FAO ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ENVIRONMENT
THE CONFERENCE
,
Recalling
Conference Resolution 3/89 requesting the Organization to strengthen its activities related to sustainable development and environment and its cooperation with the UN system in the field, particularly in view of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to be held in
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
, 1-12 June 1992,
Welcoming
the measures taken by the
Director-General
in response to
Conference Resolution 3/89 as reported to the FAO Council at its Ninety-eighth, Ninety-ninth and Hundredth Sessions,
Noting
the significant contributions made by FAO to the preparation of UNCED, in particular the Den Bosch Declaration and Agenda for Action adopted by the FAO/Netherlands Conference on Agriculture and the Environment and the development by FAO of an International Cooperative Programme Framework for sustainable agriculture and rural development (ICPF/SARD), as requested by the Ninety-ninth Session of the Council,
Welcoming
the process of streamlining of FAO Special Action Programmes, undertaken by the
Director-General
as part of the development of the ICPF/SARD,
Emphasizing
the crucial roles to be played by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors in the attainment of both sustainable development and environmental objectives,
Recognizing
that sustainable development and conservation of the environment are high priority objectives of the Organization for developing and developed countries in the field of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the next biennium, in the Medium-term Plan and in the long term:
Decides
that:
1.
within the imperative of its mandate, FAO should integrate sustainability criteria in all its programmes and activities;
2.
the strategies and proposals presented in document C 91/30 should be further elaborated by FAO in the light of the outcome of the Conference as guidelines for future international and national action in this field;
3.
in this process FAO should seek to strengthen its cooperation with other UN and non-UN institutions concerned with sustainable agriculture and rural development;
4.
the Organization will pursue its active cooperation with UNCED so as to ensure the necessary support to sustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries activities in the context of the proposed UNCED Plan of Action ("Agenda 21");
5.
a report will be presented to the Conference through the Council at its Hundred and second Session in November 1992 on the implementation of this resolution.
