Selected speeches on the Commission and its report by H.E. Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway and Chairman of the World Commission on Environment and Development

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1987

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WCED, Geneva?, CH

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Related to DAP 87-4249 under which IDRC supported the WCED to acquire and duplicate original papers, submissions, tapes and transcripts, became the depository of all original archival materials and received the right to microfiche the collection for broader dissemination
Contents: Statement at the 42nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, October 19, 1987, New York, USA; Statement at the James Marshal Memorial Lecture, October 19, 1987, New York, USA; The Politics of oil : a view from Norway, A.J. Meyer Memorial Lecture, Harvard, 18 September 1987; Presentation of 'Our Common Future' to the 4th World Wilderness Congress, Estes Park, Colorado, Thursday, 17 September, 1987; Presentation of the report of the WCED to the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 27 July 1987; Address to UNCTAD VII, Geneva, 10 July, 1987; Presentation of the report of the WCED to Indian and South Asia non-governmental organizations, Tuesday, July 7, 1987, New Delhi, India; Presentation of the report of the WCED to UNEP's 14th Governing Council Session, Monday, June 8, 1987, Nairobi, Kenya; Presentation of the report of the WCED to African and international non-governmental organizations, Sunday, June 7, 1987, Nairobi, Kenya; Speech at the Nordic Conference on Environment and Development, 9 May 1987 in Stockholm; Presentation of the report of the WCED to European non-governmental organizations, 6 May 1987, Brussels; Presentation of the report of the WCED to the Commission of the European Communities, the EC and the EFTA Countries, 5 May 1987, Brussels; Speech to IIED Sustainable Development Conference, London, 28 April 1987;
Speech : Global Tomorrow Coalition USA – NGOS, Washington, April 1986; Opening Address on the occasion of the launch of the report 'Our Common Future', London, Monday, 27 April 1987; Address at the welcoming session of the Eight Commission Meeting, 24 February 1987, Tokyo, Japan; Message : Tokyo Media Seminar, 20 February 1987, Tokyo, Japan; Opening Address : Seventh Meeting, Monday, 8 December 1986, Moscow, U.S.S.R.; Address : Sir Peter Scott Lecture, 8 October 1986, Bristol; Address in the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 1986; Address : Press Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, 21 September 1986; Opening Address : Sixth Meeting, Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, 17 September 1986; Address at the Graduation Ceremony, College du Leman, Versoix, Switzerland, 26 June 1986; Address at the Opening Session of the Fifth Meeting of the Commission, Ottawa, Canada, 26 May 1986; Opening statement : Public Hearings – Brasilia, 30 October 1985; Address for Press Seminar, Sao Paulo 27 October 1985; Address at the Opening Session of the Fourth Meeting of the Commission, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 28, 1985; Address : Earthscan Press Briefing Seminar, 23 June 1985, Oslo, Norway; Address at the Opening Session of the Third Meeting of the Commission, Oslo, Norway, June 24-29, 1985; Opening Address at the Second Meeting of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27-29, 1985; Statement : Inter-Governmental Intersessional Preparatory Committee, Nairobi, 26 November 1984; Statement : Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Environment, Nairobi, 26 November-1 December 1984; Statement : World Industry Conference on Environmental Management, Versailles, 14 - 16 November 1984; Statement : 16th Session of the IUCN General Assembly, Madrid, 5 - 14 November 1984; Statement at the Opening Session of the Inaugural Meeting of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Geneva, 1-3 October 1984; Statement at the First Meeting of the Intergovernmental, Intersessional, Preparatory Committee, NAIROBI, 28th May 1984.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, POVERTY, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, POLICY MAKING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, DECISION MAKING, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, EFFICIENCY, PETROLEUM PRICES, ENERGY POLICY, NORWAY, NATURAL GAS, ACID RAIN, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, TROPICAL FORESTS, BRAZIL, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION POLICY, AFRICA, APARTHEID, SOCIAL PARTICIPATION, YOUTH, WAR, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, TRADE POLICY, DEVELOPMENT AID, FOOD SECURITY, UN SYSTEM

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