PJ Challenge 2009 - Local Agenda 21 -Sustainable Development

DEDICATED TO WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
5TH JUNE 2009

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

THE JOURNEY BEGINS ........

United Nations

Establishment
-	United Nations Charter	26 June 1945
-	Ratification of Charter	24 October 1945
Website http://www.un.org/

United Nations portal

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, and human rights issues. It was founded in 1945 with the signing of the United Nations Charterby 50 countries. The UN was founded after the end of World War II by the victorious Allied Powers in the hope that it would act to intervene in conflicts between nations and thereby avoid war. The organization's structure still reflects in some ways the circumstances of its founding. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, each of which has veto power on any UN resolution, are the main victors of World War II or their successor states: the People's Republic of China (formerly the Republic of China), France, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, and the United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achieving world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue.

There are currently 192 member states, including nearly every recognized independent state in the world. From its headquarters on international territory in New York City, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization is divided into administrative bodies, primarily:

• The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly);
• The Security Council (decides certain resolutions for peace and security);
• The Economic and Social Council (assists in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development);
• The Secretariat (provides studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN);
• The International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ).

Additional bodies deal with the governance of all other UN System agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The UN's most visible public figure is the Secretary-General, currently Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who attained the post in 2007. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.^[1]

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QUOTE:

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measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

— Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961

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BACK TO OUR JOURNEY...............

The United Nations Environment Programme



It is the designated authority of the United Nations system in environmental issues at the global and regional level.

STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE 1972
Historically, the first major conference on international environment issues was held frpom 5-16 June, 1972 in Sweden. At this Conference, popularly called the Stckholmn Conference 1972 is the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.

It was attended by 113 countries, 19 inter-governmental agencies, and more than 400 inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, recognised as the beginning of modern political and public awareness of global environment problems.

One of the key issues addressed was the use of CFCs (haloalkanes- responsible for depletion of the ozone layer). Global warming was mentioned in passing only.

UNEP was created soon after the Stockholm Conference 1972.

EARTH SUMMIT OR RIO SUMMIT 1992
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

Held from 3-14 June, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro ( now called Basillia), Brasil, a total of 172 governments participated with 108 head of state or govenment together with 2,400 NGOs.

The Earth Summit resulted in the following documents:

• Rio Declaration o n Environment and Development^[2]
• Agenda 21^[3][4]
• Convention on Biological Diversity^[5]
• Forest Principles
• Framework Convention on Climate Change

Agenda 21 is a programme run by the United Nations (UN) related to sustainable development. It is a comprehensive blueprint of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the UN, governments, and major groups in every area in which humans impact on the environment. The number 21 refers to the 21st century.

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Urban Environmental Management

Local Agenda 21

Local Agenda 21 is a local-government-led, community-wide, and participatory effort to establish a comprehensive action strategy for environmental protection, economic prosperity and community well-being in the local jurisdiction or area. This req uires the integration of planning and action across economic, social and environmental spheres. Key elements are full community participation, assessment of current conditions, target setting for achieving specific goals, monitoring and reporting.
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MY CONTRIBUTION

Checking the MiIestones

STOCKHOLMN CONFERENCE
16 June 1972: the Decl aration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment,

THEN 20 YEARS LATER

RIO SUMMIT OR EARTH SUMMIT
3-14 jUNE, 1992
LA21 in short was launched in the Earth Summit Conference in 3-14 June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro( called Brasilia currently, the capital of Brazil)

ANOTHER 10 YEARS LATER

EARTH SUMMIT 2002
26 August to 4 September 2002
"Rio + 10
Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg Declaration

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development^[1] was adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), sometimes referred to as Earth Summit 2002, at which the Plan of Im

plementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development^[2] was also agreed upon.

The Johannesburg Declaration builds on earlier declarations made at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment^[3] at Stockholm in 1972, and the Earth Summit^[4] in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. While committing the nations of the world to sustainable development, it also includes substantial mention of multilateralism as the path forward.

In terms of the political commitment of parties, the Declaration is a more general statement than the Rio Declaration. It is an agreement to focus particularly on "the worldwide conditions that pose severe threats to the sustainable development of our people, which include: chronic hunger; malnutrition; foreign occupation; armed conflict; illicit drug problems; organized crime; corruption; natural d

isasters; illicit arms trafficking; trafficking in persons; terrorism; intolerance and incitement to racial, ethnic, religious and other hatreds; xenophobia; and endemic, communicable and chronic diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis." Johannesburg Declaration 19.

In Malaysia

Embeded in the Seventh Malaysia Plan 1996 -2000 were the principles of Sustainable Development

Starting in 2000, the MPPJ LA 21 Pilot Project was started for 2 years with 3 committees being formed:

• Environment : Dato' Dr Wong Sai Hou
• Social Integration : Dato' Lim Choon Kin
• Security :Dato Lim Thuang Seng

The success seen in Malaysia is encouraging but is still a long way on implementing sustainability at all towns and cities.Well the consolation is akin to Bob Dylan's song

BLOWING IN THE WIND

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?

Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?

Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

"The Times They Are A-Changin'" Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin' For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin' It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin' And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'. [ www.azlyrics.com ] Changin' Ringtone" width="16" height="17"> Send "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Ringtone to your Cell Changin' Ringtone" width="16" height="17">