§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the work undertaken to date and the achievements of the United Nations inter-agency committee on sustainable development since its establishment.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe inter-agency committee on sustainable development held its first meeting in New York from 23 to 25 March. The committee agreed an approach for the allocation and sharing of responsibilities and for improved co-ordination in the implementation of Agenda 21 by the UN system; reviewed subsidiary bodies; discussed the financing needs of the UN system for activities mandated under Agenda 21; assessed new and existing reporting requirements related to Agenda 21 and made recommendations for their streamlining; and discussed the current policy issues in the follow-up to Agenda 21 which would need to be addressed by the administrative committee on co-ordination.