As a result of the increasing deterioration in the state of the world's environment, the United Nations General Assembly, by resolution 38/161 adopted at its thirty-eighth session, decided to set up a World Commission on ...

This report underscores the need for the Commission to consult and review the implementation of environment and development programme with member States to ensure consistency and complementarity with the mandate of the ...

For Africa, this Conference wishes to consider the strategies for enhancing the region's participation by: firstly, by trying to identify, particularly in the context of the 1997 review, sustainable development issues and ...

The first session of the Conference of African Ministers responsible for Sustainable Development and the Environment (CAMSDE) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 8 to 9 March 1996. The meeting was formally opened by ...