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7/17/2019 Rio Declaration

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e Uni

ted Nations

Conf er ence on Envir o

nmentand De

ve



lopme

nt,

Having

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r om 3 to 14

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ne

1!!",

Reaf f

ir ming the

Declar atio

n of the Uni

te



d Na

tions Conf e

r ence on the Hman En

vir onment,a

do



pted

at#toc$hol

m on 1% Jne 1!&",and

see$ing to

'



ild

pon it,

(

ith the go

alof esta'li

shing a ne)

a



nd e

*ita'le gl

o'alpar tner ship thr o

gh the cr ea

ti



on o

f ne) levels

of cooper ation among

#tates,$e+

se



ctor

s of societi

es and people,

(or $in

g to)ar ds i

nt



er na

tionalagr ee

ments )hich r espectth

e inter ests

o



f all

and pr otect

the integr it+ of the g

lo'alenvir o

nm



enta

land develo

pmentals+stem,

Recogn

iing the i

nt



egr a

land inter d

ependentnatr e of the

Ear th,or h

om



e,

-

r oclaims th

at.

-r inci

ple 1

Hma

n 'eings ar

e



atth

e centr e of

concer ns f or sstaina

'le develop

me



nt/T

he+ ar e ent

itled to a health+ an

d pr odctiv

e



lif e

in har mon+

)ith natr e/

-r incip

le "

#tate

s



have

,in accor da

nce )ith the Char ter

of the Unite

d



Nati

ons and the

pr inciples of inter na

tionalla),t

he



sov

er eign r igh

tto e0ploittheir o)n

r esor ces p

r



san

tto their o

)n envir onmentaland d

evelopmenta

lp



olic

ies,and the

r esponsi'ilit+ to en

sr e thatac

ti



viti

es )ithin t

heir r isdiction or

contr oldo n

ot



cas

e damage to

the envir onmentof oth

er #tates o

r



of ar

eas 'e+ond

the limits of national

r isdicti

on



/

-r

inciple 3

The r ightt

o developme

ntmst'e f

lf



ille

d so as to

e*ita'l+ meetdevelop

mentaland e

nv



ir on

mental

need

s of pr esen

tand f tr e

gener ation

s



/

-r

inciple 4

2n or der t

o achieve s

staina'le

de



velo

pment,envir

onmentalpr otection sh

allconstit

te



an

integr alpar

tof the developmentpr o

cess and ca

nn



ot'e

consider ed

in isolation f r om it

/

-r inciple



l

l#tates and

allpeople

shallcoope

r ate in the

e



ssen

tialtas$ of

er adicating pover t+ a

s an indisp

en



sa'l

e r e*ir eme

ntf or sstaina'le dev

elopment,in

o



r der

to decr eas

e the dispar ities in

standar ds o

f l



ivin

g and

'ett

er meetthe

needs of th

e ma or it+

of



the

people of th

e )or ld/

-

r inciple %

The specia

ls



ita

tion and ne

eds of developing con

tr ies,par ti

c



lar l

+ the least

developed and those m

ostenvir onm

en



tall

+ vlner a'l

e,shall'e given speci

alpr ior it+/

2n



ter n

ationalacti

ons in the f ield of en

vir onmentan

d



deve

lopmentsho

ld also addr ess the i

nter ests an

d



need

s of allcon

tr ies/

-r i

nciple &

#

tates shall

co



oper

ate in a sp

ir itof glo'alpar tner sh

ip to conse

r v



e,pr

otectand r e

stor e the health and

integr it+ o

f t



he E

ar th5s ecos

+stem/2n vie) of the d

if f er entcon

tr



i't

ions to glo

'alenvir onmentaldegr a

dation,#tat

es



hav

e common '

tdif f er entiated r espo

nsi'ilities

/T



he d

eveloped co

ntr ies

a

c$no)ledge

the r espons

i'



ilit

+ thatthe+

'ear in the inter nati

onalpr sit

to



ss

taina'le de

velopmentin vie) of th

e pr essr es

t



heir

societies

place on the glo'alen

vir onmentan

d



of th

e technolog

ies and f inancialr eso

r ces the+

co



mman

d/

-r incipl

e 6

To ac

hieve ssta

ina'le deve

lo



pmen

tand a high

er *alit+ of lif e f or

allpeople,

#t



ates

shold r ed

ce and eliminate ns

staina'le

pa



tter

ns of pr odc

tion and consmption

and pr omote

a



ppr o

pr iate demo

gr aphic policies/

-r i

nciple !

