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26th June, 1997
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD MAN-MADE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HAVE REACHED HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS IN 200,000 YEARS
United States President among Speakers as Special Session Continues Review of Rio Conference Recommendations on Environment and Development Human beings are changing the global climate, producing concentrations of greenhouse gases at their highest levels in 200,000 years, President William Clinton of the United States told the General...
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26th June, 1997
'AGENDA 21' FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS SUPPORT OF ALL SOCIAL SECTORS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD
On Fourth Day of Debate, Special Session Hears of Respective Roles of Foreign Direct Investment and Overseas Development Assistance All social sectors -- from private to public to civil society -- must cooperate to implement Agenda 21, speakers told the General Assembly this morning as it continued its debate on implementation of...
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25th June, 1997
SUCCESS OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CONCERTED GLOBAL COOPERATION, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD
On Third Day of Debate, Special Session Speakers Emphasize Problems of Poorer Countries in Meeting Goals of Action Programmes However far-reaching might be the plan of action set out at the General Assembly special session dedicated to a review of the implementation of Agenda 21 -- the environment and development programme adopted...
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25th June, 1997
RENEWED PLEDGES OF SUPPORT FROM SOME DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WELCOMED AS ASSEMBLY CONTINUES 'AGENDA 21' DEBATE
Special Session Reviewing Implementation of Rio Conference Recommendations Hears Statements from Further Twenty-One Speakers The need for serious international cooperation to advance the cause of Agenda 21 over the next five years was strongly stressed by several delegations this afternoon, as the special session of the General Assembly...
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25th June, 1997
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE BY ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION OF CREDENTIALS OF 183 STATES
The Credentials Committee this afternoon recommended that the General Assembly accept the formal credentials of representatives of 183 of its 185 Member States for the nineteenth special session currently taking place at Headquarters. The Committee took that action by approving without a vote, a draft resolution recommending that...
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24th June, 1997
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT NOW WIDELY ACCEPTED, BUT POOR COUNTRIES HAMPERED BY LACK OF RESOURCES, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD
Special Session on 'Agenda 21' Proposals Hears Statements From Leaders of 20 Nations; Agency Representatives Also Speak Although the concept of sustainable development has now been accepted worldwide, efforts of developing countries to implement Agenda 21 have continued to be hampered by lack of resources, the special session of...
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24th June, 1997
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD ALLEVIATION OF GLOBAL POVERTY ESSENTIAL IF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE TO BE REACHED
Special Session Hears Statements from More Government Leaders, Environment Ministers, National and Agency Representatives Without alleviating the extreme and increasing poverty that pervades the world, sustainable development is both unrealistic and impossible, the General Assembly was told by several speakers, as it resumed its...
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23rd June, 1997
GLOBAL AWARENESS OF SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CONCEPT HAS INCREASED, BUT ACTION LAGS, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD
Twenty-two More Countries Address Special Session On Ways to Promote Environmentally Sound Development In the five years since the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, the concept of sustainable development had come to inform economic planning worldwide, the General Assembly special...
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23rd June, 1997
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF 'SHAME" THAT COMMITMENTS AT RIO CONFERENCE OF 1992 REMAIN UNFULFILLED
Opens Special Session to Review Global Efforts for Sustainable Development, Regrets Lack of 'Follow through' on Promises Made This is the text of the address by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the opening today of the nineteenth special session of the Assembly for the overall review and appraisal...
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23rd June, 1997
AD HOC COMMITTEE OF WHOLE OF ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION BEGINS WORK
The adoption of policies fostering a stable macroeconomic and financial environment was essential because high inflation affected the real incomes of the poor who, unwittingly, caused unsustainable environment use, the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the special session of the General Assembly was told this afternoon by a representative...
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