The Group of 77 at the United Nations: Environment and Sustainable Development

by Mourad Ahmia (Editor)

Overview

The volumes included in The Collected Documents of The Group of 77 at the United Nations provide a chronological record of events and documents of the Group of 77 since its creation in 1963. The Fourth Volume brings together for the first time a selection of policy statements, common position papers and other major documents by the Group of 77 relating to environment and sustainable development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199339976
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/07/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Editor: Dr. Mourad Ahmia is a career diplomat, who has been affiliated with the Group of 77 and the United Nations in New York since 1990. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 in New York. Previously, he served as Algeria's delegate to the United Nations in New York in charge of economic affairs.

Table of Contents

Foreword by His Excellency Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Preface by the Editor Chapter - I: The Origins of the Group of 77 Chapter - II: From Environmental Protection to Sustainable Development Chapter - III: The Group of 77 and Major United Nations Conferences on Environment and Development I - UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 - 14 June 1992 (The Earth Summit) II - Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April - 6 May 1994 III - Second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul, Turkey, 3 - 14 June 1996 Chapter - IV: The Group of 77 and the Global Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development