#

ta



tes

shold coop

er ate to str engthen e

ndogenos c

ap



acit

+7'ilding

f or sstaina'le devel

opment'+

i

mp



r ovi

ng scientif

ic nder standing thr o

gh e0chang

es



of s

cientif ic a

nd technological$no)l

edge,and '+

e



nhan

cing the de

velopment,adaptation,

dif f sion a

nd



tr a

nsf er of tec

hnologies,inclding n

e) and inno

va



tive

technologi

es/

-r inci

ple 18

Env

ir onmentali

ss



es

ar e 'esthan

dled )ith par ticipati

on of allcon

ce



r ned

citiens,a

tthe r elevantlevel/ t

the nationa

ll



evel

,each indiv

idalshallhave appr op

r iate acces

s



to i

nf or mation

concer ning the envir o

nmentthatis

h



eld

'+ p'lic a

thor ities,inclding

inf or mation

o



n ha

ar dos mat

er ials and activities

in their

co



mmn

ities,and t

he oppor tnit+ to par

ticipate in

d



ecis

ion7ma$ing

pr ocesses/#tates shal

lf acilitate

a



nd e

ncor age p

'lic a)ar eness and pa

r ticipation

'



+ ma

$ing inf or m

ation )idel+ availa'l

e/Ef f ective

a



cces

s to dici

aland administr ative

pr oceedings

,i



ncl

ding r edr es

s and r emed+,shall'e

pr ovided/

-

r i



ncip

le 11

#tat

es shallen

actef f ectiv

e envir onme

nt



alle

gislation/E

nvir onmentalstandar ds

,management

o'



ect

ives and pr

ior ities shold r ef le

ctthe envir

on



ment

aland devel

opmentconte0tto )hich

the+ appl+

/#



tand

ar ds applie

d '+ some contr ies m

a+ 'e inapp

r o



pr ia

te and of n

)ar r anted economic an

d socialcos

tt



o ot

her contr i

es,in par ticlar deve

loping con

tr



ies/

-r inciple

1"

#tates

shold coo

per ate to p

r o



mote

a sppor ti

ve and open inter nati

onaleconomi

c



s+st

em that)ol

d

lead to

economic g

r o)th and s

s



tain

a'le develo

pmentin allcontr ies,

to 'etter a

dd



r ess

the pr o'le

ms of envir onmentaldeg

r adation/Tr

ad



e po

lic+ measr

es f or envir onmentalp

r poses sho

l



d no

tconstitte

a means of ar 'itr ar +

or n stif

ia



'le

discr iminat

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str iction o

n



inte

r nationaltr

ade/

Unila

ter alaction

s to deal)i

th



env

ir onmentalc

hallenges otside the

r isdicti

on



of t

he impor tin

g contr + shold 'e a

voided/Envi

r o



nmen

talmeasr es

addr essing tr ans'on

dar + or glo

'a



lenv

ir onmentalp

r o'lems shold,as f ar

as possi'l

e,



'e '

ased on an

inter nationalconsens

s/

-r incipl

e



13

#tates shal

ldevelop n

ationalla)

r egar ding l

ia



'ili

t+ and comp

ensation f or the vict

ims of poll

ti



on a

nd other en

vir onmentaldamage/#ta

tes shallal

so



coo

per ate in a

n e0peditios and mor

e deter mine

d



mann

er to devel

op f r ther inter natio

nalla) r ega

r d



ing

lia'ilit+ a

nd compensation f or a

dver se ef f e

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s of

envir onmen

taldamage

cased '+ a

ctivities )

it



hin

their r is

diction or contr olto

ar eas 'e+on

d



thei

r r isdict

ion/

-r inc

iple 14

#t

ates shold

e



f f ec

tivel+ coop

er ate to discor age o

r pr eventth

e



r elo

cation and

tr ansf er to other #ta

tes of an+ a

ct



ivit

ies and s'

stances thatcase sev

er e envir on

me



ntal

degr adation

or ar e f ond to 'e h

ar mf lto h

ma



n he

alth/

-r inc

iple 1

2

n or der to

pr otectthe

en



vir o

nment,the p

r ecationar + appr oach

shall'e )i

de



l+ a

pplied '+ #

tates accor ding to th

eir capa'il

it



ies/

(her e ther e

ar e thr eats of ser io

s or ir r eve

r s



i'le

damage,lac

$ of f llscientif ic ce

r taint+ sha

ll



not'

