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Documents added July 2012

A/66/L.42/Rev.1 Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: draft resolution

A/66/L.46 Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items; and Sustainable development: draft decision

The third session of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be held from Wednesday, 13, to Friday, 14 June 2012, in Room P3-1 of the Riocentro Convention Centre, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The annotated provisional agenda for the session is contained in document A/CONF.216/PC/10.

Additional information on the session and on the preparations for UNCSD 2012 (Rio+20) can be found at <www.uncsd2012.org/>.

All delegations (all States Members of the United Nations, the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, Palestine, in its capacity as observer, and the European Union, in its capacity as observer) wishing to participate in the round tables, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 66/197 (A/RES/66/197), are kindly requested to contact
the Secretariat, by 12 noon, on Thursday, 14 June 2012, in writing, by e-mail (Mr. Dino Del-Vasto (del-vasto@un.org)), indicating the name and level of the participant and the preferred round table. A background note on the round tables has been issued in document A/CONF.216/4.

A note by the Secretariat entitled “Information for participants” has been issued in document A/CONF.216/INF/1, with details on the following: date and venue of the Conference; secretariat of the Conference; opening of the Conference and seating arrangements; agenda and programme of work; requests for meetings; interpretation; documentation; access and accreditation of delegates; credentials; list of participants; participation of intergovernmental organizations; access and accreditation of specialized agencies and related organizations; participation of representatives of United Nations funds and programmes and other entities; media arrangements and services; access and accreditation for non-governmental organizations and other major groups; security; side events; visa requirements; car parking; transportation; services to persons with disabilities; health; medication; currency; telephone communications; electricity and power outlets; mobile telephones; climate; attire; and other useful information.

A/CONF.216/2 Item 3 of the provisional agenda –– Adoption of the rules of procedure –– Provisional rules of procedure of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development –– Note by the Secretariat

A/CONF.216/7 Item 10 –– Outcome of the Conference –– Letter dated 22 June 2012 from the Chair of the high-level round table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

A/66/L.56 Item 19 –– Sustainable development –– Draft resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly –– The future we want

A/66/251/Add.3 Agenda of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly

A/66/252/Add.3 Allocation of agenda items for the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly

Documents added June 2012

A/66/L.42/Rev.1 Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: draft resolution

A/66/L.46 Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items; and Sustainable development: draft decision

A/66/L.46 Item 19 –– Sustainable development –– Antigua and Barbuda and Republic of Korea: draft decision –– Arrangements for accreditation and participation of intergovernmental organizations in the preparatory process and in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

A/CONF.216/INF/1 Information for participants –– Note by the Secretariat

A/66/L.44 Sustainable development: draft decision

A/66/750 Items 19 and 27 –– Sustainable development –– Social development –– Letter dated 7 October 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly

A/CONF.216/L.2 Item 11 of the provisional agenda –– Adoption of the report of the Conference –– Algeria: draft resolution –– Expression of thanks to the people and Government of Brazil

A/CONF.216/PC/L.6 Item 6 of the provisional agenda –– Adoption of the report of the Preparatory Committee on its third session

A/CONF.216/PC/12 Report of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development –– Third session (15 June 2012)

A/CONF.216/5 Reissued for technical reasons

A/CONF.216/6 Item 7 (b) –– Credentials of representatives to the Conference –– Report of the Credentials Committee

A/CONF.216/L.1 Reissued for technical reasons

A/CONF.216/L.3 Item 11 –– Adoption of the report of the Conference –– Draft report of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

A/66/851 Item 76 –– Oceans and the law of the sea –– Letter dated 15 June 2012 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

E/C.19/2012/INF/2 Documents of the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues –– Note by the secretariat

A/67/25 United Nations Environment Programme –– Report of the Governing Council –– Twelfth special session (20-22 February 2012) –– Supplement No. 25

E/2012/65 Item 13 (d) of the provisional agenda –– Economic and environmental questions: human settlements –– Coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda –– Report of the Secretary-General

SPLOS/247 Agenda

E/C.2/2012/INF/1 List of delegations

DP/FPA/2012/7 Item 9 of the provisional agenda –– United Nations Population Fund –– Funding commitments to UNFPA –– Report on contributions by Member States and others to UNFPA and revenue projections for 2012 and future years

DP/FPA/2012/10 Item 13 of the provisional agenda –– United Nations Population Fund — Reports of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS Ethics Offices –– Report of the Ethics Office 2011

