http://international.blogs.uua.org/international-uu-organizations/uu-uno/reflections-on-rio-reproductive-rights-measuring-success-and-why-i-never-had-time-to-get-in-the-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflections-on-rio-reproductive-rights-measuring-success-and-why-i-never-had-time-to-get-in-the-water International Programs of the UUA Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://international.blogs.uua.org/international-uu-organizations/uu-uno/reflections-on-rio-reproductive-rights-measuring-success-and-why-i-never-had-time-to-get-in-the-water/comment-page-1/#comment-13681 silver price Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:09:49 +0000 http://international.blogs.uua.org/?p=3441#comment-13681 On 24th December 2009 the UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution ( A/RES/64/236 ) agreeing to hold the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in 2012 – also referred to as ‘Rio 20′ or ‘Rio 20′. The Conference seeks three objectives: securing renewed political commitment to sustainable development, assessing the progress and implementation gaps in meeting already agreed commitments, and addressing new and emerging challenges. The Member States have agreed on the following two themes for the Conference: green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and institutional framework for sustainable development Since UNCED, sustainable development has become part of the international lexicon. The concept has been incorporated in many UN declarations and its implementation, while complex has been at the forefront of world’s institutions and organizations working in the economic, social and environmental sectors. However, they all recognize how difficult it has proven to grant the environmental pillar the same recognition enjoyed by the other two pillars despite the many calls by scientists and civil society signalling the vulnerability and precariousness of the Earth since the 1960s.

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