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REcommandation N°17. The transformation of the un economical and social council in economical, social and environmental council

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Considering that Chapter 38 of Agenda 21 recommends the implementation of institutional mechanisms which are adapted to the effective international management of the environment; Considering that Chapter XI of the Johannesburg Plan of implementation recommends the strengthening of the institutional framework for sustainable development at international level; Considering that Chapter 27 of Agenda 21 recommends the strengthening of the role of Non governmental organizations (NGOs) as partners for sustainable development;

Considering the necessity to improve the representation of NGOs in the international institutional system of environment and to ensure their participation in decision making in this area;

Noting that international governance suffers from a certain democratic deficit, and that the international community shows encouraging signs of acceptation for an active participation of the civil society, especially NGOs, in finding solutions to environmental matters; Recommends:

(a) To undertake an institutional reform of the environmental protection in the UN system, by merging the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in an Economic Social and environmental Council (ECOSOEC), reinforced by the Charter explicitly with a competence in environmental matters and sustainable development;

(b) To give the new Council the role of supervisor of Environmental Conventions, and coordinator of environmental competences of the various organs of the UN system;

(c) To establish a Permanent Forum on...

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