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Johannesburg 2002: The World Summit on Sustainable Development (also known as Rio + 10), will be a summit gathering from 2 - 11 September 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, of world governments, concerned citizens, United Nations agencies, multilateral financial institutions and other major actors to assess global change since the historic United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), of 1992. In Johannesburg, the world will take a critical look back at UNCED, and aim to arrive at a comprehensive, frank and useful review of the past ten years.
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the "Earth Summit," was held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3 - 14 June 1992. This global conference, held on the 20th anniversary of the first international Conference on the Human Environment, (Stockholm, 1972), brought together policy makers, diplomats, scientists, media personnel and NGO representatives from 179 countries in a massive effort to reconcile the impact of human socio - economic activities on the environment and vice versa. It was augmented by a simultaneous "Global NGO Forum" also held in Rio de Janeiro, which was attended by an unprecedented number of representatives from NGOs outlining their own vision of the future of environmental and socio-economic / developmental state of the world. |
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The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership now totals 189 countries.
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