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Halpern, S. 1992. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Process and documentation. Providence, RI: Academic Council for the United Nations System (ACUNS).
Reproduced, with permission, from:
Halpern, S. 1992. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Process and documentation. Providence, RI: Academic Council for the United Nations System (ACUNS).
The United Nations
Conference on Environment and
Development:
Process and Documentation
Shanna L. Halpern
Reports and Papers
1993 No. 2
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Shanna L. Halpern is presently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law. She was previously a Visiting Associate Professor at Brown University and Williams College, and served for eleven years as an attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency both in Washington, DC and their regional office in Philadelphia.
BD Biological Diversity
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon gases
CH4 Methane
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council
ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean
EPA Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
EP&L Environmental Policy and Law
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change
G-77 Group of 77
GA United Nations General Assembly
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GEF Global Environmental Facility
GHGs Greenhouse Gases
IGO Intergovernmental Organizations
ILM International Legal Materials
INC International Negotiating Committee
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of
Nature and National Resources (World
Conservation Union)
NGO Nongovernmental Organization
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development
PrepCom Preparatory Committee of the Conference
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development
UNCED SG Secretary-General of the UNCED, Maurice
Strong
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization
UNSG United Nations Secretary-General
WCED World Commission on Environment and
Development
WG Working Group (of referenced organization)
WMO World Meteorological Organization
A Note About Locating Information
In addition to being located in official designated repositories for UN documents, many materials related to the UNCED can also be found reprinted in International Legal Materials (ILM), a publication of the American Society of International Law or Environmental Policy and Law (EP&L), a journal sponsored by the International Council on Environmental Law. For daily news accounts of activities surrounding the Conference itself, see issues of Earth Summit Times, the official newspaper of record for UNCED, published by Theodore W. Kheel and Katsuhiko Yazakii with the Kyoto Forum and EcoFund '92 in cooperation with the New York Times FAX and Jornal do Brasil.
Background Materials
Researchers new to this field may wish to consult a number of more readily available materials from the following sample:
1. Stockholm Declaration. Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 2998 of December 15, 1972. (UN Doc A/CONF.48/14) [Reprinted in ILM, Vol. 11, p. 1416 (1972)].
2. 1980 publication of IUCN World Conservation Strategy. Published in cooperation with UNEP, WWF, FAO, and UNESCO. Established the concept of "sustainable development."
3. World Commission on Environment and Development Report. Published as Our Common Future. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987).
4. Agenda 21 & UNCED Proceedings, 1992 Series. Expected six volume series published by Oceana. Two volumes currently available. ISBN 0-379-193508. Excellent documentation.
5. Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet. Richard Benedick. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991).
6. Biodiversity and International Law. Simone Bilderbeek, ed. (IOS Press, 1991).
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