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Pakistan's official website for WSSD
Pakistan's official website for the government of Pakistan contains information about the various initiatives taken by the government, the national preparatory process involved, the country assessment report, and progress made on Agenda 21. Details about Pakistan's sustainable development projects, news updates and related links are also available online.
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Preparations for the WSSD including children's posters and success stories, projects initiated as a result of implementing Agenda 21, and background information about the Rio 1992 conventions are available on the site developed by the UN in Pakistan. News updates, a calendar of events, related links and contact information are also available on this site.
http://undp.un.org.pk/undp/wssd/
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Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, this is the UN's official website for the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002. It provides basic information about the summit, documents and preparatory processes involved, a media section and links related to sustainable development.
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
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This website outlines the IUCN's process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and its policies and statements from the different regions, programmes and commissions of IUCN. Some of the news, articles and documents about IUCN's activities in reparation for the WSSD are available in downloadable format. A detailed calendar of meetings held so far are also available on this site.
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This website by the NSSD on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), and its French counterpart, contains downloadable documents on IIED's new series, "The Future is Now". A set of WSSD briefing papers published by IIED in collaboration with the Regional and International Networking Group (RING) are also available online along with related links.
http://www.nssd.net/References/wssd/
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This portal site by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) contains background information, publications, a calendar of news and events, links, information about major players involved, and a mailing list regarding the Johannesburg Summit.
http://www.iisd.ca/wssd/portal.html
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Interviews with key players, daily news updates, and background features on Agenda 21 are some of the features of LEAD's site on the WSSD. A debate about the future of global governance, related links and LEAD's contribution to the Summit are available online.
http://johannesburg2002.lead.org/
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News updates on the road to the Johannesburg Summit, IIED's official publication for the WSSD; reports and briefing papers from IIED's WSSD programme and the Regional and International Networking Group (RING) alliance of policy research organisations are some of the characteristics of this site.
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This is the Philippine government's official website for the fourth and final preparatory committee meeting at the ministerial level for the WSSD. Providing information regarding travel, accommodation and registration, it will be held at the Bali International Convention Center in Bali, Indonesia from May 27 to June 7, 2002.
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This website contains downloadable documents from WWF and useful links available in categories on sustainable development. These include business; climate change; consumption; finance; forests; freshwater; globalization; investment; oceans & coasts; protected areas; toxics and trade.
http://www.panda.org/wssd/index.cfm
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The EU's Sustainable Development Strategy and the 6th Environment Action Programme will be important European contributions in the WSSD in 2002. Available in various European languages, the downloadable file is available from this site.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/agend21/index.htm
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A high-level regional meeting for WSSD was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from
27-29 November 2001. The meeting was organized jointly by the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Environment Programme. Background information leading upto the meeting and related documents are available on this site.http://www.unescap.org/enrd/environ/hrm_wssd.htm
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UNESCO's water portal focuses on freshwater issues for the WSSD. This website showcases its International Hydrological Programme, as well as resources, news, upcoming events and water-related links available online.
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wssd_2002/
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Activities detail UNIDO's contribution to the WSSD at the national, regional and global levels. These include 18 national overview reports, a joint effort with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to examine the technology transfer aspects in their recently completed 50 case studies; and sector-specific surveys in nine countries. A comprehensive
history from the Rio to the Johannesburg Summit is also available, with related links, on this site.http://www.unido.org/doc/471698.htmls
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FAO is actively involved in contributing to the World Summit for Sustainable Development process. Under preparation, its report assesses the progress achieved, including gaps and deficiencies. This covers agriculture, land and rural development, deforestation, and mountains. The analytical part of the report will analyze the impact of policies, including strategic approach, institutional arrangements and involvement of major groups.
http://www.fao.org/wssd/Index_en.htm
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Stakeholder Forum is an international multi-stakeholder organisation. It is a network and forum on sustainable development which has promoted outcomes from the first Earth Summit in 1992 and is now working on preparations for Earth Summit 2002. Containing downloadable and rich-text files since April 2000, its monthly newsletter, Network 2002 will be produced in the lead up to the Summit, working to track the agenda and engage dialogue.
http://www.earthsummit2002.org/es/newsletter/
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This website outline's the UK government's approach to sustainable development and its preparations for the WSSD. It provides the history of sustainable development, news, speeches, and forums to debate issues. Various publications, fact sheets, downloadable annual report and related links are also available online. Interesting feature include the UK's
sustainable development indicators, which are searchable by sector, subject and location.http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/wssd/wssd1.htm
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This is the website of the WSSD Civil Society Global Forum. Scheduled to run from 19 August to 4 September 2002, it is expected to host approximately 60,000 delegates from all over the world. It contains the downloadable newsletter of the Civil Society Secretariat, "Indaba", along with news about forthcoming events and online registration.
http://www.worldsummit.org.za/
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Based at the Earth Council in Costa Rica, details about the Earth Charter Secretariat's activities for the WSSD are available on this site. The text of the Earth Charter can also be accessed or downloaded in many languages. Publications, videos, bulletins and annual reports; as well as country initiatives and news updates are also available online.
http://www.earthcharter.org/wssd/
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Stakeholder Forum is an international multi-stakeholder organisation - a network and forum on sustainable development which has promoted outcomes from the first Earth Summit in 1992 and is now working on preparations for Earth Summit 2002. This website contains the downloadable report "Earth Summit 2002", which takes a historical look at the sustainable development agenda. Details are available about the global preparations; the
implementation conference; key issues; briefing papers; links to various resources, a monthly e-newsletter, "Network 2002", UN documents and a World Summit's section.http://www.earthsummit2002.org
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The website of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development contains information about Agenda 21, the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Country Profiles received in preparation for WSSD, major groups involved, and CSD secretariat's electronic distribution list is also available on this site.
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
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Destination Management Company's website contains details about air travel, hotel accommodation, day tours, pre and post conference tours, and tourism information about South Africa in general and Johannesburg in particular.
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Founded in 1948, The World Conservation Union brings together states, government agencies and a diverse range of NGOs spread across some 140 countries. Its mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically
sustainable. Information about its organizational setup, members, news, publications, online bookstore and library are available online. Focus areas include biodiversity; business; climate change; economics; ecosystem management; education and communication; environmental law; forest conservation; gender; marine and protected areas; social policy; species;
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The Pakistan Development Gateway is a portal for development information and news related to Pakistan, set up and maintained by the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP). Pakistani and international information resources are described under development categories. These include advocacy; agriculture, forestry and fisheries; area development;
communication and information; culture; development administration; economic development; education; energy; environment; gender; governance; health; human resource development; humanitarian assistance, relief and disaster management; human settlements; industry; knowledge management; natural resources; political affairs; population; poverty alleviation; science and technology; social development; trade and development and transportation. News and discussion fora on wide-ranging development topics are also available on this site.
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