23 July l986

38th plenary meeting

Protection against products harmful to health and the environment

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolutions 37/137 of 17 December 1982, 38/149 of 19 December 1983 and 39/229 of 18 December 1984,

Having reviewed the report of the Secretary-General on products harmful to health and the environment regarding progress in the development of the consolidated list of products whose consumption and/or sale have been banned, withdrawn, severely restricted or not approved by Governments,

1. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report describing work undertaken in preparing the consolidated list and in advancing work towards improvement of the list in future editions;

2. Commends the Secretary-General for initiating the memoranda of understanding between the United Nations and the World Health Organization and between the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme/International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals, and for developing constructive and appropriate delegation of responsibility for the preparation of the consolidated list;

3. Decides that the consolidated list of products which have been banned, withdrawn, severely restricted or not approved by Governments shall continue to be published as one document, including generic/chemical and brand names and all manufacturers of such products;

4. Urges Governments to continue to co-operate with the United Nations Environment Programme/International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals and the World Health Organization in providing current, corrected and updated information on national regulatory actions.