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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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Rio+5/UNGASS (New York City, 1997)
A Special Session
of the UN General Assembly (the 19th UNGASS) was held
in June 1997 as a five year midpoint review of Agenda 21 and
commitments to the Rio Principles.
The session ended with little progress on future action.
Everyone acknowledged that the planet's health was worse off
than five years prior, yet arguments over how to finance sustainable
development were left unsettled and few new commitments to
concrete action were made by governments.
See the UN's
Rio+5 press release page for quick summaries of the event.
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