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UNCSD PREPCOM DISCUSSES ORGANIZATION OF WORK LEADING TO
RIO+20 EVENT |
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 New
York,
20 May—The
first session of the Preparatory Committee for
the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
took place from 17-19 May 2010, at UN
Headquarters in New York. The Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom) began its work in planning
for UNCSD (also referred to as “Rio+20”), which
will take place in 2012, with delegates taking
up both substantive and procedural matters. On
the substantive side, delegates assessed
progress to date and the remaining gaps in
implementing outcomes of major summits on
sustainable development, new and emerging
challenges, a green economy in the context of
sustainable development and poverty eradication,
and the institutional framework for sustainable
development. On the procedural side,
participants organized their work in the lead up
to 2012, and considered the UNCSD’s rules of
procedure.
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Photo: UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic
and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, who is
also Secretary-General of the 2012 UNCSD, urged
delegates to do business in an open and
transparent manner and said he would not
tolerate any “turf battles and tricks and games” |
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CSD 18 REVIEWS POLICIES RELATED TO THEMATIC CLUSTER |
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 New
York,
15 May—Delegates
at the 18th session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD 18), which convened
in New York, US, from 3-14 May 2010, focused on
the thematic cluster of transport, chemicals,
waste management, mining, and sustainable
consumption and production patterns. Delegates
also conducted a one-day preparatory committee
meeting for the five-year high-level review of
the Mauritius Strategy for the Further
Implementation of the Barbados Programme of
Action for the Sustainable Development of Small
Island Developing States.
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Photo: L-R: UN Under-Secretary-General Sha
Zukang; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon;
and CSD-18 Chair Luis Alberto Ferraté |
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