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	Women's Environment & Development Organization -- Programs
		The Sustainable Development Program advocates for the inclusion of a gender perspective, women's empowerment, and a rights-based approach in environmental and sustainable development decision-making.
		Advocacy on strengthened environment and sustainable development governance in the context of United Nations reform.
		Integration of a gender perspective in global environment and sustainable development policy bodies, including Multilateral Environmental Agreements, the UNEP Governing Council, and the Commission on Sustainable Development.
	www.wedo.org /programs.aspx?mode=development (323 words)

	TakingITGlobal - Voice - Policy Process
		The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1992 to ensure that there was effective follow up on the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
		Sustainable development is focused on providing for the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
		Youth involved in the CSD also meet directly with their governments to ask how their country’s sustainable development commitments are being fulfilled, as well as to lobby for increased ways for youth to participate in the implementation of national sustainable development initiatives.
	www.takingitglobal.org /action/voice/view.html?PolicyID=12 (334 words)

	Sustainable Development: Implications for World Peace
		For some, sustainable development is a utopian concept, for others demagoguery, while others continue to consider it to be inherently limited in its applicability to cases of extreme poverty and the corresponding difficulties confronted by a large part of the world's population.
		If a sustainable development strategy has been successful in terms of the reduction of poverty, the leveling of social inequalities, and the optimum allocation of scarce resources, then certainly many of the situations that exacerbate conflict between different groups, communities, and nationalities will be avoided.
		Experiences of sustainable development in the area of management of supply and consumption of water have led to the creation of mechanisms which aid users to define the norms for allocation, use, and transfer of water rights in a democratic process.
	www.utexas.edu /courses/sustdevt/conceptual.html (2865 words)

	Commission on Sustainable Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		CSD 1, the Organizational Session of the CSD [1] was held in June 1993.
		For its Tenth Session the CSD served as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg in December 2002.
		The Twelfth Session of the CSD is the first substantive session since the Johannesburg Summit - CSD-11 was an organizational session that focused on establishing priorities and an agenda for the second ten-year cycle of the Commission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commission_on_Sustainable_Development (394 words)

	Sustainable Development: Definitions
		According to the WCED, this is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainable development implies economic growth together with the protection of environmental quality, each reinforcing the other.
		The essence of this form of development is a stable relationship between human activities and the natural world, which does not diminish the prospects for future generations to enjoy a quality of life at least as good as our own.
		Sustainable development respects the limited capacity of an ecosystem to absorb the impact of human activities.
	www.gdrc.org /sustdev/definitions.html (456 words)

	Commission on Sustainable Development
		In this regard, and given the interaction between development and international peace, we would like to emphasize that durable security and stability are indispensable prerequisites for the attainment of sustainable development goals and targets and global prosperity, in conformity with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations.
		The implementation track that we have chosen in the follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development implies the urgent need of the exploration of effective, durable, reliable and measurable means of implementation of commitments on sustainable development goals and targets while ensuring accountability of global partnership.
		In this regard, it should be recalled that the United Nations regional Commissions primary role should consist in enhancing the implementation of regionally and sub-regionally agreed sustainable development programs and projects through the mobilization of technical and financial assistance and the facilitation of the provision of adequate financing for their implementation.
	www.g77.org /Speeches/042803-csd.htm (1597 words)

	Environment and Human Settlements
		At its eleventh session, the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) decided that its multi-year programme of work beyond 2003 would be organized on the basis of two-year implementation cycles, with each cycle focusing on selected thematic clusters of issues.
		In the review year, the Commission would evaluate progress made in implementing sustainable development goals and identifying obstacles and constraints, while in the policy year it would decide on measures to speed up implementation and mobilize action to overcome these obstacles and constraints.
		The Economic Commission for Europe held the first Regional Implementation Forum on Sustainable Development on 15 and 16 January 2004, as a contribution to the twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
	www.unece.org /env/SustainableDevelopment/2Session/welcome.htm (397 words)

	World Summit on Sustainable Development - Johannesburg 2002 - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In this respect, the Commission's decisions were also endorsed by the UN General Assembly last December which emphasized that Agenda 21 should not be renegotiated, and that the focus at Johannesburg should be on the review of the implementation of Agenda 21.
		FAO is actively involved in contributing to the World Summit for Sustainable Development process and particularly as regards the preparation of documentation for the intergovernmental process.
		FAO looks forward to the World Summit for Sustainable Development as it will provide a unique opportunity to draw to the attention of world leaders some of the key challenges and opportunities the global community faces in the implementation of various chapters of Agenda 21 for which it is a leader and major partner.
	www.fao.org /wssd/Index_en.htm (558 words)

