INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALCOOPERATIONCOOPERATIONONONENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTALPROTECTIONPROTECTIONANDANDSUSTAINABLESUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

The concept of mutual cooperation and development wa s initially used in biology in relation :

Within the systems of common development the proportio ns may changeunpredictably.

to evolutionary interaction of two mutually connected species ,

when typical genetic features determine a better fitness of one of the species,

however, the dominating genetic features of this species leave a considerable impact on other

species.

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MUTUAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

The ‘patchwork’ metaphor implies

By preserving the local specifics and cultural dive rsity in the modern and dynamic world, the countries of th e

Baltic Sea Region will be able to ensure sustainable development.

Baltic Sea coast countries should engage in a common development process, using their local knowledge accumulated over the centuries.

Paradigm of common evolution predicts that the prog ress and harmony of the development of different cultures in future will be determined by the potential of

the “patchwork” principle.

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“PATCHWORK ” PRINCIPLE

Idea of common evolution should be based on the ide a of sustainable development.

Today the more developed countries jointly evolve, u sing :

� achievements of Western science,

� fossil hydrocarbon fuel (oil, natural gas and coal),

� the same or similar chemical fertilizers and pestici des for cultivating similar varieties of corn.

Earlier cultural diversity was possible because :- individual cultures had more space; - representatives of different cultures didnot meet as frequently as today;- communities depended on their own

resources, labour and technologies.

The modern world is going throughthe process of globalisation:

• expansion of the marketeconomy,• advance of the developing countriestowards the common market, • increasing uniformity in the world.

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NEW DEVELOPMENT TENDENCIES

expansion of the market economy

fast-food restaurants and supermarketstake over

fewer languages are used

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UNIFICATION OF THE WORLD

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The preservation of local specific character and cultural diversity could be an important feature of sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region.

“Traditional knowledge has local peculiarities that have evolved as a result of a unique common development o f particular social and ecological systems”. (D. Orr)

all of it is connected with a commonenvironment in each particular country as well as i nthe whole of the Baltic Sea Region and the European

Union in general

� knowledge� values� technologies� institutional structure

Sustainability should be based not only on preservat ion of traditionalknowledge in each country and in the ‘patchwork’ cou ntries, but also on

exchange of knowledge on a much larger scale – not on ly within the Baltic SeaRegion but also within the European Union and worldw ide.

DRIVING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Sovereign states are rather biased when defending t heir independence and caring for the quality of their environment and natural re sources - individual countries

are guided by their interests in assessment of inte rnational environmental issuesand their solutions.

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Although it is divided into the ecosystems of diffe rent countries, the loss of balance within an individual ecosystem may have a n egative impact on other

ecosystems and even entail risks to the existence o f the biosphere.

Many environmental issues are of an international ch aracter, at times becoming global in a political sense as they involve larger t erritories than the frontiers of

countries mark.

This refers to such major environmental systems like :

� Earth’s atmosphere

� World ocean

� biosphere

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

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Considering the complex nature of inter national dip lomatic relations, attempts are being made to distinguish global and trans-bound ary environmental issues

According to the classification of the United Natio ns Environmental Programme (UNEP), the quality of environment and its trends o f change can be divided into four categories:

1. atmosphere (climate, ozone depletion, air pollution – local or trans-boundary),2. water (inland, coastal and sea ecosystems),3. earth (forests, desertification, use of land, soil) ,4. biological diversity.

The most important global environmental issues conc ern :

� climate change,� excessive catch in the World ocean,� prospective exploitation of the Antarctica

QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT

Potential territorial claims of the countries to th eAntarctica

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Territorial claims to the Antarctica are being conte sted although they are not adjudicated because the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 is still in force.

The prospective exploitation of the Antarctica is co nsidered a problem of common environmental significance as many might benefit fro m it.

The Treaty establishedAntarctica territory as a demilitarised zone free of nuclear weapons, also stipulating measures of nature and environmental

protection.

ANTARCTICA

An iceberg dwarfs a ship in this 1920s English magazine

illustration of a whalerin the Antarctic.

ANTARCTICA

The "ceremonial" South Poleat Amundsen-Scott Station

As a result, the common resources are beingdepleted at an alarming rate !

