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UNEP/LAC-IG.XVII/6Page 422. To recognize the significant developments achieved in the establishment andupdate of the Regional Information Network on SCP, as a tool to disseminateinformation, link different stakeholders and strengthen the capacities required tocontribute to the shift towards sustainable consumption and production patterns.3. To promote the strengthening of institutions responsible for SCP in eachcountry and to ensure the active participation of these institutions in the regionalactivities related to SCP.4. To foster the active participation of the sub-regional institutions, the Non –Governmental Organizations, the academic sector, the trade unions, the industrialsector, the Cleaner Production Centres and the civil society in the regional processof implementation of the SCP priority areas.5. To promote and support the mainstreaming of SCP in economic and socialdevelopment policies of the countries of the region.6. To request to United Nations organizations, development agencies, financialmechanisms and institutions such as the Global Environment Facility (GEF), as wellas other intergovernmental organizations including the Multilateral EnvironmentalAgreements, to identify and make available financial resources dedicated to supportthe proposal of actions at national level for the implementation of the agreed RAP,including technical assistance, transfer of technologies and successful experiences.7. To promote the inclusion of the priority areas for SCP common to all subregionsin the proposal of 10-Year Framework Programme which will be presentedat the CSD 2010-2011.8. To ratify the composition of the Operative Committee of the Regional Council ofExperts on SCP for the 2009-2011 period.9. To include the topic of the Marrakech Process and chapter III of theImplementation Plan of Johannesburg in the agenda for the Eighteenth Meeting ofthe Forum of Ministers of the Environment in order to define the modalities ofimplementation in the region of the CSD 2010-2011 decisions in the area of SCP.Decision 6Atmospheric PollutionRecognizing that the region has experienced increasing air pollution, primarily ofurban origin, affecting public health, environment, productivity and quality of life;Reaffirming the importance of having reliable information as the basis for accurateappraisal of such impacts and the associated costs;Noting that there is a clear understanding of the key factors in the region's urbanatmospheric pollution, namely extensive urban development with serious problemsin regulating land use, increased levels of automobile densities, rapid expansion inpopulation urban centers, and planned economic development accompanied byhigher energy consumption;