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UNCED
: During UNCED, Main Committee Chair Tommy Koh chose
Ambassador Razali as the issue coordinator for institutional
matters. On 5 June Razali circulated a non-paper that addressed the
role, functions and reporting structure of the CSD as well as the
role of the General Assembly in determining the specific modalities
of the Commission. The Chair's non-paper proposed language for two
of the intergovernmental functions for the Commission that had left
PrepCom IV in brackets: 1) the consideration of information
provided for by governments; and 2) reporting on the progress in
the implementation of international environmental conventions. In
meetings of the contact group on institutions, a compromise was
reached that called for the establishment of a high-level
Commission on Sustainable Development that would be a functional
commission of ECOSOC. The compromise text also recommended that the
47th session of the General Assembly take the decisions on the
specific organizational modalities of the Commission, including the
number of members and matters related to the frequency, venue and
duration of meetings. Thus, the text was transmitted without
brackets to the Main Committee for approval.