G. Hardin proposed the metaphor of ‘the tragedy of the commons’ because such world natural resources are very sensitive to overus e or pollution.

Nobody owns these resources – neither an individual state nor a corporation nor a physical person. This explains the fact that no restrictions have been imposed: there are

no private property borders or exploitation quotas.everybody can go on exploiting the commons for one’ s needs up to

the depletion of the resource or the collapse of th e system

any country may emit an unlimited amount of greenho use gasses into the atmosphere or deplete all the fish in a par ticular fishing area

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“THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS”

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As a measure of the World Ocean protection, the 1954 International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil was adopted to minimise the

discharge of oil and oil waste from tankers and othe r vessels.

In 1958, the first conference on the Maritime Law took place, but in 1959 the UN established the Inter national Maritime Organisation, which was entrusted with the improvement of security measures at sea, facilitation

of the development of regulations and decreasing of pollution.

In the early 1970s maritime countries began declari ng their coastal waters part of their jurisdiction on an increasingly larger scale. First, it was 3 nautical miles, then

12 and now even 200 nautical miles.

The 1982 conference in Jamaica adopted the Conventi on on the Maritime Law, stipulating that the Convention refers to the areas up to the depth of

2 500 m from the shore.

PROTECTION OF INTERNATIONAL WATERS

Amoco Cadiz contained 1,604,500 barrels (219,797 tons) of light crude oil from Saudi Arabia and Iran. Severe weather resulted in the complete breakup of the ship before any oil could be pumped out of the wreck, resulting in its entire cargo of crud e oil (belonging to Shell) and 4,000 tons of fuel

oil being spilled into the sea.

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In the late 1960s, researchers identified a hazardou s and growing water pollution and reduction of the oxygen concentration in the Bal tic Sea.

All the seven Baltic Sea states – Denmark, Finland, t he Democratic Republic of Germany, the Federative Republic of Germ any, Poland,

Sweden and USSR – agreed on taking immediate measures to reduce the pollution of the sea.

The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area was adopted in 1974. Within its framework, the HelsinkiCommission (HELCOM) was established to ensure the implementation, monitoring and development of a programme of common activities.

PROTECTION OF THE BALTIC SEA

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In 1984, during the first meeting of the ministers o f the Baltic Sea Region countries, an action plan was adopted concerning fou r spheres:

In the second meeting of the ministers, in 1988, 78 projects were endorsed although many important problems were le unresolved.

Solutions for problems of national character or impl ementation of projects were not discussed, neither were any binding documents ad opted.

1. reduction of pollution

2. scientific research

3. navigation safety

4. prevention of oil leakage

DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTION OF THE BALTIC SEA

HELCOM

Such policy was caused by the catastrophic accident in Chernobyl, on

the tanker Amoco Cadiz and similar cases.

On the whole, many developing countries wished to se e the World Ocean as a free-for-all territory, like the Antarctica, rather than have the huge area de facto

taken over by the states which had the most up-to-da te technology for exploiting the oceanic resources at their disposal.

A common tendency can be traced in theconventions adopted and treaties signed: to allot an increasingly significant place to the

principle of precaution.

The countries of the world are called upon to prevent pollution in case of emergency

situations and accidents.

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DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN THE WORLD

society at large

Of all the above-mentioned, it is only governments, or states they represent, that have the right to take inter nationally binding deci sions.

The number of institutions and persons involved in international environmental protection is very large; however, by an attempt to group them, the most significant units are:

international environmental organisations

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states

industry and business

global environmental movements

experts

individual talented personalities

INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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The position of the USA on environmental problems of global significance, especially on restricting climate change and a tough er international

management of environment, has been severely critici sed.

On individual occasions states can hope for some indirect benefit, for example, by promoting good inter national relations with other countries.

However, a higher level of socialisation and friendliness are highly appreciated, which makes it possible to claim a larger portion of the common world reserves.

Europe’s Nordic countries, which pursue strict demands in the sphere of international environmental management and protection, call on other states:

� even take on unilateral additionalobligations

� participate in discussions

� encourage other countries and peoples to follow suit.

