Definition
We reaffirm the outcomes of all major United Nations conferences and summits which have laid a solid foundation for sustainable development and have helped to shape the new Agenda.
These include
the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, (5)
the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
the World Summit for Social Development,
the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, (6)
the Beijing Platform for Action (7) and
the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
We also reaffirm the follow-up to these conferences, including the outcomes of
the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries,
the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States,
the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries and the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Additional information:
(5) Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June
1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and
corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
(6) Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
(7) Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
