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1987
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1972
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Session 10b: Reaching out to the world: Training and Learning for Sustainable Development
UNDESA, 2015
by: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

The post-2015 development agenda that is being elaborated at the United Nations has, as its main objectives, the eradication of poverty and the achievement sustainable development. Already in 1987 the Brundtland Commission’s report stated that "Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

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