The European Union also supports a more rigorous int er national management of environment by allowing considerable funds for this aim.

However, with the EU expansion, differences in the o pinions on the future perspective can be observed among member states.

MOTIVATION OF STATES

Zebras, Serengeti savannah plains, Tanzania

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

An early morning outside the Opera Tavern in

Stockholm, with a gang of beggars waiting for delivery

of the scraps from yesterday. Sweden, 1868.

Member of Dalits in Jaipur, India.

An “untouchable” or Dalit is considered outside of the caste system. They are the lowest of the low in the

Indian social stratification.

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The ‘northern’ block focuses more on such environ men tal problems as climate change and ozone depletion, whereas the priorities o f the ‘southern’ block are the

lack of drinking water and desertification.

Skaidri ir iezīmējušies vairāki valstu bloki, kurus vieno

līdzīga attieksme pret vides problēmām:

The ‘northern’ block includesthe industrialised welfare states of North America, Europe and other continents.

The ‘southern’ block is represented by the developing countries of Asia,

South America and Africa.

The former Second World (socialist) countries together with the South-East Asian countries form th e

block of the developing countries.

The block of developing countries has grown from 77 s tates (G77) to 130 states, and it has a significant proportion of say in makin g inter national decisions.

BLOCKS OF SIMILARLY THINKING COUNTRIES

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In the majority of cases, international environment al organisations have been set up by mutual agreement of countries for practical m easures to tackle global

environmental issues. to prepare projects of environmental policy plannin g, funding and

implementation.

At present there are about 250 international enviro nmental organisations, most of them specialising in preparation and implementation of conventions on both

global and local scale.

International environmental organisations have been extremely good at organising broad discussions to prepare :

projects funding and implementation

projects of environmental policy planning

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

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The origins of environmental organisations date bac k to the time after World WarII when the world faced the necessity:

� create a system to prevent wars

� restore the demolished economies

� prepare solid ground for successful development

World Trade Organisation

The United Nations organized such

institutions:International Bank ofReconstruction and

Development (the World Bank)

International Monetary Fund

THE BEGINNING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

United NationsEnvironment Programme

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The leading role belongs to the UN and its environment al organisations.

The UN was founded in October 1945, when 50 countrie s signedthe UN Charter in San Francisco, the USA. Today the number of its

member states has grown to 192.

Several massive regional organisations cameinto being:

� European Union

� North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA)

� Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

UN initial task was to promote peace in the world, pr event conflicts between states, control armament, protect human rights, faci litate economic and

social development and preserve the global environme nt.

UN Assembly Hall

Signing of the UN Charter (26 June 1945,San Francisco, USA)

UN Headquarters in New York, USA

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UN - THE WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL INTER NATIONAL ORGANISATION

UN Environment Programme is rather limited. Therefore , the countries of the world deliberate on substitution of the Programme wi th the Global Environment

Organisation (GEO), which would have wider powers an d better funding.27

The necessity of the UN Environment Programme was co nfirmed during the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972 as a response to the signals of th e alarmingdeterioration of the quality of the environment.

• Environment Programme (UNEP)• Development Programme (UNDP)• Global Environment Facility (GEF)

The headquarters of the UN Environment Programme is i n Nairobi, Kenya, but there are also offices in Switzerland (G eneva) and other

countries.

UN AND ENVIRONMENT

Environmentalist groupsenjoy strong

support !

“Greenpeace” protest action against nuclear energy28

Environmental activist groups usually come out agai nst slow and low-quality measures aimed at tackling environmental issues, an d they often attract the

attention of the society to lesser - known environmen tal issues.

There are numerous environmental activist groups and they have different interests because of their differences in ideology,

strategy, institutional structure and goals:

� World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

� “Greenpeace”

� Climate Change Network

� World Resources Institute

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUPSENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUPS

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Environmental protection activists protest against the world leaders’

inability to make decisions ondefinite and immediate actions to

diminish the negative consequences of climate change. Copenhagen,

COP15 Conference, December 2009.

Many environmentalist groups are extremely active at the venues of important negotiations on the problems of the world’s environm ent or sustainable

development and also at world environmental congress es.

