The future we want
The following is the latest version of the official negotiating document to be adopted by governmental delegations at the UN World Conference on Sustainable Development, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20-22 2012).
Lo que sigue es la última versión del documento oficial de negociación, a ser adoptado por las delegaciones gubernamentales en la Conferencia Mundial sobre Desarrollo Sostenible (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 20-22 de junio 2012).
I. Our Common Vision
1. We, the heads of State and Government and high level representatives, having met at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20-22 June 2012, with full participation of civil society, renew our commitment to sustainable development, and to ensure the promotion of economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future for our planet and for present and future generations. [Agreed ad ref]
2. We recognize that a central challenge for sustainable development is to eradicate poverty, taking into account the need for a balanced approach towards sustainable development. We reaffirm the need to promote integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems that supports, inter alia, economic, social and human development while facilitating ecosystem conservation, regeneration and restoration, and resilience in the face of new and emerging challenges.
3. We reaffirm that eradicating poverty remains the greatest global challenge facing the world today and that, together with changing unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development, poverty eradication is an overarching objective of, and essential requirement for, sustainable development. We are committed to free humanity from extreme poverty and hunger as a matter of urgency.
4. We reaffirm our commitment to making every effort to accelerate the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
5. We recognize that people are at the center of sustainable development and in this regard, we strive for a world which is just, equitable and inclusive, and we commit to work together to promote sustained economic growth and development, social equity and environmental sustainability, and thereby to benefit all. [Agreed ad ref]
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