Conferences

2 Jun 2020, Lisbon, Portugal

2020 UN Ocean Conference

[Postponed] The forthcoming Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is strengthening its efforts to mobilize, create and drive solutions to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

5 May 2020, Beijing, China

Second Global Sustainable Transport Conference

[Postponed] The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference will provide an opportunity to focus attention on the opportunities, challenges and solutions towards achieving sustainable transport objectives.

5 Jun 2017, New York

The Ocean Conference

High-level UN Conference to Support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans

26 Nov 2016, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Global Sustainable Transport Conference

The global commitment to sustainable transport was spotlighted in the first ever Global Sustainable Transport Conference, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, on 26 and 27 November 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

25 Sep 2015, New York

United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015

The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda was held from 25 to 27 September 2015, in New York and convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

1 Sep 2014, Apia, Samoa

Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States

The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States was held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014. It focused the world's attention on a group of countries that remain a special case for sustainable development in view of their unique and particular vulnerabilities.

4 Jun 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/236 (A/RES/64/236).

24 Sep 2010, New York, USA

MSI+5 (2010): Five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation

Member States undertook a 5-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States during the 65th Session of the General Assembly.

10 Jan 2005, Port-Louis, Mauritius

MSI (2005): Mauritius Strategy of Implementation

Mandated by UN GA Resolution (A/57/262), the high level Mauritius International Meeting held in Port Louis, Mauritius in January 2005 served as the culmination of a 10-year comprehensive review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (BPOA).

26 Aug 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa

World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg Summit

Johannesburg Summit 2002 - the World Summit on Sustainable Development - brought together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups...

27 Sep 1999,

BPoA+5 (1999) - Five-year review of the Barbados Programme of Action

On 27 - 28 September 1999, the 22nd Special Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGASS-22) undertook a comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the BPOA. The Special Session adopted the “State of Progress and Initiatives for the Future Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS.

23 Jun 1997,

UNGASS-19 Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21

In 1992, more than 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first international Earth Summit convened to address urgent problems of environmental protection and socio-economic development. The assembled leaders signed the Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, endorsed the Rio Declaration and the Forest Principles, and adopted Agenda 21, a 300 page plan for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.

25 Apr 1994, Barbados

BPOA (1994) - Barbados Programme of Action

Established by UN General Assembly resolution 47/189, the UN Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS was held in Barbados from 25 April to 6 May 1994.

3 Jun 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Earth Summit

Since 1990, the international community has convened 12 major conferences which have committed Governments to address urgently some of the most pressing problems facing the world today.

4 Aug 1987,

World Commission on Environment and Development

The General Assembly, in its resolution 38/161 of 19 December 1983, inter alia, welcomed the establishment of a special commission that should make available a report on environment and the global problematique to the year 2000 and beyond, including proposed strategies for sustainable development.

5 Jun 1972, Stockholm, Sweden

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference)

The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference) was an international conference convened under United Nations auspices held in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5-16, 1972. It was the UN's first major conference on international environmental issues, and marked a turning point in the development of international environmental politics.