidance fromtheGoverning Council astowherethefundswouldcomefrom.