UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL 4427427 4 Avaust 1987 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ARABIC/CHINESE/ENGLISH/ FRENCH/RUSSIAN/SPANISH Forty-second session Ttem 83 (e1 of the provisional agendat DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION: ENVIRONMENT Report of the World Commission on Environment ‘and Development ~ Note_by the Secretarv-General 1. The General Assembly, in its resolution 38/161 of 19 December 1983, inser alia, welcomed the establishment of a special commission that should make avaitable a report on environment the alotal problématigue to the vear 2000 and beyond, including oroposed strateaies for sustainable development. The conmission later adopted the name World Commission un Environment and Development. In the same resolution, the Assembly decided that, on matters within the mandate and Durview of the United Nations Environment Proaramme, the report of the special commission should in the first instance be considered by the Governing Council of the Proaramme, tor transmission to the Assembly together with ats comments, and for use as basic material in the preparation, tor adoption by the Assembly, of the Environmental Fersvective to the Year 2000 and Beyond. 2. At its fourteenth session, held ac Nairobi trom 8 to 19 June 1987, the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Proaramme adovted decision 14/14 of 16 June 1987, entitied "Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development* ard, inter alia, decided to transmit the Commission's report to the General Assembly together with a dratt resclution annexed to the decision tor consideration and adoption by the Assembly, 3. The report of the World Commission on Environment and bevelopment, entitles "Our Common Future", 15 hrieby transmitted to the General Assembly. pecision 14/14 ‘of the Governing Council, the proposed draft resolution and the comments of the Governing Council on the report of the Commission can be found in the report ot the Governina Council on the work of its fourteenth session. 1/ + ayazsis0. 47-18467 2499n «EY Toots4/42/4627 Enalian Paae 2 Notes 1/ Officias Records of the General Assembly, Forty-second Seasion, Supplenent No, 25 (A/42/25).ay42/a27 Enalieh Page 3 ANNEX Report of the World Commission on Environment Seport of the world Commission on Environment and Develonment "Our Common Future*