AG/RES. 1347 (XXV-O/95)

MEETING OF EXPERTS IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES

(Resolution adopted at the ninth plenary session, held on June 9, 1995)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the report of the Permanent Council on the meeting of experts in the area of environmentally sound technologies (AG/doc.3207/95); and

CONSIDERING:

That the General Assembly, through its resolution AG/RES. 1300 (XXIV-O/94), decided to hold a meeting of experts in the area of environmentally sound technologies prior to its twenty-fifth regular session;

That the Permanent Council, pursuant to the aforesaid resolution AG/RES. 1300 (XXIV-O/94), approved the agenda of that meeting through its resolution CP/RES. 644 (1016/95);

That the Committee on the Environment, through the Working Group on the Meeting of Experts in the Area of Environmentally Sound Technologies, has been working intensively to ensure that the meeting makes a valuable contribution to the sustainable development effort to be put forth by the Organization; and

That, in order to fully meet this objective, the Permanent Council has found it necessary to work further on the substantive preparations for the meeting and, by its resolution CP/RES. 648 (1024/95), decided to convene a new meeting to coordinate the presentation of studies that will be analyzed at the Meeting of Experts in the Area of Environmentally Sound Technologies,

RESOLVES:

  1. To take note of the report of the Permanent Council on the meeting of experts in the area of environmentally sound technologies.

  2. To express its appreciation to the Government of Canada for offering to host the meeting in Ottawa and for the coordination and other efforts it has been carrying out so that this important meeting may make a valuable contribution to hemispheric technological cooperation for sustainable development.

  3. To hold the Meeting of Experts in the Area of Environmentally Sound Technologies prior to the twenty-sixth regular session.

  4. To authorize the Permanent Council to set the date of the meeting, and to instruct the General Secretariat to provide any technical cooperation necessary for completion of its preparation.

  5. To request the Permanent Council to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth regular session on implementation of this resolution.

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