United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)

Commission du développement durable des Nations Unies (CDD)

Search Open Yearbook

This information is part of the Open Yearbook, a free service of UIA's subscription-based Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO). It includes profiles of non-profit organizations working worldwide in all fields of activity. The information contained in the profiles and search functionality of this free service are limited.

The full-featured Yearbook of International Organizations (YBIO) includes over 72,500 organization profiles, additional information in the profiles, sophisticated search functionality and data export. For more information about YBIO, please click here or contact us.

The UIA is a leading provider of information about international non-profit organizations. The aim of the Open Yearbook is to promote the activities of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).

Contact Details

URL: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/

More detailed data available with paid subscription.

Founded

1993-02-12 New York NY USA

History

12 Feb 1993, New York NY (USA), by decision 1993/207 of E-XE3377 - ECOSOC, as a functional commission of ECOSOC. The Commission is a major institutional result of S-XF2327 - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also referred to as 'Earth Summit' and as 'Rio Conference', which took place on 3-14 Jun 1992, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), by decision of the General Assembly of A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN), Dec 1989. The Commission is also referred to as Commission on Sustainable Development and as UNCSD. First Session: 14-25 Jun 1993, New York NY. First 5-year overall review and appraisal of implementation of Agenda 21: 21-23 Jun 1997. Second overall review: 2002. Work of the U-XE3532 - United Nations Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development was terminated and transferred to CSD. Final session held Sep 2013, when replaced by United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which commenced activities Sep 2013.

Aims

Review progress at international, regional and national levels in implementation of recommendations and commitments contained in the final documents of: the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg (South Africa) Plan of Implementation); the Earthsummit Plus 5+ (Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21); the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) (Agenda 21); the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. Elaborate policy guidance and options for future activities to follow up the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and achieve sustainable development; promote dialogue and build partnerships for sustainable development with government, the international community and major groups identified in Agenda 21 (see NGO relations) as key actors outside the government who have a major role to play in the transition towards sustainable development; focus on reviewing and monitoring progress in implementation through a broad exchange of views and experiences, best practice and lessons learned; enhance linkages between global, regional and national endeavours; integrate process that enhances coherence between implementation of Agenda 21 initiatives and partnerships; encourage greater involvement at the regional level.

Events

29 past events available with paid subscription only.

Activities

Available with paid subscription only.

Structure

Commission, meeting in annual session, always in New York NY (USA), comprises 53 UN member states, elected annually by ECOSOC for a 3-year term on the basis of: 13 from Africa; 11 from Asia; 6 from Eastern Europe; 10 from Latin America and the Caribbean; 13 from Western Europe and other states. Bureau, comprising Chairman and 4 Vice-Chairmen. Secretariat located within UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

Languages

Available with paid subscription only.

Staff

Available with paid subscription only.

Finance

Available with paid subscription only.

Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations

Available with paid subscription only.

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations

Available with paid subscription only.

Publications

Available with paid subscription only.

Members

Available with paid subscription only.

Type I Classification

Available with paid subscription only.

Type II Classification

Available with paid subscription only.

Subjects *

Available with paid subscription only.

UIA Org ID

XE3104

* Subject classification is derived from the organization names and aims.
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.

You are viewing profile from the Yearbook of International Organizations Online.
← return to your search page to find additional profiles.
Terms of Use

UIA allows users to access and make use of the information contained in its Databases for the user’s internal use and evaluation purposes only. A user may not re-package, compile, re-distribute or re-use any or all of the UIA Databases or the data* contained therein without prior permission from the UIA.

Data from database resources may not be extracted or downloaded in bulk using automated scripts or other external software tools not provided within the database resources themselves. If your research project or use of a database resource will involve the extraction of large amounts of text or data from a database resource, please contact us for a customized solution.

UIA reserves the right to block access for abusive use of the Database.

* Data shall mean any data and information available in the Database including but not limited to: raw data, numbers, images, names and contact information, logos, text, keywords, and links.