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Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action
to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the
United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in
which human impacts on the environment.
Agenda 21, the
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the Statement
of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests were adopted
by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, 3 to
14 June 1992.
The Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure
effective follow-up of UNCED, to monitor and report on implementation of
the agreements at the local, national, regional and international
levels. It was agreed that a five year review of Earth Summit progress
would be made in 1997 by the United
Nations General Assembly meeting in special session.
The full implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Commitments to the Rio principles,
were strongly reaffirmed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26 August to 4 September
2002.
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