The protesters often wear masks of animals or birds , stick up protest slogans on tall buildings, and actively lobby leaders of of ficial delegations or delegates.

Of late they also organise parallel conferences and environ mental forums.

ACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUPSACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUPS

COP15 CONFERENCECopenhagen, December 2009

COP15 CONFERENCECopenhagen, December 2009

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It is widely believed that it is the large corporat ions, exercising a disproportionate influence on political processes, that should be he ld responsible for the current

degradation of the environment and depletion of the world resources.

The world economic system, which includes individua l enterprises, companies, joint-stock companies and international corporation s, exploits natural resources,

and the result is environmental pollution.

Large companies seldom get directly involved in pol itics. Usually this is thesphere of specific non-governmental organisations c onnected with industry and

trade:

World Business Council for Sustainable Development, representingover 170 sectors of industry

International Chamber of Commerce integrates differ ent organisations to join in the discussions on international environmen tal issues

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONSINTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927), a physico-chemist at the Stockholm Högskola, had put forward the theory of the greenhouse effect

already in 1896.

The Swedish chemist Svante Oden (1924–1986) wasthe first to study the consequences of burning foss il fuel.

Scientists definitely play a prominent role in the development of international documents pertaining to environmental policy.

J. Evelyn’s (1620-1706) research is notable - he announced that thequality of air in London was poor in a publication i n 1661.

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ROLE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTSROLE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS

Application and scientific interpretation of dataon the environment are instrumental in assessing

global tendencies and developing future tendencies.Danish Bjorn Lomborg in 2001 published the book The Skeptical Environmentalist to prove that the existing

state of the environment was not as bad as other scientists found it.

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The scientist as a discoverer of environmental probl ems performs other important functions in the modern society:

as a teacher disseminates knowledge on research and educate the public about the nature and the environment

as a consultant helps decision-makers to prepare op timum solutions

assumes the role of a responsible intellectual by en tering discussions and explaining the interrelation between environmental a nd political issues in

the mass media

ROLE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS NOWADAYSROLE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS NOWADAYS

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Policy of environmental protection in its first sta ges has been directed towards specific events.

Problems that become evident after a longer period of time, such as theglobal changes of temperature, expansion of deserts and depletion of biological diversity, it is considerably more diffc ult.

It is easy to attract the attention of the public b y pointing out obvious and easily comprehensible problems such as acid rains, seal hunting in orderto obtain furs and pollution caused by pesticides.

In international political relations, the emergence of environmental protection issues as problems can be divided into fou r phases.

The point of view of scientists regarding critical and problematic issues does not always coincide with that of the governments and in ter national organisations.

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONDEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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The first phase began in the 19th century with the signing of bilateralfishery agreements and ended in 1945 when new inter national organisations were

established.

Dealing with environmental problems was difficult d ue to the fact that there was no clearly defined ground and strict political appr oach. There were cultural differences, and all the aforementioned aspects led to different approaches.

The attempt to ensure international whale protectio n turned out to be anespecially unavailing episode in the history of int ernational environmental

protection. The Convention on Restrictions of Whaling was signe d in Geneva in 1931, and 24

states had either ratified or joined it up to 1935. However, the Soviet Union and Japan – the two states most involved with

whaling – did not sign the convention.

FIRST PHASEFIRST PHASE –– OCEAN RESOURCESOCEAN RESOURCES

Currently, Japan and the Russian Federation oppose this moratorium. The IWC allows non-zero whaling quotas for aboriginal subsi stence and also issues

'Scientific Permits' to governments who apply for t hem. Japan, N orway and Iceland have all been issued permits since their inclusion in 1986.

In 1994, the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary (an area of 50 million square kilometres surrounding the continent of Antarctica) was created by the IWC.

The InternationalWhaling Commission logo

Dutch whalers near Spitsbergen.

Abraham Storck, 1690.

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The second phase began with the foundation of the Un ited Nations and reached its peak during the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in

Stockholm.

During that time the global problems were related t o four important spheres:

1) the ban on distribution of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, reduction of military costs, and prevention of a new war;

2) reduction of poverty;3) nature and environment crisis that manifested itself

in: � depletion of resources,� reduction of biological diversity,� increasing amounts of waste;

4) ensuring of human rights.

