WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA,
26 AUG- 4 SEPT 2002

For BS in International Relations

University of Gujrat
• August to 4 September 2002
• produced three types of outcomes:
• a political declaration now known as the ‘Johannesburg Declaration
on Sustainable Development’;
• the ‘Johannesburg Plan of Implementation’, a 65-page document
restating existing targets e.g. Millennium Declaration Goals
• and a limited number of new commitments; and ‘Type II’
commitments by governments and other stakeholders, including
business and non governmental organisations.
Stockholm to Johannesburg
Stockholm 1972 – Need to respond to the problem of environmental
deterioration
 Brundtland 1987
 Rio 1992 – Protection of environment and social & economic
development
 UNFCC
 Kyoto Protocol
 Cartegena Protocol
 Johannesburg Declaration 2002
WSSD – 2002
 World Summit on Sustainable Development
 Johannesburg, South Africa
 26th Aug – 4th Sept, 2002
 People, Planet and Prosperity
 Links between environment, poverty and development
WSSD 2002

Participants :
o Heads of State and Government
o National delegates
o Leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
o Businesses and other major groups
Focus
 Re-examine critical environmental and development
issues and formulate innovative, concrete and realistic proposals for
managing them
 Identify accomplishments and areas where further efforts are
needed to implement Agenda 21 and other outcomes of the Rio
Summit
Identify future challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of a
sustainable future
Renew political commitment and support for sustainable
development
Johannesburg Declaration on
Sustainable Development
 Reaffirm commitment to sustainable development
Build humane, equitable and caring global society for the need of
human dignity
Future to inherit a world free of indignity and indecency
occasioned by poverty, environmental degradation and patterns of
unsustainable development
Responding positively to produce a practical and visible plan in
bringing about poverty eradication and human development
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Development is built on three interdependent
and mutually reinforcing pillars - economic development,
social development and environmental protection – which
established
must be at local, national, regional and global levels.

- WSSD,2002
Plan of Implementation-Outcomes
 Concrete actions & measures at all levels
 Enhance International Co-operations
 Benefit all - women, youth, children & vulnerable
groups
 Involve all relevant sectors through partnership
Poverty Alleviation
Halve the proportion of world’s people income with
less than 1$ by 2015
 Establish a world solidarity fund
Develop national programmes for sustainable development and
local & community development
 Promote women’s equal access to and full participation
 Develop policies to improve indigenous community
 Deliver basic health services
Contd.
 Ensure child education
 Provide access to agricultural resources and techniques
 Build basic rural infrastructure
 Increase food availability and affordability
 Combat desertification & mitigate effects of drought and floods
 Increase access to sanitation
Changing unsustainable patterns
of consumption & production
Fundamental changes in the way societies produce & Consume
are indispensable for global sustainable development
 Identify appropriate tools, mechanisms
Protecting & Managing the natural
resource base of Economic & Social
Development
 Impact of human activity in ecosystem
 Program of action with financial and technical assistance
Develop integrated water resource management and water
efficiency plan
Improve water resource management & scientific understanding
of water cycle
Promote effective co-ordination among various International &
Intergovernmental bodies
 Promote Sustainable Tourism Development and capacity-
building
Contd.
 Ensuring the sustainable development of Ocean, seas,
islands and coastal areas with effective co-ordination and co-
operation
 Achieve sustainable fishery
 Promote the conservation and management of oceans at all
levels
Advance implementation of Global Programme of Action for the
protection of Marine Environment
Enhance maritime safety and protection of the marine
environment from pollution
Cont
d.
 Improve scientific understanding and assessment of
marine and coastal eco-system
An integrated approach to address vulnerability, risk assessment
and disaster management
 Change in Earth’s Climate – Stabilization of Greenhouse gases
Sustainable agriculture and rural development to increase food
production, food security & safety
 Strengthen the implementation to combat desertification
 Specific protection of vulnerable mountain ecosystems
Contd.
 Conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
Sustainable forest management of both natural and planted forest
at national & global level
Sustainable mining development through transparency,
accountability and capacity-building
Sustainable development in
Globalizing world
 Strengthen Trade-related technical assistance,
outcomes of Doha Conference
 Promote corporate responsibility and
accountability
Strengthen the capacities of developing countries to encourage
public/private initiatives
 Strengthen regional trade and co-operation agreements
 Assistance in digitalization
Health & Sustainable Development
Increase in capacity of health care systems and basic health
services
Promote preservation, development and use of effective traditional
medicine
 Develop partnerships to enhance health education
Promote equitable and improved access to affordable and efficient
health services
 Implementing national preventative and treatment strategies
Sustainable development of small
Island developing states
 Support availability of adequate, affordable and
environmentally sound energy services
Regional adaptation of
Sustainable
Development
 Sustainable development of Africa – alleviating
poverty
 Sustainable development in Latin America and
the Caribbean
 Sustainable development in Asia and Pacific –
alleviating poverty
Sustainable development in West Asia – managing natural
resources
Sustainable development in the Economic Commission for Europe
region
Means of Implementation
Mobilization and effective use of financial resources, mechanisms
and institutions
Efficacy, coherence and consistency of internal macro-economic
policy
 Facilitate greater flow of Foreign direct investment
 Reduce unsustainable debt burden
 Concrete actions and implementation of WTO agreements
 Diversify exports in commodity-dependent countries
Contd.
 Enhance trade liberations and infrastructure
Promote multi-lateral trade agreement and environmental
agreements
Promote, facilitate and finance environmentally sound science &
technology
 Support education, public awareness and research
 Public participation in environment and decision making
Institutional framework for sustainable
development
Strengthening the Institutional framework for SD at International Level
 Enhance integration of sustainable development goals
 Collaboration within and between International institutions
 Implement the outcomes effectively
 Promote corporate responsibility
 Promote global economic governance
Contd.
Role of General Assembly
 Adopt sustainable development
 Political direction to implementation
Role of Economic & Social Council
 Organize periodic SD themes
 Transfer work to Commission on SD
 Intensify gender mainstreaming
Contd.
Role & Function of Commission on Sustainable Development
 Review & evaluate progress and suggest implementations
 Address new challenges and opportunities
 Discuss on Themes and partnership promotion
 Scientific contribution to SD
Role of International Institutions
 Support capacity-building programmes
 Encourage partnership initiatives
 Develop Information & Communication Technology
Contd.
Strengthening Institutional framework of SD at Regional level
Facilitate balanced integration of economical ,social and environmental
dimensions
 Mobilization of technical and financial assistance
 Promote multi-stakeholder partnership
Strengthening Institutional framework of SD at National level
 Steps to formulate national SD strategies
 Promote Public and private participation
 Enhance role and capacity of local authorities and stake-holders
References
UNESCO site
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/extras/img/DESDbri
efWSSD.pdf

United Nations Report of the World Summit on

Sustainable development 2002
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/WSSD_POI_PD
/English/WSSD_PlanImpl.pdf