Remember this? 1992 RIO DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Remember this?  1992 RIO DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON 
                    ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT*

                  (Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)


                               Annex I

           RIO DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT


    The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,

    Having met at Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992,

    Reaffirming the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment, adopted at Stockholm on 16 June 1972, a/ and seeking to build upon
it,

    With the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership
through the creation of new levels of cooperation among States, key sectors of
societies and people,

    Working towards international agreements which respect the interests of
all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental
system,

    Recognizing the integral and interdependent nature of the Earth, our
home,

    Proclaims that:

                             Principle 1

    Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. 
They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.

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