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In RIO+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. the ITUC is calling on all affiliates to mobilize for a more equitable, just and sustainable world.

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Trade unions on the move for Rio+20

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12-07-2012

UN Development Cooperation Forum - development cooperation for decent work

Decent work and jobs creation were among issues discussed at the UN Development Cooperation Forum that concluded last Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. The biannual forum discussed the current trends in development cooperation in view of the recent geopolitical changes, the multiple crisis as well as the parallel policy processes, including the Rio+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. summit and the process coming out of the aid effectiveness forum in Busan.

22-06-2012

No Social Justice Without Environmental Protection

The global trade union movement is bitterly disappointed at the Declaration of the Rio+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. Summit, a declaration that lacks the concrete measures necessary now to end senseless environmental destruction, drive investment into the green economy to create jobs and reduce the alarming growth in inequity with the guarantee of social protection for the most vulnerable people.

22-06-2012

50,000 people on the march for concrete actions in Rio+20

Yesterday 50,000 people marched through the streets of Rio de Janeiro demanding that the Heads of Government listen to civil society. The Rio+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. is going nowhere. The Heads of Government were confronted with a closed text.

19-06-2012

Social Protection and Decent Work must be part of the Goals of Sustainable Development

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Unified Workers Central (CUT Brazil) on Monday requested the urgent intervention of President Rousseff in the negotiations at the Rio+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. . The Brazilian president is participating on June 20 at the G20 G20 The Group of Twenty, or G20, is a forum for international cooperation on the most important aspects of the international economic and financial agenda. It brings together 19 countries and the European Union, which together represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade and two thirds of the world’s population. meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico.

19-06-2012

Rio+20 Dialogues Demands Concrete Action on Creation of Green and Decent Jobs

A group representing civil society, including the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), reached on Saturday (16) three proposals to be presented before the Heads of State and Government to be included in the Rio+20 Rio+20 Rio+20 was a UN conference of the highest possible level, including the heads of state and government or other high-level representatives. It was coordinated by UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA). Rio+20 was a follow up of two important events: the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The conference took place 20 to 22 June 2012 and was accompanied by a number of side events (People’s Summit, Dialogue Days, Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment, etc.). One of the outputs of Rio+20 was the Sustainable Development Goals. final statement.

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14-06-2012

Statement

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14-06-2012

Resolution

Resolution - 2nd Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment
06-06-2012

Newsletter

Rio+20 newsletter 4
14-05-2012

Report

Millennium Institute Spain, Bulgaria, Germany, Country Profile
14-05-2012

Report

Millennium Institute Indonesia, Nepal, Australia Country Profile
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