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The World Summit on Sustainable Development An Information Guide on the World Summit on Sustainable Development

This paper describes the development of the international environmental management methodologies, within the framework of the united Nations, which were unleashed during the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment in 1972, followed by the Prontland Committee Report in 1987, which launched for the first time the concept of "sustainable development", and the Earth Summit (Rio 1992), in addition to the numerous International Environment Declarations. This paper focuses on the local methodology implemented in preparation for the forthcoming Summit, which is being held on the 10th Anniversary of the first Earth Summit. During this conference the performance of the countries in the field of sustainable development since 1992 will be evaluated, and the priorities of joint International environment work during the 21st Century will be identified and determined.

This paper also stresses the importance of integrating all national efforts, with regional and international ones in preparation for this event, and portrays the time schedule of the preparatory activities underway all around the world, in addition to the information references and guidelines, and the major papers on sustainable development, that can be found on the internet.

The paper also aims to serve as an information reference, and a miniature guidebook for all the environmentalists that are involved in the national preparatory activities for the World Summit on sustainable development.

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