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Gro Harlem Brundtland, MD
Director-General
World Health Organization

JAMA. 2002;288:156.

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At the end of August, world leaders will meet in Johannesburg to assess what has been achieved in the 10 years since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro (also known as the UN Conference on Environment and Development) and to set out a plan for the future.

We have seen some significant progress on environmental issues, including new global conventions, reduced pollution in many countries, and greater awareness of the value and importance of sound environmental policies. A legal international framework for environmental protection is slowly but surely being built.

Still, progress is too slow. Signs of environmental degradation and abject poverty constantly urge us to move faster. We are still far from the point at which human activity is adjusted to the limits of what our global environment can support. We still cannot fulfill our needs in a world free from poverty without . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Director-General
World Health Organization