EARTH SUMMIT+5 Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 New York, 23-27 June 1997 PRESS RELEASES

		[27 Jun 1997] Special session of General Assembly on implementation of Agenda 21 concludes at Headquarters, 23 - 27 June
		[27 Jun 1997] Transcript of press conference by President of General Assembly Razali Ismail (Malaysia)
		[27 Jun 1997] Ad Hoc Committee of Assembly's special session concludes work
		[27 Jun 1997] Assembly is told of crucial role of education in efforts on environment and sustainable development
		[27 Jun 1997] World community must set precise goals and time frames for environmental protection, General Assembly is told
		[27 Jun 1997] Coverage of special Assembly session on environment and development is 'webcast' on internet
		[26 Jun 1997] 'Agenda 21' for environment and development needs support of all social sectors, General Assembly is told
		[26 Jun 1997] General Assembly is told man-made greenhouse gas emissions have reached highest concentrations in 200,000 years
		[25 Jun 1997] Success of environment and development initiatives impossible without concerted global cooperation, Assembly is told
		[25 Jun 1997] Credentials Committee recommendeds acceptance by Assembly's special session of credentials of 183 States
		[[25 Jun 1997] Renewed pledges of support from some developed countries welcomed as Assembly continues 'Agenda 21' debate
		[24 Jun 1997] General Assembly is told alleviation of global poverty essential if sustainable development goals are to be reached
		[24 Jun 1997] Divergent views on reduction of greenhous gas emissions expressed by speakers in special session Committee of Whole
		[24 Jun 1997] Sustainable development concept now widely accepted, but poor countries hampered by lack of resources, Assembly is told
		[23 Jun 1997] Ad Hoc Committee of Whole of Assembly's special session begins work
		[23 Jun 1997] Global awareness of sustainable growth concept has increased, but action lags, Assembly is told
		[23 Jun 1997] Failure to act now to implement Agenda 21 could unleash spiral of hunger, deprivation and disease, Secretary-General tells General Assembly
		[23 Jun 1997] Secretary-General, urging global cooperation against pollution, says 'decaying habitat' for one people affects all others
		[23 Jun 1997] Secretary-General calls for action in unprecedented ways to implement "unprecedented" Agenda 21
		[23 Jun 1997] Assembly President speaks of "shame" that commitments at Rio Conference of 1992 remain unfulfilled
		[20 Jun 1997] General Assembly special session to review implementation of Agenda 21 to meet at headquarters, 23 - 27 June
		[19 Jun 1997] Transcript of press conference by President of General Assembly Razali Ismail (Malaysia)
		[03 Jun 1997] Secretary-General stresses protection of global environment as central element of peace, development and eradication of poverty
		[19 May 1997] Assembly President calls for 'honest appraisals' to balance liberties taken with welfare of planet in name of development and progress
		[29 Apr 1997] Conference on sustainable development of countries in transition held in Minsk, 16-18 April
		[28 Apr 1997] Commission on Sustainable Development concludes fifth session, New York, 8 - 25 April
		[25 Apr 1997] Chairman of sustainable development Commission reports on status of negotiations
		[24 Apr 1997] Commission on Sustainable Development meets to receive update on negotiations
		[21 Apr 1997] Commission on Sustainable Development discusses organizational matters
		[18 Apr 1997] General Assembly decides to invite non-governmental organizations to participate in special session on Agenda 21 review
		[11 Apr 1997] Review of action programme for small island developing states should not be relegated to sustainable development Commission
		[11 Apr 1997] Strengthened links needed among conventions on climate change, biodiversity, desertification, Commission on Sustainable Development told
		[10 Apr 1997] Global forest convention could ensure comprehensive, sustainable management, Commission on Sustainable Development told
		[10 Apr 1997] Commission on Sustainable Development concludes three-day high-level segment
		[09 Apr 1997] Major beneficiaries special session on Agenda 21 should be poor governments and marginalized peoples in north and south
		[09 Apr 1997] Assembly President calls for reverting 'old north-south trench politics', bridging polarization in review of Agenda 21 implementation
		[08 Apr 1997] Sustainable development Commission hears call for reversing trend towards 'sustainable underdevelopment'
		[08 Apr 1997] Commission on Sustainable Development begins fifth session meeting as preparatory body for Assembly's review of Agenda 21
		[08 Apr 1997] Lack of financial aid will kill dream of sustainable development in developing countries, Group of 77 tells sustainable development Commission
		[01 Apr 1997] Experts to review implementation of Agenda 21 measures for least developed countries
		[04 Mar 1997] UN conferences advance valuable concepts, but serious problems remain in implementation, says General Assembly President
		[10 Feb 1997] United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Forests to hold final session at headquarters 11-21 February
		[05 Feb 1997] Special session to review implementation of Agenda 21 should not be used to throw unfulfilled commitments of Rio into arms of private sector
		[20 Jan 1997] Global freshwater supplies in peril, United Nations report warns; overall sustainable development lags, companion study says

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