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The Influence Of The UN Conference On Sustainable Development

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In 1992 the historic UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, popularly known as the Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil witnessed unprecedented political will and commitment among governments to make a paradigm shift to sustainable development. Acknowledging the twin crises of poverty and the environment.

About the Conference…
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
2 week conference
Largest gathering of world leaders in history “historic moment for humanity”
Influenced all subsequent UN conferences
Why…
To discuss and reconcile major worldwide development issues with environmental protection in view

Global Warming
Sustainable Development
Preservation of Tropical Rain Forests
When & Where … …show more content…

Principle 2: States have the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies and jurisdiction but not cause damage to the environment.
Principle 3: The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.
Principle 4: To achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process.
Principle 5: All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
Principle 6: The least developed and those most environmentally vulnerable, shall be given special priority.
Principle 7: States shall cooperate in a spirit of global partnership to conserve, protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem.
Principle 8: States should reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and promote appropriate demographic policies.
Principle 9: States should cooperate to strengthen endogenous capacity-building for sustainable development by improving scientific understanding through exchanges of scientific and technological knowledge.
Principle 10: States shall facilitate and encourage public awareness and participation by making information widely available. Effective access to judicial and administrative proceedings,

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