World Summit on Sustainable Development
The WSSD will be held 10 years after the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). UNCED, also known as the Earth Summit, took place from 3-14 June 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over 100 Heads of State and Government, representatives from 178 countries, and over 17,000 participants attended the Conference. The principal outputs of the Earth Summit were the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, a 40-chapter program of action for sustainable development, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Statement of Forest Principles.
As we near the World Summit on Sustainable Development, it is important to stay up to date on the preparations at the PrepCom conferences leading up to the actual conference.
Click here for a report on the January 2002 meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the September meeting.