The Governing Council, in decisions taken at its twenty-fifth session, had taken note of the report and had established a high-level consultative group to “present a set of options for improving the international environmental governance to the Governing Council at its eleventh special session next year, in February, with a view to providing inputs to the United Nations General Assembly”.
Il a par ailleurs invité l'auteur du rapport M. Inomata, à en exposer le contenu et les conclusions devant le Conseil d'administration du PNUE/Forum ministériel mondial pour l'environnement, en février 2009.