Published 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Action and pursuit of the summit of the earth

Description

The effect to guarantee the execution and of the commitments and activities to materialize the agreements and the program 21 emanated of the summit of the earth, the international community gathered in Rio called in that program to conform a Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD) through the United Nations (UN) In its session number forty seven of 1992, the general assembly of the UN defined, by means of the resolution 471 191, the composition of the CSD, the bases for the participation of the non government organizations (ONG) in her and its relationship with other organisms of the UN. Today the commission has an own secretary and it is attributed to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) The CSD should carry out an effective pursuit on the world execution of all the commitments acquired in the conference of Rio, evaluating, mainly, the progressive application of the program 21 to national, regional and international scale. It also promotes the development of the international cooperation and it contributes to rationalize the process of taking of intergovernmental decisions as regards sustainable development

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Accion y seguimiento de la cumbre de la tierra

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Revista Desarrollo Sostenible
Journal Issue
no.1
Journal Page Range
p. 15-17
CODEN
RDSEB7

Conference

Title
Conference of the United Nations on the environment and the development (CNUMAD) or summit of the earth
Dates
Jun 1992
Place
Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Colombia
Country of Input or Organization
Colombia
INIS RN
33011568
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MAN
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; MAMMALS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES