Major Conferences

The EMG’s program of work is thus developed consistent with the outcome of the major developments in international cooperation. In particular, the EMG works to advance the environment and human settlements objectives of the major world conferences on sustainable development:

2005 World Summit
The Millennium Declaration and documents related to the Millennium Summit
The Monterrey Consensus

World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)

Johannesburg Declaration [English]  [French] [Spanish]
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation [English]  [French] [Spanish]

Earth Summit+5 (1997) 

Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Agenda 21 - Global Programme of Action on Sustainable Development
Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests
Declaration of Barbados and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972)

CSD and UNEP Conferences

Commission on Sustainable Development
UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum

Human Settlements


UN-HABITAT Governing Council
The Habitat Agenda and The Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements
Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium

 


Annual EMG meeting, Geneva, 8 October 2007

IMGs on C-Neutral and Sustainable Procurement, Washington, 25-27 June 2007

Informal EMG (brainstorming) meeting, 8 May 2007, New York, USA


Report of the Annual meeting of the Environment Management Group, Geneva, 8 October 2007

Report on IMGs on
C-Neutral and Sustainable Procurement, Washington,
25-27 June 2007


Letter to EMG - July 2007

SG's letter re C-neutral UN

Letter to EMG - June 2007