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The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED through monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels. The CSD is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with 53 members.
In very broad terms, the role of the Commission is threefold:
- To review progress at the international, regional and national levels in the implementation of recommendations and commitments contained in the final documents of UNCED, namely: Agenda 21 and the Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests (also known as the Forest Principles)
- To elaborate policy guidance and options for future activities to follow up UNCED and achieve sustainable development.
- To promote dialogue and build partnerships for sustainable development with governments, the international community and the major groups identified in Agenda 21 as key actors outside the central government who have a major role to play in the transition towards sustainable development.
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