Earth Summit 2002 PrepCom 3 – 3rd Session of the WSSD Preparatory Committee

25 March – 5 April 2002, New York – The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), acting as the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), met for its third session from 25 March to 5 April 2002, at UN headquarters in New York. Nearly 1500 representatives of governments, UN agencies and convention Secretariats, international organizations, and Major Groups attended.

The purpose of the session was to consider the Chairman’s Paper transmitted from PrepCom II, address ways of strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development, evaluate and define the role and programme of work of the CSD, and agree on a document containing review and assessment, as well as conclusions and recommendations for further actions.

A report on PrepCom 3 prepared by IISD can be found here.

Outreach from PrepCom 3 can be downloaded below by clicking on the individual links: Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 25 March 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 26 March 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 27 March 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 28 March 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 1 April 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 2 April 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 3 April 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 4 April 2002 Outreach ES 2002 PrepCom 3 – 5 April 2002