Documentation: Statement by his Excellency Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Rio de Janeiro, 13 June 1992

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-108
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The United Nations

Beyond Rio: “Insuring” Against Global Warming

1992 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The United Nations

In 1989 the United Nations General Assembly voted to convene a Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, with the highest possible level of participation. One of the major items on the agenda—many maintain, the highest priority—is a treaty to cope with climate change. Toward that end, the Assembly established the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, which was to try to finish drafting an effective framework convention on climate change in time to be signed at the conference.

Office of the Vice President

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 111-111
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
The United Nations

Vice President Mondale has been participating extensively in Africa-related foreign policy matters since taking office in January, 1977. The Vice President works closely with Secretary of State Vance and Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young in the development of Africa-related policy recommendations for consideration by the President. The Vice President also participates in meetings with visiting African leaders and monitors political developments in Africa. Finally, at the President’s request, Vice President Mondale met with Prime Minister Vorster of South Africa to explain the new Administration’s policies toward southern Africa. Information on the Vice President’s staff’s involvement in Africa-related matters was requested but not received.

Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Marian Nash
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
George Bush ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Contemporary Practice

On September 8, 1992, President George Bush transmitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted at New York on May 9, 1992, by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change and signed on behalf of the United States at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro on June 12, 1992.

Editorial

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Author(s):  
Masa Noguchi
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Societal Pressure ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The United Nations

Homes need to be socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable in response to societal pressure on our common future. The concept of ‘Sustainable Development’ was first advocated by the World Commission on Environment and Development, dated back to 1987, and it was considered as ‘a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet needs and aspirations.’ In 1992, this notion was given additional impetus at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (or the Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janeiro where an initial international treaty on environment was produced; however, this had neither limits on green house gas emissions nor legal enforcement provisions for individual nations. In 1997, the text of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted eventually at the 3rd Conference of the Parties held in Kyoto, Japan. As of April 2008, 178 states signed and ratified the Protocol; in consequence, most industrialized nations and some central European countries agreed to legally binding the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of an average of 6 to 8% below 1990 levels between the years 2008 and 2012.

AGENDA 21: Biotechnology at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 402-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo R. Taylhardat ◽  
Raymond A. Zilinskas
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The United Nations

scholarly journals Major Themes in Imran Khan's UNGA Speeches: A Corpus Assisted Study

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Arshad Ali ◽  
Athar Rashid ◽  
Shahid Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Plain Text ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations

Every year, the United Nations General Assembly holds a meeting of leaders from different countries. Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, made speeches in the General Assembly of the United Nations twice. The first emphatic address he made at the United Nations General Assembly was on 27 September 2019, and the second was on 25 September 2020. This study aims to find out the major themes in both speeches and examine the frequently used words in the two speeches. For this study, his two speeches were taken from the internet and converted into plain text to compile a corpus. AntConc was used to find out the frequency of frequently used terms and to demonstrate the concordance of frequently used words. The results reveal substantial similarities and slight variations in the content of the two speeches. The major themes highlighted in the speech were India, RSS, Kashmir, Islamophobia, and climate change.

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