	WHO \| World Summit on Sustainable Development
		Healthy life is an outcome of sustainable development, as well as a powerful and undervalued means of achieving it.
		The World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26 - September 4, 2002) was an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen the role of health in sustainable development.
		The goals of sustainable development cannot be achieved when there is a high prevalence of debilitating illness and poverty, and the health of a population cannot be maintained without a responsive health system and a healthy environment.
	www.who.int /wssd/en (290 words)

	United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
		The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was formed in 1992 after the Earth Summit to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED, through monitoring and reporting on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels.
		The CSD is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and has 53 members.
		Following discussion of the role of CSD at WSSD, the CSD agreed at its eleventh session in May 2003 that it will now function on the basis of two-year implementation cycles, including review and policy years.
	www.deh.gov.au /commitments/uncsd (512 words)

	This Norwegian's past may connect with your future
		The Brundtland Commission called for an international conference to be convened "within an appropriate period" after the presentation of its report to review progress and create a follow-up structure.
		That commission’s job also included offering policy guidance and promoting partnerships for sustainable development with governments and "key actors" outside government, including women, youth, indigenous peoples, non-governmental organizations, local authorities, workers and trade unions, business and industry, the scientific community, and farmers.
		"Sustainable development is a dynamic process, and it’s one that will continue to evolve and grow as lessons are learnt and ideas re-examined," say the 2002 summit’s organizers.
	oregonfuture.oregonstate.edu /part1/pf1_03.html (724 words)

	Europaworld 16/1/2004 Sustainable Development: Commission Reports Progress On 'Johannesburg Commitments'
		A new strategy put forward by the Commission in November refreshes and updates the EU negotiating position in several areas, but sticks to the objective that the negotiations must truly contribute to sustainable development.
		The European Commission is pushing for reinforced multilateralism and is, inter alia, supporting a common framework for the follow-up of major UN conferences and developing strategic partnerships with UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes in order to reinforce co-operation at all levels.
		Together with the Millennium Development Goals, the Doha Development Agenda and the Monterrey Consensus, the outcome of the WSSD is provides the essential building blocks of a worldwide partnership for sustainable development.
	www.europaworld.org /week160/sustainable16104.htm (1577 words)

	Sustainable Development Commission Fails to Sustain Enthusiasm
		Four days after the Commission on Sustainable Development closed its 13th meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, many participants are expressing a sense of frustration and concern that all the international discussions held since the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburgh might amount to very little progress.
		The CSD also calls for better water management, including more efficient irrigation and wider use of rain water harvesting technologies, especially in the agricultural sector; implementing irrigation projects with a focus on the poor, particularly in Africa; and training farmers and water users associations in efficient water use.
		On sanitation, the CSD calls for establishing an institutional home for sanitation, and giving it priority in national development plans and budgets, targeting investments to areas of greatest need and greatest impact, such as schools, work places and health centers and assessing the health impacts of the lack of sanitation at the community level.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2005/2005-04-26-03.asp (1334 words)

	WWF - The Commission on Sustainable Development - 2004
		The twelfth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12) reviewed and evaluated progress made in implementing sustainable development commitments set by the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002, and focused on identifying obstacles and constraints.
		The UN sub-committee, the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD) met in New York from 14–30 April 2004 to evaluate progress on commitments made at the 1992 Rio Summit and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg.
		An initial step was taken with the commitment at the WSSD to develop integrated water resource management and water efficiency plans by 2005.
	www.panda.org /freshwater/csd (485 words)

	advocacy_un_sustdev
		The Commission on Sustainable Development was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit.
		The Commission is responsible for reviewing progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development; as well as providing policy guidance to follow up the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) at the local, national, regional and international levels.
		The JPOI reaffirmed that the CSD is the high-level forum for sustainable development within the United Nations system.
	www.worldyouthalliance.org /ourwork/advocacy_un_sustdev.html?catid=147 (243 words)

	Sustainable development
		Through its activities in the field of sustainable tourism, renewable energies, water management, landscape preservation and sustainable development in general, the Assembly of European Regions actively promotes a stronger involvement of the Regions in the implementation of environmental measures and the dissemination of environment-friendly practices within all sectors of society.
		The AER Committee C 'Regional Policies' attended the UN Summit on Sustainable Development, notably its Local Government Session (LGS) (Johannesburg, 27-30 August 2002), which the AER co-organised together with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
		In 2002-2003, the Working group 'CAP and its impact on Sustainable rural and agricultural development' of AER Committee C, co-ordinated by Gloucestershire, established a report on regional good practices in the field of rural development.
	www.a-e-r.org /main-issues/sustainable-development.html (593 words)

