United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/57/253
Distr.: General
21 February 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 87 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/532/Add.1)]
57/253. World Summit on Sustainable Development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 55/199 of 20 December 2000 and 56/226 of
24 December 2001,
Recalling also the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1
Agenda 21 2 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 3
Having considered the report of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September
2002, 4
Reaffirming, in this regard, the commitment to achieving the internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations
Millennium Declaration 5 and in the outcomes of the major United Nations
conferences and international agreements since 1992,
Welcoming the adoption by the Summit of the Johannesburg Declaration on
Sustainable Development 6 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”) 7 on
4 September 2002,
Expressing its satisfaction that the Summit and its Preparatory Committee
provided for the active participation of all States Members of the United Nations
and members of the specialized agencies, observers and various intergovernmental
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1
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3–14 June 1992 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions
adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex I.
2
Ibid., annex II.
3
Resolution S-19/2, annex.
4
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum).
5
See resolution 55/2.
6
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I,
resolution 1, annex.
7
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
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