SECOND PHASE: ACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTALSECOND PHASE: ACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION MOVEMENT AND THE UNITED NATIONSPROTECTION MOVEMENT AND THE UNITED NATIONS

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During the 60s, there was a significant interest in nature in scientific and economic aspects as the decade left an impact on ho w environmental problems

were viewed in intellectual and political circles.

In 1962, Rachel Carson published her book SilentSpring which criticised the overly extensive use

of pesticides and stressed their negative influence on human health and ecosystems.

Although the scientific community criticised the work as being over-emotional, almost all of the pesticides mentioned by R. Carson are banned

now.

During the 50-60s, the global economy experienced gr owth; however, afterwardsfundamental problems began to develop, resulting in the oil crisis of 1973.

In 1962, the actual state of environment was uncert ain; however, 1970 arrived with a many voiced and unyielding public opinion. Groups of concerned scientists,

administrators and environmental protection enthusi asts initiated an explosion of a mass movement, which spread in the industrialised world.

SECOND PHASE: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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The Club of Rome was established as a free associati on of European scientists, technical employees and politicians during the time when the liberal democracy of

capitalism was shaken by crises, and issues of civil rights, peace and environment were beginning to dominate.

SECOND PHASE: THE CLUB OF

ROME

Limits to Growth, based on the research carried out by the Massachus ets Instituteof Technology (USA) led by D. Meadows was based on t he outcomes of

prognoses regarding the constant depletion of resour ces, increase in pollution and population.

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The Club of Rome was established as a free associati on of European scientists, technical employees and politicians during the time when the liberal democracy of

capitalism was shaken by crises, and issues of civil rights, peace and environment were beginning to dominate.

SECOND PHASE: THE CLUB OF ROME

Limits to Growth, based on the research carried out by the Massachusets Institute of Technology (USA) led by

D.Meadows was based on the outcomes of prognoses regarding

the constant depletion of resources, increase in pollution

and population.

SECOND PHASE: DENIS MEADOWS

Opening of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environmentin Stockholm, June 5, 1972.

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A direct outcome of the Stockholm conference was th e establishment of a new United Nations agency - United Nations Environment Pr ogramme (UNEP).

The third phase (1972–1992) witnessed an explosion of new environmental protection institutions and agreements.

Stockholm’s conference was the first time when envir onmental problems were discussed and analysed in connection w ith

economic and social development in an international forum.

THIRD PHASE: FROM STHIRD PHASE: FROM S TOCKHOLMTOCKHOLM TO TO RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO

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In accordance with the United Nations General Assem bly Decision of December 1983, the World Commission on Environment and Development was founded, and the

position of chair was entrusted to Gro Harlem Brund tland.

The commission organised public conventions in all five continents, and the report Our Common Future prepared by the Commission was published in 1987.

THIRD PHASE: Our Common Future

Five documents were signed at the end of the confer ence, signifying joint nationalinterests and the reached unanimity.

This conference was very significant for the future development of the debate on sustainable development, negotiations between devel oped and developing

countries and for the process of explaining the rel ations betweenenvironment and development.

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The United Nations Conference on Environment and De velopment that took place in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 was the most diverse and large scale conference ever organised by the United Nations - 179 state rep resentatives and 120 state

leaders partook in the Conference.

The discussion touched upon issues of inter national importance – protection of the atmosphere;

- use of the oceans, freshwater and land resources;- preservation of biological diversity;

- careful application of biotechnology; - problems regarding toxic and solid waste and hazard ous

chemical substances.

FOURTH PHASE: THE PERIOD OF INTEGRATIONFOURTH PHASE: THE PERIOD OF INTEGRATION

Sustainable development is

development that meets

the needs of our

generation without

compromising the ability

of future generations to

meet their needs.

At the Rio conference, an important United Nations commission – Commission for Sustainable

Development (CSD) - was founded with goal to sum up the results of how the Agenda 21 was

implemented on a national, regional and international scale in order to ensure worldwide

sustainable development.

