A global consensus was established that sustainable development rests on three interdependent pillars: the protection of the earth, social development and economic prosperity.
Agenda 21 was a seminal global achievement. It will forever stand out as a shining beacon pointing the direction to sustainable development. It is a towering monument to the spirit of the people of this age. It is as valid today as it was ten years ago.
As my brother, President Cardoso, passes on the torch - the flame being Agenda 21 - to the World Summit on Sustainable Development – the 'Johannesburg World Summit' - the enormity of the responsibility and challenge becomes tangible. We know that he hands over the torch on behalf of the victims of unsustainable development, concerned citizens of the world, and, on behalf of our children and future generations, to whom the Earth really belongs.
The umbilical link between Johannesburg and Rio extends to Stockholm. Hence the significance of the presence of Prime Minister Persson. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held this month three decades ago has resulted in three decades of unprecedented global concern about the negative impact of human activity on Mother Earth.
Agenda 21 was a seminal global achievement. It will forever stand out as a shining beacon pointing the direction to sustainable development. It is a towering monument to the spirit of the people of this age. It is as valid today as it was ten years ago.
As my brother, President Cardoso, passes on the torch - the flame being Agenda 21 - to the World Summit on Sustainable Development – the 'Johannesburg World Summit' - the enormity of the responsibility and challenge becomes tangible. We know that he hands over the torch on behalf of the victims of unsustainable development, concerned citizens of the world, and, on behalf of our children and future generations, to whom the Earth really belongs.
The umbilical link between Johannesburg and Rio extends to Stockholm. Hence the significance of the presence of Prime Minister Persson. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held this month three decades ago has resulted in three decades of unprecedented global concern about the negative impact of human activity on Mother Earth.