text: ofTanzania inthelistofcountries eligible toreceive assistance through UNSOon behalfofUNEPinimplementing ~hePlanofActiontoCombatDesertification. 30.Byparagraph 5ofthesamedecision, theCouncil authorized theExecutive Director tosubmithisreportontheimplementation ofthePlanofActioninthe Sudano-Sahelian reglon (UNEP/GC.l3/7/Add.l), prepared inresponse toGeneral Assembly resolution 39/168 Bof17December 1984,onbehalfoftheCouncil, through theEconomic andSocialCouncil, totheAssembly atitsfortieth session. -9-I, I CHAPTERIII ADOPTION OFDECISIONS Programme policy andimplementation (decision 13/1) 431.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/L.18). 32.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. Establishment ofaCommittee ofPermanent Representatives (decision 13/2) 33.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissUbject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/L.15). 34.TheExecutive Director placed onrecordtbefac.tthat"services andfacilities ofthesamekind",inparagraph 4,excluded formaldocumentation andinterpretation. 35.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus:. Provision ofinformation toGovernments between thethirteenth andfourteenth sessions oftheCouncil (decision 13/3) 36.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/L.12). 37.Therepresentative ofuruguay askedthatdocument references beincluded in reports, listsofmeetings andthelike,soastofacilitate requests for documentation. 38.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. Environmental Perspective totheYear2000andBeyond(decisions 13/4AtoE) 39.Atthe15thmeeting ofthesession, on24May,theCouncil hadbeforeitsome draftdecisions onthissubject submitted bytheIntergovernmental Inter-sessional PrepaJ:atory Commi tt~eontheEnvironmental Perspective (IIPC)(see UNEP/GC/IIPC.2/2, annex). 40.Thedraftdecisions, asorally amended bythePresident, wereadopted by consensus. 41.TheChairman ofIIPCsaidthat,whilehewasabletoacceptthePresident's amendment, itwashisunderstanding thatnotime-limit hadbeenestablished bythe General Assembly fortheEnvironmental Perspective. Theexpression "timeframe"in draft deci~ion B,beforeitsamendment, hadreferred totheCommission's report. 42.TheExecutive Director saidthathewishedtoplaceonrecordthefactthat thefuturesessions ofIIPCduringtheperiod 1985-1987 wouldhavetobe accommodated withinthefinancial resources available. Thatwouldmeanthat interpretation wouldcertainly notbeavailable forthenextoneortwosessions. -10-a a ities ation. a in ;ome mal 's the ~"in s.Observance ofthefortieth anniversary ofthefounding oftheUnitedNutions (decision 13/5) 43.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/L.ll). 44.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. African environmental conference (decision 13/6) 45.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheAfrican Group(UNEP/GC.13/L.16). 46.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. Impactofapartheid ontheenvironment (decision 13/7) 47.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheGroupof77(UNEP/GC.13/L.13). 48.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. 49.Therepresentative ofItaly,speaking alsoonbehalfoftheotherEEC countries members oftheCouncil, andofAustralia, Austria, Canada andtheUnited StatesofAmerica rsaidthat,ifthedraftdecision hadbeenputtothevote,those representatives wouldhavebeenunabletos~pport thesecondpreambular paragraph, whichtouched onpolitical issuesthatcamewithinthepurview ofotherUnited Nations bodiesratherthanUNEP. However, inviewofthefactthattheyallshared anabhorrence forapartheid, whichtheywerecommitted toendbypeaceful meansin keeping withtheUnitedNations Charter, thoserepresentatives hadbeenprepared to joinintheconsensus onthedecisio~. 50.Therepresentative ofNorway, speaking alsoonbehalfoftherepresentative of Finland, saidthat,whilehewasutterly opposed toapartheid, hefeltthatit~a5 notinthebestinterests ofUNEPthattheProgramme should beburdened with pOlitical matters thatwereproperly theconcern ofotherUnitedNations bodies.
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) discussing various decisions made by the UNEP Council regarding environmental issues, desertification, and sustainable development. The text touches on topics such as the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, environmental perspective, and the impact of apartheid on the environment.