UN Commission on Sustainable Development

"We have a critical and complex task ahead of us. The CSD has achieved some successes over the past ten years. However, in order to ensure its continued relevance, the CSD can and must do more to facilitate implementation of our sustainable development objectives. That was the resounding call from states in Johannesburg. For the United States, the promise of a reformed, relevant CSD is the perfect example of what we look for in a reformed and increasingly relevant United Nations."
--Jonathan Margolis, Remarks to the 1/27 Organizational Meeting of the CSD

Remarks
-- 10/20/03  Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development; Ambassador Sichan Siv, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council; New York, New York
--05/01/03: Eleventh Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, Jonathan Margolis, Alternate Head of the U.S. Delegation; Remarks to the 11th Session of the Commission, New York, New York
--04/29/03  The Future of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Remarks before the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; New York, New York
--03/26/03:  U.S. Delegation Comments at CSD Informal Consultations, New York, New York
--01/27/03: The Future of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; Jonathan Margolis, Head of U.S. Delegation; Remarks to the Organizational Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; New York, New York  

Discussion Papers on the future of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development -- U.S. Submissions to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Full packet distributed at the first meeting of the 11th Session of the CSD (contains all five papers below).  [English]; [Spanish]; [French] 

Individual Papers:
I.  Overview: Focusing on Implementation (Nov. 2002)
[English]; [Spanish]; [French]

II.  Potential Outcomes from Future CSD Processes (Dec. 2002)
[English]; [Spanish]; [French]

III.  Potential CSD Processes (Jan. 2003)
[English]; [Spanish]; [French]

IV.  Making it Happen (Jan. 2003)
[English]; [Spanish]; [French] 

V.  Appendix: Elaboration of Potential CSD Process Elements (Jan. 2003)
[English]; [Spanish]; [French]