World Chronicle 866: Nitin Desai, UN DESA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Nitin Desai, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, for World Chronicle program 866.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:03
• Production Date: 9 September 2002
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JACK FREEMAN; LOUIS HAMANN; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS; NITIN DESAI
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA; UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; MEDIA; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• MAMS Id: 2111948
• Parent Id: 824901

Description

"Sustainable Development - A Workable Action Plan?"

The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg was the largest-ever global conference on a question of fundamental importance: how can humanity’s present-day needs be met without jeopardizing those of future generation? Is the plan of action developed at the Johannesburg conference a step toward the goal of sustainable development or, as some critics charge, was the conference simply too big a gathering to be effective? In this edition of World Chronicle, Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General of the Johannesburg conference and UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, discusses what was achieved, and what progress still needs to be made, on the path to sustainable development.

• Scripts: File; 866.pdf (38.32 KB)