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Group photo of world leaders meeting at the 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, 13 June 1992. UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras

United Nations Conference on Environment and


Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-14 June
1992
Background

A new blueprint for international action on the


environment
The United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED), also known as the 'Earth Summit', was
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3-14 June 1992. This global
conference, held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the
first Human Environment Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in
1972, brought together political leaders, diplomats, scientists,
representatives of the media and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) from 179 countries for a massive effort to
focus on the impact of human socio-economic activities on the
environment. A 'Global Forum' of NGOs was also held in Rio de
Janeiro at the same time, bringing together an unprecedented
number of NGO representatives, who presented their own vision
of the world's future in relation to the environment and socio-
economic development.

The Rio de Janeiro conference highlighted how different social,


economic and environmental factors are interdependent and
evolve together, and how success in one sector requires action
in other sectors to be sustained over time. The primary objective
of the Rio 'Earth Summit' was to produce a broad agenda and a
new blueprint for international action on environmental and
development issues that would help guide international
cooperation and development policy in the twenty-first century.

The 'Earth Summit' concluded that the concept of sustainable


development was an attainable goal for all the people of the
world, regardless of whether they were at the local, national,
regional or international level. It also recognized that integrating
and balancing economic, social and environmental concerns in
meeting our needs is vital for sustaining human life on the
planet and that such an integrated approach is possible. The
conference also recognized that integrating and balancing
economic, social and environmental dimensions required new
perceptions of the way we produce and consume, the way we
live and work, and the way we make decisions. This concept
was revolutionary for its time, and it sparked a lively debate
within governments and between governments and their citizens
on how to ensure sustainability for development.

One of the major results of the UNCED Conference was Agenda


21, a daring program of action calling for new strategies to
invest in the future to achieve overall sustainable development
in the 21st century. Its recommendations ranged from new
methods of education, to new ways of preserving natural
resources and new ways of participating in a sustainable
economy.

The 'Earth Summit' had many great achievements: the Rio


Declaration and its 27 universal principles, the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
the Convention on Biological Diversity; and the Declaration on
the principles of forest management . The 'Earth Summit' also
led to the creation of the Commission on Sustainable
Development, the holding of first world conference on the
sustainable development of small island developing States in
1994, and negotiations for the establishment of the agreement
on straddling stocks and highly migratory fish stocks.

Documents

 A/RES/44/228
 A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1(vol.I)+ Corr. 1
 Rio Declaration
 Agenda 21
 Convention on Biological Diversity
 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Press releases

 1997 : Special Session on Agenda 21


 1997 : CSD debates Agenda 21

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