Time Line to the Summit

1972: UN Conference on Human Environment (Stockholm) held to consider global environmental and development needs for the first time; UNEP established
1983: World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) set up to address critical environmental and development issues
1989: Bruntland Report 'Our Common Future' published defining sustainable development
1991: Children's Summit (New York)
1992: UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro); UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) established
1993-1997: UNCSD first 5 year programme
1993: Human Rights Summit (Vienna)
1994: Population Summit (Cairo)
1995: Social Summit (Copenhagen); Women's Summit (Beijing); World Trade Organisation (WTO) established
1996: Human Settlements Summit (Istanbul); Food Summit (Rome)
1997: 'Rio+5' review (New York)
1998-2001: UNCSD second 5 year programme - Overarching theme: poverty eradication, sustainable production and consumption
1999: Cairo+5 (Population); Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change adopted
2000: Millennium Summit (New York); Beijing+5 (Women); Copenhagen+5 (Social); World Youth Forum (Dakar)
2001: UNCSD 10 (Global Prep Comm.1); National, Sub-regional and Regional preparatory meetings reviewing sustainable development and feeding into Global Preparatory Committees (Prep Comms.); UN 3rd Conference on Less Developed Countries (Brussels); Istanbul+5 (Human Settlements), New York+5 (Children); World Food Summit (Italy); International Conference on Freshwater (Bonn)
2002: Global Prep Comms. 2-4 - substantive Review, identification of priority issues and finalise agenda for Johannesburg

World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa 26th Aug - 6th September

'Turning Plans into Actions'

defining national, regional and global commitments, actions and targets