World Summit on Sustainable Development, S. AFrica

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Johannesburg Summit 2002 - World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) / Johannesburg, South Africa / August 24 to September 7, 2002.

* Cumbre de Johannesburgo 2002 - La Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo
Sostenible - reunirá a miles de participantes, entre los que se incluyen los
jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, los delegados nacionales y los dirigentes de
las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG), empresas y otros grupos
principales con el objetivo de centrar la atención del mundo y la acción
directa en la resolución de complicados retos, tales como la mejora de la
calidad de vida de los ciudadanos y la conservación de nuestros recursos
naturales en un mundo en el que la población crece cada vez más, aumentando
así la demanda de alimentos, agua, vivienda, saneamiento, energía, servicios
sanitarios y seguridad económica. Para mayores detalles, visite la página
Web:
http://www.un.org/spanish/conferences/wssd/basicinfo.html

* Le Sommet mondial pour le développement durable, qui se tiendra à
Johannesburg du 26 août au 4 septembre 2002, réunira des chefs d'État et de
gouvernement, des délégués nationaux et des dirigeants d'organisations non
gouvernementales, des milieux d'affaires et d'autres groupes importants. Il
permettra au monde entier de se pencher sur les mesures propres à assurer le
développement durable. Pour assurer le développement durable, il faut
améliorer la qualité de vie de l'ensemble de la population mondiale sans
accroître l'utilisation des ressources naturelles au-delà de ce que peut
supporter la planète. Si des mesures différentes s'imposent probablement
dans
chaque région du monde, il n'en reste pas moins que pour instaurer un mode
de
vie véritablement durable, il nous faut agir de façon intégrée sur trois
fronts principaux : croissance économique et équité; préservation des
ressources naturelles et de l'environnement; et développement social. Pour
tous renseignements, veuillez visiter la page Web:
http://www.un.org/french/events/wssd/index.html


Johannesburg Summit 2002 - the World Summit on Sustainable Development -
will
bring together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State
and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's
attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including
improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world
that
is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water,
shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and NGO Forum will be
held
in Johannesburg, South Africa over the period August 24th to September 7th
2002. You are invited to join us in Johannesburg, where women seek a space
to
voice, once again, their dreams for all humanity and particularly for all
those who have been left out or left behind, and as the needs of humanity
are
greater than ever.

At the Earth Summit in Rio ten years ago, women came together-North and
South, young and old, urban and rural, poor and rich-at Planeta Femea.
Across
so many divides, they shared their stories, their successes and their dreams
for a better world. They left Rio energized and filled with hope.

Ten years later the World Summit in Johannesburg will focus on evaluating
progress since the 1992 Earth Summit and developing mechanisms to fully
implement Agenda 21 and the Millennium Development Goals. This represents a
special opportunity to focus attention on the successful implementation
tools
that women around the world have developed during the past ten years and the
critical role that they must play as both leaders and practitioners in the
implementation strategies to come. Sustainable and equitable development
requires the knowledge, experience, and leadership that women have to offer.
At the Multi-stakeholder Dialogues during Prep Com II, the Women's Major
Group (led by WEDO) opened with the statement: "On the way to and beyond
Johannesburg, we women demand practical mechanisms to provide women's voices
at all levels of decision-making on sustainable development."

We have already put up a page on the INTERNET, which invites participation
at
WSSD NGO FORUM, WOMEN'S TENT, PEACE TRAIN. This will also be a site at which
women from all over the Commonwealth may participate in our activities by
sending their views, comments and proposals.

NGOs are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. The
Network Secretariat in collaboration with the South African NGOs and WEDO
will try to provide advice and assistance as required.

The Commonwealth Women Network Activities include the following:

-  A Women's Tent: August 26th - September 4th

-  Commonwealth Day: August 31st

-  Women's Peace Train (leaves Kampala, Uganda on July 13th stopping in
seven
countries to arrive in Johannesburg on August 23rd 2002).

-  Stakeholders Forum Implementation Conference: August 24th to 26th

-  Commonwealth Women's NGO Network Caucus: daily throughout the conference.

STRATEGIES FOR NGO/STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION

The following strategies are therefore being proposed by the NETWORK in
relation to this meeting.

1. Approach your Minister responsible for the environment/sustainable
development or foreign affairs with an offer to help in whatever way
possible
with the preparations for the Summit.

2. Lobby to be included on the Government delegation to the meeting in
Johannesburg South Africa. Lobby also for inclusion in the delegation of
representatives of the stakeholder groups i.e. women, youth, business,
labour
and Indigenous Peoples.

Please communicate to the NETWORK any responses positive or otherwise to the
above proposals. NGOs are being asked to share this information with other
women and women's organizations including electronic conference and bulletin
boards, and let the NETWORK have some feedback as soon as possible.

For further information you may contact the Network Office in Trinidad and
Tobago.

Please send your responses to us by mail, Tel/fax 868-628-9655 or e-mail
[email protected] as soon as possible. We look forward to seeing you in
Johannesburg.

For further details on the Johannesburg Summit, please visit the following
Website: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/






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