OVERRIDING ISSUES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
-The Millennium
Declaration and documents related to the Millennium Summit
Documents related to the International Conference on Financing for
Development, including:
-The Monterrey Consensus
Agreements taken by the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
including:
- Johannesburg Declaration
[English]
[French] [Spanish]
- Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
[English]
[French]
[Spanish]
Agreements leading to the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
including:
-Documents
of the Preparatory Committee for the Johannesburg Summit
-Documents from the Secretary-General of the United Nations
-Documents from the Secretary-General of the Johannesburg Summit
-Documents from the Summit Secretariat
-General Assembly Resolutions
Documents related to
Earth Summit+5: Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and
Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21
Agreements taken by the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, including
- The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
-
Agenda 21 - Global Programme of Action on Sustainable Development
-
Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests
-
Declaration of Barbados and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States
-
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
(1972)
Other major agreements
-The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
- Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- UNESCO Convention
Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
-Convention on the Rights of
the Child
-Documents related to
the United Nations Special Session on Children
-Convention on Environmental
Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
-The
Bejjing Declaration and Platform of Action
-Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st century - 23rd
Special Session of the General Assembly (A/RES/S-23/2)
SOCIAL ISSUES
Health
WHO-policy Health for All in
the 21st Century
Human Settlements
The Habitat Agenda and The Istanbul
Declaration on Human Settlements
Declaration on Cities and Other Human
Settlements in the New Millennium
Population
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development (1994)
Benchmark Indicators
Adopted at the ICPD+5 Review
Key Actions for the Further
Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action
Poverty
The Report of the
World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995)
Further Initiatives for Social Development - Resolution adopted at the
Special Session of the General Assembly (June-July 2000)
Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its
24th Special Session
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Trade and environment
Ministerial Declaration of the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference and
related documents
Final Act of the Uruguay Round and related agreements
- The
Marrakesh Ministerial Decision on Trade and Environment
- WTO-document on the relationship between the provisions of the
multilateral trading system and measures for environmental purposes,
including those pursuant to multilateral environmental agreements
- Further WTO-documents on trade and environment
NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES
Agriculture and Food Security
Rome
Declaration on World Food Security and to the World Food Summit Plan of
Action
World
Declaration on Nutrition - Plan of Action for Nutrition
Declarations of the World Food Summit: Five years later and other
related documents
International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutants
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed
Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in
International Trade
Atmosphere
UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change
The Montreal Protocol
Vienna Convention for the
Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)
Biological diversity
Convention on Biological Diversity
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on
the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
UNESCO Convention
Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Desertification
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, Particularly in Africa
Hazardous waste management
Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Bamako
Convention on the ban of the import into Africa and the control of
transboundary movement and management of hazardous wastes within Africa
(1991)
Nuclear Safety
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the
Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Further
conventions and legal instruments under the auspices of IAEA:
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna
Convention and the Paris Convention
Oceans
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
IMO Conventions in the field of
marine safety, preventing marine pollution
Regional Seas Action Plans
UN Convention on the
Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in
Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea
Convention on Protection and
Use of Transboundary Watercourses
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and
Cooperation
FAO Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
Kyoto Declaration
and Plan of Action
