text: AiresConference, aConference ofSouthAmerican A9sociations Interested inthe Environment hadbeenestablished. 65.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. Programme budgetoftheunitedNations Environment Programme, 1986-198'7 (decision 13/14) 66.Adraftdecision onthissubjoct wasrecommended bytheCommittee oftheWhole (UNEP/GC.13/L.28/Add.3) •TheCommittee hadapproved adraftdecision submitted by theDrafting Committee ofthePermanent Representatives toUNEP,asamended bytoe Groupof77andtherepresentatives ofEgyPt,FranceandtheUnited Kingdom of GreatBritain andNorthern Ireland. 67.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus atthe14thmeeting ofthe session, on23May. 68.Threerepresentatives expressed reservations concerning theprocedure forthe establishment ofpriorities andsuggested thatthepercentage allocated to Earthwatch should bereduced from16.3percentto14.3percent;whilethe percentage allocated todesertification should beincreased from10.0percent to 12.0percent.Threeothersstrongly opposed thealteration oftheoriginal percentages. Developing astrategy fortheprogramme budgetoftheUnitedNations Environment Programme for1988-1989 (decision 13/15) 69.Adraftdecision onthissubject wasrecommended bytheCommittee ottheWhole (UNEP/GC.13/L.28/Add.3) •TheCommittee hadapproved adraftdecision submitted by Australia, Canada, Egypt,theFederal Republic ofGermany, France, theUnited Kingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland andtheUnitedStatesofAmerica, as amended bytherepresentatives otArgentina, Egypt,Finland, India,Malaysia, the Netherlands, Switzerland andtheUnited Kingdom. -13-, 1 70.Inplenary, theExecutive Director saidhetookitthattheCouncil was willing toaccept asizeable increase inthenumberofpagesintheprogramme budgetfor1988-1989 inordertoobtain moreinformation. :a 71.Thedraftdecision, asorally amended bythePresident, wasadopted by consensus atthe14thmeeting ofthesession, on23May. Environment andfinancial institutions (decision 13/16) 72.Atthe15thmeeting ofthesession, on24May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bythe~sianGroup(UNEP/GC.13/L.27/Rev.l). a73.Thedraftdecision, asorallyrevised bythesponsors, wasadopted by consensus. Decisions 13/17to13/31 Energy(decision 13/17) Environmental law(decision 13/18)77.Therepresentative ofUruguay saidthathewouldhavepreferred thefollowing wording forparagraph 1(b): 78.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted bytheChairman, asamended bytherepresentatives ofArgentina, Canada, Finland, IndiaandtheUnitedKirgdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland."(b)Support forstudies ontheenvironmental aspects anddevelopment of new,energy technologies, especially theexploitation ofoilshalesandtar sandsandcoalliquefaction &ndgasification, aswellasanyothertypeof non-conv~mtional newenergywithserious development potential".76.Therepresentative ofEgyptplaced onrecordthedesireofthesponsors that 50percentofthefundsundertheenergysubline should beallocated totheareas mentioned inthedecision.74.Decisions 13/17to13/31wereadopted ontherecommendation oftheCommittee oftheWholeinitsreport (UNEP/GC.13/L.28/Add.3). Exceptasindicated below,the decisions wereapproved intheCommittee andadopted bytheCouncil atthe 14thplenary meeting, on23May1985,byconsensus andwithout comment.ir [. t I' r,~rl75.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted bytheGroupof77,as ~amended bytherepresentatives ofEgypt,theUnitedStatesofAmerica andUruguay. I'F I' F ~t f: Vr [: f i:p ~ f:I "f; kk f··l;r79.Thedecision wasadopted byconsensus inplenaryatthe15thmeeting, ont24May,after a~ndments hadbeenintroduced bythePresident.lInternational meeting onenvironmental education andtraining (decision 13/19) .!tto,rthe,Whole edby ,ytoe 'f:a ienos ,he Whole edby a,as the80.TheCommittee approved adraftdecision submitted bytheUnionofSoviet Socialist Republics, asamended bytherepresentatives ofEgypt,thePhilippines, I~theUnionofSovietSocialist Republics andtheUnited Kingdom ofGreatBritain and
analysis: The text appears to be a report of decisions made by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) regarding the environment and related issues. The decisions discussed include budget allocations, energy and environmental law, and international meetings on environmental education and training. The focus is on global environmental issues and the actions taken to address them, which suggests a strong connection to natural resources and the environment.