e sed as a

r eason f or postponin

g cost7ef f e

ct



ive

measr es to

pr eventenvir onmental

degr adation

/



-r in

ciple 1%

N

ationalat

hor ities sh

old endeav

o



r to

pr omote th

e inter naliation of e

nvir onmenta

lc



osts

and the s

e of economic instr me

nts,ta$ing

in



to a

ccontthe a

ppr oach thatthe poll

ter shold,

in



pr i

nciple,'ear

the costof polltion,

)ith de r e

ga



r d t

o the p'li

c inter estand )ithot

distor ting

in



ter n

ationaltr ad

e and investment/

-r i

nciple 1&

En



vir o

nmentalimpa

ctassessment,as a nat

ionalinstr

me



nt,s

hall'e nde

r ta$en f or pr oposed a

ctivities t

ha



tar e

li$el+ to

have a signif icantadv

er se impact

on



the

envir onmen

tand ar e s' ectto a

decision of

a



comp

etentnation

alathor it+/

-r incipl

e 16

#tate

s



shal

limmediatel

+ notif + other #tates

of an+ nat

r a



ldis

aster s or o

ther emer gencies that

ar e li$el+

to



pr o

dce sdden

har mf lef f ects on th

e envir onme

nt



of th

ose #tates/

Ever + ef f or tshall'e m

ade '+ the

in



ter n

ationalcomm

nit+ to help #tates

so af f licte

d



/

-r

inciple 1!

#tates sh

allpr ovide

pr ior and t

im



el+

notif icatio

n and r elevantinf or ma

tion to pot

en



tial

l+ af f ected

#tates on activities

thatma+ ha

ve



a s

ignif icanta

dver se tr ans'ondar +

envir onment

al



ef f e

ctand shall

conslt)ith those #ta

tes atan ea

r l



+ st

age and in

good f aith/

-r inciple

"8

(omen

ha



ve a

vitalr ole

in envir onmentalmanag

ementand de

ve



lopm

ent/Their f

llpar ticipation is t

her ef or e es

se



ntia

lto achieve

sstaina'le developm

ent/

-r inci

pl



e "1

The cr eat

ivit+,idea

ls and cor

age of the +

o



th o

f the )or ld

shold 'e mo'ilied t

o f or ge a g

lo



'alp

ar tner ship

in or der to achieve s

staina'le

de



velo

pmentand en

sr e a 'etter f tr e

f or all/

-r

in



cipl

e ""

2ndig

enos peop

le and thei

r commniti

es



and

other loca

lcommnities have a v

italr ole in

e



nvir

onmentalman

agementand developmen

t'ecase of

th



eir

$no)ledge a

nd tr aditionalpr actic

es/#tates s

ho



ld

r ecognie a

nd dl+ sppor ttheir

identit+,c

lt



r e

and inter es

ts and ena'le their e

f f ective pa

r t



icip

ation in th

e achievementof sstai

na'le devel

op



ment

/

-r inciple

"3

The e

nvir onmenta

nd natr alr

es



or c

es of people

nder oppr ession,dom

ination and

o



ccp

ation shall

'e pr otected/

-r incip

le "4

(ar f

ar



e is

inher entl+

destr ctive of sstai

na'le devel

op



ment

/#tates sha

llther ef or e r espect

i

nter nationa

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r oviding pr

otection f or the envi

r onmentin t

im



es o

f ar med conf

lictand cooper ate in

its f r ther

d



evel

opment,as n

ecessar +/

-r inciple "

-eace,de

ve



lopm

entand envi

r onmentalpr otection a

r e inter dep

en



dent

and indivis

i'le/

-r in

ciple "%

#

tates shall

r e



solv

e alltheir

envir onmentaldisptes

peacef ll+

a



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+ appr opr ia

te means in accor danc

e )ith the

Ch



ar te

r of the Uni

ted Nations/

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s



and

people shal

lcooper ate in good f a

ith and in

a



spir

itof par tner

ship in the f lf ilmen

tof the pr in

ci



ples

em'odied i

n this Declar ation an

d in the f

r t



her

development

of inter nationalla) in

the f ield

of



sst

aina'le dev

elopment/

#or ce.Repo

r tof the Uni

te



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tions Conf e

r ence on the Hman En

vir onment,#

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