E/C.19/2012/L.6 Item 9 –– Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues –– Recommendations of the Permanent Forum on the future work of the Forum

E/C.19/2012/L.8 Draft report –– Rapporteur: Ms. Megan Davis

E/C.19/2012/L.9 Item 4 –– Human rights –– Recommendations of the Permanent Forum

E/C.19/2012/L.10 Items 6 and 8 –– Half-day discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples to food and food sovereignty –– Half-day discussion on Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia –– Recommendations of the Permanent Forum

A/RES/66/99 Item 81 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Effects of armed conflicts on treaties

A/RES/66/100 Item 81 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Responsibility of international organizations

A/RES/66/170 Item 69 (b) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– International Day of the Girl Child

A/RES/66/200 Item 19 (d) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind

A/RES/66/204 Item 19 (h) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Harmony with Nature

A/RES/66/205 Item 19 (i) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Sustainable mountain development

A/RES/66/206 Item 19 (j) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy

A/RES/66/207 Item 20 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

A/RES/66/208 Item 21 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Culture and development

A/RES/66/217 Item 23 (c) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Human resources development

A/RES/66/220 Item 25 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Agriculture development and food security

A/AC.259/L.13 Format and annotated provisional agenda

SPLOS/243 Appointment of Auditor for financial years 2013-2016 (Presented by the Tribunal)

A/67/79/Corr.1 Item 76 (a) of the preliminary list –– Oceans and the law of the sea –– Report of the Secretary-General

A/67/87 Item 76 (a) of the preliminary list –– Oceans and the law of the sea –– Report on the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects –– Letter dated 10 May 2012 from the Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole addressed to the President of the General Assembly

CLCS/73 Agenda

CLCS/L.33 Provisional agenda

E/C.19/2012/2 Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues

E/C.19/2012/7 Report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

E/C.19/2012/L.3 Item 3 –– Discussion of the special theme for the year: “The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)” –– Report of the international expert group meeting: combating violence against indigenous women and girls: article 22 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

SPLOS/241 Annual report of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for 2011

CLCS/74 Progress of work in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf –– Statement by the Chair

SPLOS/L.70 Draft declaration on the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Documents added May 2012

SPLOS/239 Reissued for technical reasons

SPLOS/239/Add.1 List of candidates nominated by States parties for election to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf -- Note by the Secretary-General

A/RES/66/155 Item 69 (b) -- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly -- The right to development

A/RES/66/158 Item 69 (b) -- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly -- The right to food

E/C.19/2012/12 Item 4 (a) of the provisional agenda -- Human rights: implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Information from Member States -- Note by the secretariat

CLCS/L.32/Rev.1 Provisional agenda

A/66/760 Item 19 -- Sustainable development -- Arrangements for accreditation and participation in the preparatory process and in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development of relevant non-governmental organizations and other major groups -- Note by the Secretary-General

A/RES/66/142 Item 66 (a) -- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly -- Rights of indigenous peoples

A/RES/66/201 Item 19 e) -- Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

SPLOS/245 Letter dated 27 April 2012 from the Chairperson of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf addressed to the President of the twenty-second Meeting of States Parties

A/66/794 Item 19 -- Sustainable development -- Participation of intergovernmental organizations in the work of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development -- Note by the Secretariat

E/C.19/2012/L.2 Item 3 of the provisional agenda -- Discussion on the special theme for the year: "The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)" -- Recommendations of the Permanent Forum

Documents added April 2012

E/C.19/2012/6 Item 3 of the provisional agenda –– Discussion on the special theme for the year: "The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)" –– Combating violence against indigenous women and girls: article 22 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples –– Report of the international expert group meeting

E/C.19/2012/7 Item 9 of the provisional agenda –– Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues –– Implementation of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum –– Report of the secretariat

E/C.19/2012/9 Item 5 of the provisional agenda –– Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds –– Information received from entities of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations –– Note by the secretariat

E/C.19/2012/10 Item 9 of the provisional agenda –– Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues –– Indigenous participatory mechanisms in the Arctic Council, the Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Resource Development Principles in Inuit Nunaat and the Laponia management system –– Note by the secretariat

E/C.19/2012/11 Item 5 of the provisional agenda –– Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds –– Report of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues on its 2011 annual meeting

A/RES/66/215 Item 23 (a) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017)

