Accomplishments and New Directions?
The World Summit on Sustainable Development took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. Its intended purpose was to hold a ten-year review of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Summit) in order to rein-vigorate the global commitment to sustainable developme...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The International and comparative law quarterly 2003-01, Vol.52 (1), p.256-268 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The World Summit on Sustainable Development took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. Its intended purpose was to hold a ten-year review of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Summit) in order to rein-vigorate the global commitment to sustainable development.1 Perhaps attempting to duplicate the products of other international meetings, national governments agreed to negotiate and adopt two documents: the Johannesburg Declaration2 and the Plan of Implementation3 However, differences emerged over the binding nature of the instruments and if so, the strength of the obligations therein. It appeared that this tension spilled over to all the negotiations. Some countries pushed for concrete timetables, reiterating other goals stipulated in previous international declarations or decisions, while other countries, weary of taking on new commitments that are unlikely to be met, preferred a more soft-law declaratory approach. |
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ISSN: | 0020-5893 1471-6895 |
DOI: | 10.1093/iclq/52.1.256 |