Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, 2002
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, 2002
Summary
The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development was adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002. It is built on earlier declarations made at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm in 1972 and the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
The Declaration commits the nations of the world to build a humane, equitable and carry global society, cognizant of the need for human dignity for all.
In terms of the political commitment of parties, the Declaration is a more general statement than the Rio Declaration. It is an agreement to focus particularly on ''the worldwide conditions that pose severe threats to the sustainable development of our people, which include: chronic hunger; malnutrition; foreign occupation; armed conflict; illicit drug problems; organized crime; corruption; natural disasters; illicit arms trafficking; trafficking in persons; terrorism; intolerance and incitement to racial, ethnic, religious and other hatreds; xenophobia; and endemic, communicable and chronic diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.''
Summary
The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development was adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002. It is built on earlier declarations made at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm in 1972 and the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
The Declaration commits the nations of the world to build a humane, equitable and carry global society, cognizant of the need for human dignity for all.
In terms of the political commitment of parties, the Declaration is a more general statement than the Rio Declaration. It is an agreement to focus particularly on ''the worldwide conditions that pose severe threats to the sustainable development of our people, which include: chronic hunger; malnutrition; foreign occupation; armed conflict; illicit drug problems; organized crime; corruption; natural disasters; illicit arms trafficking; trafficking in persons; terrorism; intolerance and incitement to racial, ethnic, religious and other hatreds; xenophobia; and endemic, communicable and chronic diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.''
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Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, 2002
September 2010
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