UN General Assembly resolution 38/161

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UN General Assembly resolution 38/161 is the 1983 UN measure that established and tasked the World Commission on Environment and Development, laying groundwork for the concept of sustainable development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution
international environmental agreement
adoptedAtSession 38th session of the United Nations General Assembly
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 19 December 1983
adoptionYear 1983
aimedTo integrate environment and development in decision-making
promote international cooperation on environment and development issues
alsoKnownAs Process of preparation of the Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond NERFINISHED
concerns economic and social development
global environmental challenges
long-term environmental strategies
natural resource management
context post-Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment
countryOfOrganization United Nations NERFINISHED
documentFormat UN General Assembly resolution text
establishedBody World Commission on Environment and Development NERFINISHED
field international environmental law
sustainable development governance
followedUpOn United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972) NERFINISHED
geographicalScope global
hasDigitalObject UN Official Document System record
hasResolutionNumber 38/161
inForce true
inspired subsequent UN sustainable development agenda
laidGroundworkFor Brundtland Commission report "Our Common Future" NERFINISHED
concept of sustainable development
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalStatus non-binding resolution
mandatedCreationOf World Commission on Environment and Development NERFINISHED
precedes UN General Assembly debates on sustainable development in late 1980s
providedMandateFor World Commission on Environment and Development NERFINISHED
publisher United Nations NERFINISHED
relatedTo Our Common Future NERFINISHED
World Commission on Environment and Development NERFINISHED
sustainable development policy framework
requested comprehensive perspective on environmental problems to the year 2000 and beyond
recommendations for long-term environmental strategies for achieving sustainable development
subject environment and development
global environmental policy
international environmental cooperation
sustainable development
typeOfAct recommendation

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World Commission on Environment and Development mandateGivenBy UN General Assembly resolution 38/161