	Earth Negotiations Bulletin - FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 1-12 MAY 2006
		The themes contained in the Millennium Declaration were elaborated and developed into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as contained in the September 2001 Report of the Secretary-General on the Road Map towards the Implementation of the Millennium Declaration.
		CSD-9: The ninth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development took place at UN headquarters in New York from 16-28 April 2001.The session reviewed the sectoral themes of energy and atmosphere, the economic theme of transport, and the cross-sectoral themes of information for decision making and participation and international cooperation for an enabling environment.
		When adopting the decision, text was deleted where consensus was not possible, including: energy efficiency codes and standards, the phase-out of harmful subsidies in developed countries, promotion of atmospheric pollutant reductions, and references to the development of policies supporting energy for sustainable development.
	www.iisd.ca /vol05/enb05228e.html (1935 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Sustainable development
		It was not until I went to Cairo, Egypt, to cover the U.N. Conference on Population and Development that I realized the abortion/condom/sex-education agenda as well as the pro-homosexual agenda came from the international level – the United Nations.
		The phrase that summarizes the above agenda is "sustainable development," which comprises a major part of the radical environmental agenda.
		When I finally realized what sustainable development is, I understood what was happening in the schools and what our children are being taught.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27028 (761 words)

	HIC - NGO Lobbying at the Commission on Sustainable Development
		HIC - NGO Lobbying at the Commission on Sustainable Development
		CSD was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of the commitments of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio 1992); to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels.
		Since 2003 CSD has a multi-year programme of work organized on the basis of seven two-year cycles, with each cycle focusing on selected thematic clusters of issues.
	www.hic-net.org /articles.asp?PID=210 (351 words)

	ICC's Commission on Environment & Energy
		The commission on Environment and Energy develops positions on major environmental and energy issues.
		The fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) started on 1 May at UN Headquarters in New York.
		The CSD 14 Day of Business and Industry to be held in the Dag HammarskjÃ¶ld library and co-organized by the UN and BAE - invites you to debate the gaps and ways forward with regard to shaping a sustainable energy future in three panels, focusing on technology, climate change and development.
	www.iccwbo.org /policy/environment/id1441/index.html (319 words)

	Commission on Sustainable Development
		On behalf of the G 77 and China, we congratulate the Chair and the Bureau for their election to the Commission on Sustainable Development at its 14 th Session.
		These issues are critical to us in the developing world in their potential for eradicating poverty and for the furtherance of sustainable development.
		Sustainable development is the key element of the overarching framework for the United Nations activities, for which we are committed to achieve the internationally agreed development goals including the Millennium Development Goals.
	www.g77.org /Speeches/030606d.htm (739 words)

	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SEARCHES FOR RAISON-D'ETRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, despite the importance of operationalising sustainable development at the international intergovernmental level, particularly as preparations for the World Summit are underway, the pervasive sentiment at CSD-9 regarding the value of the CSD was dim.
		According to one EU delegate referring to the CSD process, "Capitals are increasingly asking themselves, is this really worth it?" A delegate from the G77/China group echoed the European official, saying that, "the process is a complete waste of time." Some commentators decried the CSD process for still not adequately defining 'sustainable development'.
		Though trade was not a focus of CSD-9, the role of international trade in facilitating the sustainable development objective was nevertheless considered during CSD-9 discussions, appearing explicitly in two of the four decisions taken at the event: energy and international cooperation.
	www.ictsd.org /html/weekly/01-05-01/story3.htm (526 words)

	Sustainable Development Commission
		The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) is a citizen commission advising Portland and Mulnomah County
		The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) is a citizen advisory panel reporting directly to Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.
		The Commission was established by City of Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman and Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey.
	www.portlandonline.com /osd/index.cfm?c=41485 (265 words)

	UN Commission on Sustainable Development and Nuclear Power
		The CSD was established to monitor the implementation of the outcome of the Rio Earth Summit (1992).
		Moreover, it is contrary to the interests of developing countries which require sustainable, mostly decentralized, low-cost energy systems, adapted both to their needs and the availability of their capital, labor, and natural resources.
		The CSD should focus on promoting clean, secure and sustainable forms of energy for the welfare of present and future generations, as per the aim of Agenda 21’.
	eeru.open.ac.uk /natta/renewonline/rol32/16.html (865 words)

	Commission on Sustainable Development, 13th Session
		These were communicated to the CSD secretariat and governments in the run up to CSD 13 during CSD 12, the IPM and NGO statements.
		CSD 14 is a review session on energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution and climate change.
		The concern is that if CSD does not "get it right" now, not only could the governments miss the goals for 2015, they could undo gains made towards better water management to reduce poverty, and for sustainable development.
	www.freshwateraction.net /conferences/csd/csd13.asp (1384 words)

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