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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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