Council adopted the report of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Governance, which had been established pursuant to Governing Council decision 21/21. In that report it was suggested that “strengthening international environmental governance should be evolutionary in nature” and that “preference” be given to “making better use of existing structures”. The Open-ended Intergovernmental Group also expected the decisions of the Governing Council at its seventh special session to be “the commencement of a longer-term enterprise to develop international understanding, commitment, and resolve towards ensuring the sustainability of the global environment”. .
