Monthly Archive: October 2011
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
IMO – the International Maritime Organization – is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. International shipping is the...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Annex to Resolution XXVI-5 IOC’s Special Contribution to Sustainable Development. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is the sole UN organization specializing in ocean related science, services and capacity development. It has been carrying...
European Youth Forum
Introduction The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, known as “Rio+20” as it comes 20 years after the 1992 “Earth Summit”, will be profoundly significant for young people. During this conference world leaders are...
Inter-Agency Consultative Group for SIDS
SIDS IACG input to the Rio+20 compilation text Background This submission represents the consolidated input of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Inter-Agency Consultative Group (IACG) . It is prepared based on the...
European Population Alliance
Population Growth: the Neglected ‘Green’ Issue A Text for Rio+20 “Population stabilization should be a priority for sustainable development”: Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General. (Key Recommendation of GHF 2009). “Either we reduce our numbers...
European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
1. welcomes the decision of the UN General Assembly to convene a United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development at the highest possible level in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (UNCSD or “Rio+20” Summit),...
Euromontana
On the basis of its experience in the field of sustainable mountain development, its role in development of mountain policies at European, national and regional level, and its specific economic, environmental and social contexts,...
Environmental Research Center, Khazar University
a) What are the expectations for the outcome of Rio+20, and what are the concrete proposals in this regard, including views on a possible structure of the Outcome document?Since 1992, when chapter 13 on...
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Global Environment FacilityInput to the Compilation Document of theUnited Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)October 31, 2011 Contribution of the GEF to the Rio+20 Compilation Document 1. 1992 UNCED Original Agenda and the Institutional...