FOURTH PHASE: UN COMMISSION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

H.E. MR. LÁSZLÓ BORBÉLY, Chairman (Romania) (Eastern European Group) Vice-Chairs:

H.E. Mr. Andrew Goledzinowski, Ambassador and Deput y Permanent Representative at the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York (West European & Others

Group) H.E. Mr. Silvano Vergara, Deputy General Administra tor of the National Environmental

Auhtority of Panama, (Latin American & the Caribbea n Group) Mr. Eduardo R. Meñez was elected Vice-Chairperson o f the nineteenth session of the

Commission on Sustainable Development, representing the Asian Group.Mr. Abdelghani Merabet was elected Vice-Chairperson of the nineteenth session of the

Commission on Sustainable Development, representing the African Group

CSD 19

RIO+20RIO+20

Was suspended from its normal rotation, planned in 2012 owing to the fact that the General Assembly had resolved to hold the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio as a 20 year anniversary to the original conference.

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development would focus on two themes:

- Green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.

- Institutional framework for sustainable development.

With the objectives:

• Securing renewed political commitment to sustainable development.

• Assessing the progress and implementation gaps in meeting already agreed commitments.

• Addressing new and emerging challenges.

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After the United Nations Conference on the Human En vironment in 1972, international environmental agreements have become t he main instrument of

global environmental administration; however, the em phasis is on internationaldiplomacy, not technical understanding.

Approximately 140 inter national agreements have bee n signed, ratified and come into force since 1920, but the number of the docume nts accompanying them(protocols and amendments) is much greater.

� degradation of the ozone layer,� reduction biological diversity,� climate change.

Some of the conventions and protocols are of greater significance :

MODERN MODERN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTIONPROTECTION

If an established number of states (the minimum num ber of states needed forthe convention to function efficiently is decided b y the member states

themselves) have ratified the convention, they conv ene the first conference of the parties of the convention to agree upon the actions needed.

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The conventions are international laws that indepen dent countries or institutions have agreed upon. Since the conventions set down the obligations and rights of the countries in a particular sphere, the represent atives of the states spend quite

a lot of time on:

harmonising the documents before adoption of the conventions,

technical experts develop the project of the conven tion,

highest ranking officials of the states sign the co nvention during an international conference dedicated to the debate on the questions

related to the convention,

ratification takes place after signing; it involves an official decision by the parliament confirming that the convention complies with the national

legislation and that the state is willing to observ e the rules of the convention and undertake international liabilities.

CONVENTIONSCONVENTIONS

Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded to theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

in the official opening of Copenhagen Conference on December 7, 2009.

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Regarding the making of global environmental policy and development of conventions and their protocols, the role of scient ists and experts is invaluable.

A good example is the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli mate Change (IPPC), which consists of approximately three thousand scientists.

The results of their research and a mutual exchange and collective interpretation of the results have raised global aw areness of the current

environmental problems and helped in developing a u nified policyfor subduing the negative consequences of climate c hange.

SSCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

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Develop a global partnership for development

In September 2000, the General Assembly of the Unit ed Nations, which 191 member states took part in, signed the United Natio ns Millennium Declaration and

set eight Millennium Development Goals to be fulfil led until 2015.

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Ensure environmental sustainability

Eradicate extreme poverty andhunger

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Achieve universal primary education2

Promote gender equality and empower women3

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Reduce child mortality4 Improve maternal health5

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UUNITED NITED NNATIONS ATIONS MMILLENNIUM ILLENNIUM DDECLARATIONECLARATION

The Programme offers a series of bachelor’s and master’s courses on issues related to

sustainable development at member universities.

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Baltic University Programme has grown to become the largest university

network in the world, encompassing more than 200 universities in 14

countries in the Baltic Sea Region.

Baltic University ProgrammeBaltic University Programmeat the Uppsala Universityat the Uppsala University

Other example is the annual students’conference in Rogów, Poland, which

gathers students from all countries in the region.

All the activities are based on theprinciple of team-work, whether navigating a tall

ship in the Baltic Sea or getting together to take onthe defining issues of education and sustainable

development.

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Collaboration and networking –students

participate in a voyage on a sailing ship in the Baltic Sea

Baltic University ProgrammeBaltic University Programme at the Uppsala Universityat the Uppsala University

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