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Chapter 38
of Agenda 21 addresses the international
institutional arrangements needed to further
integration of environment and development
issues at national, subregional, regional
and international levels, including in the
UN system.
The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
(JPOI), in
Section XI (paras 137-170) similarly
proposes measures to strengthen
institutional arrangements on sustainable
development, at all levels, ・ithin the
framework of Agenda 21, build[ing] on
developments since the United Nations
conference on Environment and Development
and lead[ing] to the achievement of a number
of objectives.
In this regard, the JPOI addresses
the role and functions, relating to
sustainable development, of the General
Assembly, the Economic and Social Council,
the Commission on Sustainable Development,
international institutions, regional
institutions and national level
institutions, as well as major groups.
The CSD at its eleventh session (2003)
adopted a new
multi-year programme of work based
on a two-year cycle to 2017, alternating
between review and policy sessions.
The programme of work also
incorporates improved methods of work that
focus on implementation, including from
contributions of partnerships, regional
commissions and major groups, the scientific
community and educators.
At its thirteenth session (2005), the CSD
reaffirmed both its mandate and that it
should continue to be the high-level
commission responsible for sustainable
development within the UN system, and it
addressed measures for voluntary monitoring,
reporting and assessment at national and
regional levels.
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