New York, 23-27 June 1997

• Proposed Outcome of the Special Session
• Draft Political Statement for Consideration by the Assembly
• Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
• Report of the CSD Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Group
• Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
• Dialogue Sessions with Major Groups

Reports on implementation of Agenda 21

• Overall progress achieved since UNCED
• Thematic reports on individual chapters of Agenda 21
• Analysis of the main trends in sustainable development
• Activities that pose a major threat to the environment
• Comprehensive assessment of the world's freshwater resources
• Progress in implementation at the national level
• Streamlining of national reporting requirements (Reporting Matrix)
• Application of the principles of the Rio Declaration
• Report of the Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Board
• Energy-related activities in the United Nations system
• Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Programme of action for small island developing states
• Fostering linkages between energy and sustainable development
• Finance for sustainable development: the road ahead
• Brasilia workshop on sustainable production and consumption patterns

Background papers on sustainable development activities

• Compendium of technology transfer activities
• Institutional follow-up to UNCED in the United Nations system
• Survey of local initiatives

Full set of CSD documents
Full set of General Assembly Special Session documents