International Consensus Language

The following excerpts contain internationally agreed upon language concerning sustainable development. Many of the excerpts are from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action. ICPD took place in Cairo, Egypt, in September 1994.

Population, Poverty and Environment

• Universal Statements on Population, Environment, Poverty and Sustainable Development Links 

• Goals and Targets -- ICPD, ICPD+5 and the Millennium Declaration

Urbanization & Migration

• ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter IX -- Population Distribution, Urbanization and Internal Migration

• ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter X - International Migration

Population Ageing & Poverty

• ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter VI, Paragraphs 6.16 to 6.20

• ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter XIV, Paragraphs 14.8 to 14.18

Population Resource Flows

• ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter XIII, Paragraphs 13.11 to 13.24

Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples

• Millennium Summit
  
  At the Millennium Summit, world leaders agreed, "to take measures to eliminate the increasing acts of racism and xenophobia in many societies, and to promote greater harmony and tolerance in all societies."

• ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter VII, Paragraph 7.3

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