Johannesburg 2002: The World Summit on Sustainable Development
(also known as Rio+10) took place 26 August - 4 September 2002 in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Global People's Forum Civil Society Declaration :
A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
IS POSSIBLE
The Global People's Forum Civil Society Position :
PROGRAMME
OF ACTION
One CONGO member (Soka Gakkai International) was awarded for the quality
of his Exhibition, during the WSSD UBUNTU Village. See
the article
Civil
Society Forum: 19 August - 4 September 2002 at the Expo
Centre (NASREC) located south of Johannesburg. The Forum opened
to all Major Groups identified in Agenda 21.
The Fourth and Final PrepCom held at the ministerial level from
27 May to 7 June in Bali produced a draft Declaration and a draft
Plan of Action. Informals were held Friday 24 May through Sunday
26 May. An overview of the 4th PrepCom can be found on the Johannesburg
Summit website.
The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) will be responsible for a Commission
on "Sustainable Development and
the Millennium Development Goals" during the WSSD in
J'burg. This Commission is part of the official (provisional) agenda
for the Global Peoples Forum, and will be held on Monday 26 August,
13h30 - 17h30 at NASREC. It will be one of the Commissions under
the overall theme of Poverty Eradication as a Priority for Sustainable
Development.
The Commission will address stategy issues and make recommendations
on
- how MDGs can be made a key focus at the WSSD
- how MDGs cristallize commitments made throughout the UN Conferences
of the
90s
- how MDGs can be a tool for implementation
- how MDGs can be (or are not) effective in bridging the gaps and
divides between rich and poor, the global North and South and can
be made a blueprint for sustainable development.
A People's
Forum took place parallel to PrepCom IV in Indonesia.
Major Groups as defined by Agenda
21 will be accredited to participate at the Summit.
The Johannesburg Summit will include Plenary Sessions, Multi-Stakeholder
Dialogues, Round Table Discussions and Partnership Initiatives meetings
as well as side events organized by governments and Major Groups.
The Commission
on Sustainable Development is the Secretariat for the Summit.
Linkages
is provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development,
publishers of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin. It is designed to
be an electronic clearing-house for information on past and upcoming
international meetings related to environment and development policy.
Listserver
The Secretariat of the Commission on Sustainable Development has
launched a listserver that is open to all interested in the work
of the Commission including Rio+10. You can sign up easily by visiting
the following web page: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csdlistserver.htm
or by sending an e-mail to aydin@un.org
or olvida@un.org. If you subscribe
by e-mail please provide the following information:
- your e-mail address,
- First name,
- Last Name,
- Organization,
- Country,
- Affiliation - governmental, inter-governmental, non-governmental.
If non-governmental, please specify constituency.
Links:
JOHANNESBURG
SUMMIT 2002 is the official United Nations website for the
Summit.
Agenda
21 is the comprehensive plan of action (global, national
and local)
adopted by over 178 governments at the United Nations Conference
on Environment and
Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992.
NGO Climate Change
Report (pdf document)- Report from 3 May 2001 meeting
"Climate Change: Kyoto Protocol - Next Steps for North-South Cooperation"
sponsored by the UN Environment Programme and the NGO Committee
on
Sustainable Development
Civil
Society Forum: official site for the Civil Society Secretariat.
People's
Forum: information about the events parallel to PrepCom
IV.
Earth
Summit 2002 - NGO initiatives in preparation for Rio+10.
NGO
Steering Committee to the United Nations Committee on
Sustainable Development "The global coalition of NGOs and major
groups working for sustainable development at the United Nations."
Women's
Action Agenda for a Healthy and Peaceful Planet 2002-2015
NGO Committee on Sustainable
Development - CONGO committee following preparations for
Johannesburg 2002 and offering pertinent information on substantive
issues.
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