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WSSD PrepComs
Regional
Preparations
CSD Sessions
Rio+5/ UNGASS
(NYC, 1997)
Earth Summit/
UNCED
(Rio, 1992)
Timelines
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Earth Summit/UNCED (Rio, 1992)
The UN Conference on Envronment and Development (UNCED),
unofficially known as the Earth Summit, was the first international
high-level governmental conference to address the linkages
between development and environment. Held in Rio de Jainero,
Brazil, UNCED was concieved as a followup to the 1987 Brundtland
Commission's report which officially defined sustainable development
for the UN.
The consensus report that emerged, Agenda
21, was envisioned as a collection of objectives and program
areas that would form the "basis for action, objectives,
activities and means of implementation" of sustainable
development globally over the next ten years.
The 27 principles specified in the Rio
Declaration on Environment and Development are guidelines
for the international community for sustainable development,
and built upon the 1972 Stockholm Declaration, which focused
on the human environment.
In addition, two important treaties were opened for signature
at the Conference:
the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (now commonly
referred to as the Kyoto Protocol, named for the location
of the final followup meeting).
A Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles
For a Global
Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable
Development of all Types of Forests (the
Forest Principles) was also adopted.
Other 1992 Earth Summit Links
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