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Many include a summary and analysis of each meeting, plus digital coverage with photographs and Real Audio recordings.

ENB COVERAGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS

   Commission on Sustainable Development

   UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20)

   World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) - From UNCED to WSSD
   Other Sustainable Development meetings covered by IISD Reporting Services

   International Environmental Governance (IEG)

   Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

   Meetings on Early Warning and Disaster Reduction covered by ENB

   Other Disaster Reduction meetings covered by IISD Reporting Services
 

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CSD) MEETINGS

• Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20)
  19-21 November 2012, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Nineteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19)
  2-14 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19 IPM)
  28 February - 4 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-18
  3-14 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-17
  4-15 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-17 IPM
  23-27 February 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-16
  5-16 May 2008, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-15
  30 April - 11 May 2007, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-15 IPM
  26 February - 2 March 2007, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-14
  1-12 May 2006; UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-13
  11-22 April 2005; UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-13 IPM
  28 February - 4 March 2005, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-13 Briefing Note
  1 February 2005, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-13 Briefing Note
  5 October 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-12
  19-30 April 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-12 Briefing
  22 March 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-12 Briefing
  25 February 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-12 Briefing
  23 January 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• UNECE First Regional Implementation Forum
  15-16 January 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

• CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meeting - ECA
  8-13 December 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meeting - ESCAP
  27-28 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

• CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meeting - ESCWA
  19-21 October 2003, Cairo, Egypt

• CSD-12 Briefing
  3 October 2003, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-11
  28 April - 9 May 2003, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-11, Informal Consultations
  24-26 March 2003, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-11, Informal Consultations
  24-25 February 2003, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-11, First meeting
  27 January 2003, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD 10 and WSSD: see below

• CSD-9
  16-27 April 2001, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-8
  24 April - 5 May 2000, New York

• Ad Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development
  6-10 March 2000, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• CSD-8 Ad Hoc Working Groups
  22 February - 3 March 2000, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Go to archives for ENB-coverage of all other CSD related meetings

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UN CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (UNCSD OR RIO+20)

• Rio+20: Third PrepCom and UNCSD
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the UNCSD or Rio+20
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Rio Conventions Pavilion
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Sustainable Development Dialogue Days
  16-19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
  17-20 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD) 2012 Business Day
  19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Second High-Level Round Table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
  21 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Third Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  29 May - 2 June 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  23 April - 4 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  23 April - 4 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of the outcome document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  19-23 and 26-27 March 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  19-23 and 26-27 March 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Initial Discussions on the “Zero Draft” of the Outcome Document for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  25-27 January 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Second Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  15-16 December 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Economic Commission for Europe’s Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  1-2 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• UNCSD or Rio+20 African Regional Preparatory Process
  20-25 October 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Asia Pacific Region 
  19-20 October 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Arab Region
  16-17 October 2011, Cairo, Egypt

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean
  7-9 September 2011, Santiago, Chile

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Pacific Countries
  21-22 July 2011, Apia, Samoa

• UNCSD or Rio+20) Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS) Countries
  7-8 July 2011, Mahé, Seychelles

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean
  20 June 2011, Georgetown, Guyana

• Second Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom II) for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  7-8 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• First Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  10-11 January 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• First Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom I) for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  17-19 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

UNCED (RIO EARTH SUMMIT), UNGASS-19 (RIO+5), WSSD (JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT)

• World Summit on Sustainable Development
  26 August - 4 September 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa

• WSSD PrepCom IV
  25 May - 7 June 2002, Bali, Indonesia

• WSSD PrepCom III
  25 March - 5 April 2002, New York

• WSSD PrepCom II
  28 January - 8 February 2002, New York

• Informal Brainstorming Session of the Preparatory Committee for the WSSD
  16-17 January 2002, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• The World Summit on Sustainable Development Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting
  27-29 November 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• WSSD West Asia Regional Preparatory Meeting
  24 October 2001, Cairo, Egypt

• WSSD LAC Regional Preparatory Meeting
  23-24 October 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• WSSD African Regional Preparatory Meeting
  15-18 October 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

• WSSD ECE Regional Preparatory Meeting
  24-25 September 2001, Geneva, Switzerland

• WSSD International Eminent Persons Meeting on Interlinkages — Bridging Problems and Solutions to Work Towards Sustainable Development
  3-4 September 2001, Tokyo, Japan

• WSSD PrepCom I
  30 April - 2 May 2001, New York

• UNGASS-19
  23-27 June 1997, New York

• Debate on UNCED-Related Issues
  1992, 1993, 1994, New York, USA

• UNCED
  3-14 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• PrepCom IV UNCED
  2 March - 4 April 1992, New York, USA

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OTHER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS COVERED BY IISD RS

• High-Level Conference of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) “Achieving Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4ALL) and Rio+20 SIDS Informal Ministerial Meeting
  7-9 May 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados

• Keeping the Green Economy Blue: A Workshop in Preparation for UNCSD
  29 April 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
  3-5 June 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Expert meeting on Land for Sustainable Urbanisation in Africa
  21-22 February 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity (TCB 5): Ecosystems and people - Development and biodiversity - The road to 2010 and beyond
  29 October - 2 November 2007, Trondheim, Norway

• Fifth Meeting of the African Committee on Sustainable Development
  22-25 October 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Sixth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”
  10-12 October 2007, Belgrade, Serbia

• World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower
  29-31 May 2007, Antalya, Turkey

• Tenth Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting
  30 January - 1 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya

• Eighth African Union Summit
  22-30 January 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Nordic Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production
  9-10 March 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

• 2nd International Expert Meeting on a 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production: As contained in Chapter III of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
  5-8 September 2005, San José, Costa Rica

• The Nordic Roundtable on Business Relations and Sustainable Consumption and Production in a North / South Perspective
  9-10 March 2005, Oslo, Norway

• FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems
  31 January - 4 February 2005, The Hague, the Netherlands

• UNEP’s Global Women’s Assembly on Environment
  11-13 October 2004, Nairobi, Kenya

• Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020
  1-3 April 2004, Kampala, Uganda

• International Expert Meeting on a 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production
  16-19 June 2003, Marrakech, Morocco

• International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD)
  16-20 June 2002, Adelboden, Switzerland

• Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Water Management
  25-26 April 2002, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

• First Joint Meeting of the Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas
  4-5 March 2002, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Go to archives for IISD Reporting Services' coverage of all other Sustainable Development related meetings

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE (IEG)

• Final Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Governance
  12 February 2002, Cartagena, Colombia

• New York Meeting on International Environmental Governance

  25 January 2002, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Fourth Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their Representatives on International Environmental Governance

  30 November - 1 December 2001, Montreal, Canada

• Third Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their Representatives on IEG
  9-10 September 2001, Algiers, Algeria

• Second Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their Representatives on International Environmental Governance (IEG)
  17 July 2001, Bonn, Germany

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS)

• High-level Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the SIDS (MSI+5)
  24-25 September 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Mauritius International Meeting
  10-14 January 2005, Port Louis, Mauritius

• BPOA+10 second round of informal informal consultations briefing note
  7,8 and 11 October 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• BPOA+10 Informal Informal Consultations Briefing Note
  17-19 May 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• SIDS Preparatory Meeting for BPoA +10
  14-16 April 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• BPOA+10 PrepCom Briefing Note
  15 March 2004, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• SIDS Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year Review of the BPOA
  26-30 January 2004, Nassau, Bahamas

• UNGASS Review and Appraisal of Implementation of Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS
  27-28 September 1999, UNHQ, New York

• Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS
  25 April - 6 May 1994, Barbados

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