Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

8th Meeting (PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION NEAR AGREEMENT ON DRAFT TEXTS;

SESSION SET TO CONCLUDE TOMORROW

In a brief meeting this afternoon, the Commission on Sustainable Development heard from its two working groups on the progress being made towards finalizing the draft decisions due to be adopted tomorrow at the close of the eleventh session.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM Meeting

WORLD’S SPENDING MUST DOUBLE TO MEET WATER, SANITATION GOALS SET AT 2000

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Panel Held to Commemorate Year of Freshwater

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

7^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ISLAND STATES, REVIEW OF 1994 BARBADOS ACTION PLAN

FOCUS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM Meeting

MAJOR CIVIC GROUPS COMMENT ON PROPOSED FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME

OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Nine major civil society groups commented on draft decisions introduced yesterday by the Commission on Sustainable Development on its future work programmes, as that body continued its eleventh session this morning.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM & PM Meetings

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH CIVIC GROUPS; STRENGTHENED

INVOLVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTING JOHANNESBURG GOALS STRESSED

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

4^th Meeting (AM & PM)

OBSTACLES FACING AFRICA IN REACHING JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT GOALS

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

3^rd Meeting (AM&PM)

SPEAKERS URGE INCREASED ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN MEETING WATER, ENERGY NEEDS, AS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONTINUES

Holds Ministerial Debate, Regional Forum, Round Table;

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

PM Meeting

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED AID TO MEET JOHANNESBURG TARGETS ON DRINKING WATER,

SANITATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

At Round Table, Current Anti-Poverty Efforts Described

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

2^nd Meeting (AM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OPENS SESSION’S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT; IMPLEMENTING SUMMIT COMMITMENTS, COMMISSION’S FUTURE WORK HIGHLIGHTED

UNEP APPLAUDS ENVIRONMENT DECISION BY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/GENEVA, 25 April (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) welcomes today's decision by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights emphasizing the strong link between human rights and a healthy environment.