CIESIN 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 ACADEMIC COUNCIL ON THE UN SYSTEM

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Process and Documentation

by Shanna L. Halpern

Foreword

The Academic Council on the United Nations System is extremely grateful to Shanna L. Halpern for the following essay, in which she aptly disentangles the complex web of UN resolutions and other official documentation. She also explains in detail the lengthy preparatory process surrounding the "Earth Summit," held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 1992.

This piece serves both as an historical narrative and a useful reference guide, certain to aid those conducting research amid the myriad of documents resulting from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. As always, we welcome comments from readers.

Thomas G. Weiss

January 1993


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