1st Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 19th Special Session - Part 1

1st plenary of the 19th special sesison of the General Assembly, inlcuding opening ceremony.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 01:33:16
• Production Date: 23 June 1997
• Asset Language: Original; English; French; Spanish
• Personal Subject: AL GORE; BENJAMIN W. MKAPA; FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO; ISMAIL RAZALI; MOSTAFA KAMAL TOLBA; ROBERT G. MUGABE; RYUTARO HASHIMOTO; KOFI ANNAN
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT - UNCED
• Subject Topical: ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• Geographic Subject: BRAZIL; EGYPT; JAPAN; UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE
• MAMS Id: 2351677
• Parent Id: 846509

Description

The plenary of the General Assembly's nineteenth special session began this morning with an inaugural meeting to elect its President, to take action on organizational matters and to hear a report of the Chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development. In the coming days, Heads of State and Government will review and appraise the implementation of Agenda 21, the programme of action adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held five years ago in Rio de Janeiro (1992). The special session is to end on Friday, 27 June.

For further details please see official record:
A/S-19/PV.1

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