Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, often shortened to Rio Declaration, was a short document produced at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit. The Rio Declaration consisted 27 principles intended to guide future sustainable development around the world.
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The full text of the Rio Declaration can be found on the United Nations website at http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm.