The United Nations Environment Assembly, among others, calls on the United Nations Environment Programme to contribute to strengthening existing global partnerships that promote a shared vision of resilient landscapes for resilient people and strengthen coordination in the fight against desertification and land degradation.

The United Nations Environment Assembly Decides to hold its regular sessions in odd numbered years commencing with its third session in 2017;Also decides that the above-mentioned cycle shall also apply to the open-ended meetings of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to be held in accordance with Governing Council decision 27/2; Further decides that, on an exceptional basis: (a) Its third session shall consist of a 3-day meeting without prejudice to the duration and functions of its high-level segment as set out in Governing Council decision 27/2; (b) The third session of the open-ended meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives shall consist of a 3-day meeting and will be convened back-to-back with thethird session of the Assembly in order to minimize financial costs; (c) The fourth meeting of the Subcommittee of the Committee of PermanentRepresentatives shall take place in 2017 and that the Committee of Permanent Representatives shall review the agenda and organizational modalities of the Subcommittee.

Through Resolution 2/20, the United Nations Environment Assembly approves the medium-term strategy for the period 2018–2021 and the programme ofwork and budget for the biennium 2018–2019

Resolution 2/18 Requests the Executive Director, in consultation with the secretariats of the UNEP-administered multilateral environmental agreements, to develop a flexible draft template of options for the provision of secretariat services in an appropriate form, such as a memorandum of understanding between the Executive Director and the conferences of the parties or other relevant governing bodies of the UNEP-administered multilateral environmental agreements, for their consideration; and Encourages the Executive Director, in establishing the delegations of authority to the heads of the multilateral environment agreement secretariats, to maintain the flexibility required on a case-by-case basis, including to reflect the size of the multilateral environmental agreement secretariats