In December 2009 the General Assembly adopted resolution 64/236 and agreed to convene the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in June 2012. This Conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro 20 years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or the Earth Summit, represents a historic opportunity to take stock of developments over the past two decades, assess the progress made and the difficulties encountered and explore new forms of cooperation capable of expediting the transition towards sustainable development. The Member States have al…
En diciembre de 2009 la Asamblea General aprobó la resolución 64/236, en virtud de la cual decidió organizar la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible. Esta Conferencia se realizará en Río de Janeiro (Brasil) en junio de 2012, 20 años después de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo, conocida como Cumbre para la Tierra, y constituye una oportunidad histórica para hacer un balance de lo sucedido en estas dos décadas, evaluar los advances logrados y las dificultades encontradas y explorar nuevas formas de cooperación que permitan…
By adopting the Millennium Declaration of 2000, the 189 States Members of the United Nations undertook a commitment to redouble their efforts to eradicate poverty in the world. This led to the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals, with targets to be achieved by 2015, taking 1990 as a base year. Environmental sustainability is included among the Goals owing to its great relevance to poverty reduction efforts, health, gender equality and the other components of development. The targets associated with the seventh Millennium Development Goal —to ensure environmental sustainability— a…