Documents added March 2012

A/66/700 Item 19 (a) –– Sustainable development: implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development –– Resilient people, resilient planet: a future worth choosing –– Note by the Secretary-General A/66/700

A/RES/66/196 Item 19 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America

A/RES/199 Item 19 (c) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

A/RES/198 Item 19 (b) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

A/RES/195 Item 19 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Agricultural technology for development

A/RES/66/194 Item 19 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Protection of coral reefs for sustainable livelihoods and development

A/RES/66/192 Item 19 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Oil slick on Lebanese shores

A/CN.4/650 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session (2011) –– Topical summary of the discussion held in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly during its sixty-sixth session, prepared by the Secretariat

A/RES/66/101 Item 82 –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization

A/RES/66/197 Item 19 (a) –– Resolution adopted by the General Assembly –– Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

A/CN.4/650/Add.1 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session (2011) –– Topical summary of the discussion held in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly during its sixty-sixth session, prepared by the Secretariat

A/66/672 Item 98 (e) –– General and complete disarmament: towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms –– Letter dated 23 January 2012 from the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General A/66/672

Documents added January 2012

CLCS/L.32 Provisional agenda

A/66/L.21/Add.1 Item 76 (a) –– Oceans and the law of the sea –– Brazil, Cyprus, Iceland, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago: draft resolution

EN/DEV/1253 Governments to Shape Future for Rio+20 at United Nations

A/C.6/66/2 Membership of the Sixth Committee

A/66/587 Item 76 –– Oceans and the law of the sea –– Letter dated 28 October 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly

A/66/459 Item 66 –– Rights of indigenous peoples –– Report of the Third Committee

A/66/446 Item 25 –– Agriculture development and food security –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/442/Add.1 Item 21 (a) –– Globalization and interdependence: role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.9 Item 19 (i) –– Sustainable development: sustainable mountain development –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.8 Item 19 (h) –– Sustainable development: Harmony with Nature –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.7 Item 19 (g) –– Sustainable development: report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-sixth session –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.6 Item 19 (f) –– Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.5 Item 19 (e) –– Sustainable development: implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.4 Item 19 (d) –– Sustainable development: protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.3 Item 19 (c) –– Sustainable development: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440/Add.1 Item 19 (a) –– Sustainable development: implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/440 Item 19 –– Sustainable development –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/437 Item 16 –– Information and communications technologies for development –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/186 Report on the work of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at its twelfth meeting

A/66/119 Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction and Co-Chair’s summary of discussions

A/66/L.22/Add.1 Item 76 (b) –– Oceans and the law of the sea: sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments –– Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Iceland, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Zealand, Norway and the United States of America: draft resolution –– Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments

A/66/L.21 Item 76 (a) –– Oceans and the law of the sea: oceans and the law of the sea –– Brazil, Cyprus, Iceland, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago: draft resolution

A/66/70, A/66/70/Add.1 and A/66/70/Add.2 Reports of the Secretary-General; Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments

A/66/307 Report of the Secretary-General

A/66/L.22 Draft resolution

A/66/424 Item 50 –– Effects of atomic radiation –– Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

A/66/444 Item 23 –– Eradication of poverty and other development issues –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/445 Item 24 –– Operational activities for development –– Report of the Second Committee

A/66/475 Item 83 –– The rule of law at the national and international levels –– Report of the Sixth Committee

A/C.2/66/L.42/Rev.1 Item 19 (h) –– Sustainable development: Harmony with Nature –– Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Honduras, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syrian Arab Republic and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): revised draft resolution

A/C.2/66/L.67 Item 23 (a) –– Eradication of poverty and other development issues: implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) –– Draft resolution submitted by the Vice-Chair of the Committee, Mr. Philippe Donckel (Luxembourg), on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution
A/C.2/66/L.15 –– Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)

A/C.2/66/L.69 Item 17 (b) –– Macroeconomic policy questions: international financial system and development –– Draft resolution submitted by the Vice-Chair of the Committee, Mr. Denis Zdorov (Belarus), on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution
A/C.2/66/L.5

A/66/423 Item 49 –– Assistance in mine action –– Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

A/66/425 Item 51 –– International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space –– Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

A/C.2/66/L.64 Item 19 (c) –– Sustainable development: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction –– Draft resolution submitted by the Rapporteur of the Committee, Mr. Raymond Landveld (Suriname), on the basis of informal consultations held on
draft resolution A/C.2/66/L.27