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Negotiations began on 11 November 1992 and came to a conclusion on 15 December 1992. The group had successfully negotiated a 34-paragraph resolution that set out the terms of reference of the Commission, its composition, the participation of NGOs, the organization of work, the CSD's relationship with other UN bodies, the high-level advisory board and Secretariat-support arrangements. (See Earth Negotiations Bulletin, Vol.3, No.3 for a more detailed report on these negotiations.)
This resolution, A/RES/47/191 "Institutional arrangements to follow up the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development," was adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 1992. In this resolution the GA requested that the Economic and Social Council, at its organizational session in 1993, set up the CSD as a functional commission and that the Secretary-General submit to the ECOSOC organizational session his proposals on the rules of procedure applicable to the Commission. The resolution also recommended that the Commission hold a short organizational session in New York to establish the Bureau and decide on the agenda for its first substantive session to be held in June 1993. It called on the Secretary-General to establish, within the new Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (DPCSD), a Secretariat to provide support to the CSD as well as endorsed the need for the High-Level Advisory Board. [Return to start of article]