UN’s Division for Sustainable Development --- AGENDA 21

The following excerpts are taken directly from the UN Agenda 21 document:

Section 1, Chapter 7

9(f) All countries, especially developing ones, should, as appropriate, formulate and implement programmes to reduce the impact of the phenomenon of rural to urban drift by improving rural living conditions


NOTE: President Obama signed Executive Order #13575 last month to create the White House Rural Council. The mission of the Council is to:

“…work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration’s engagement with rural communities…”

Section 1, Chapter 7

16(c) Adopting innovative city planning strategies to address environmental and social issues by:

1. Reducing subsidies on, and recovering the full costs of, environmental and other services of high standard (e.g. water supply, sanitation, waste collection, roads, telecommunications) provided to higher income neighbourhoods;
2. Improving the level of infrastructure and service provision in poorer urban areas

Section 1 Chapter 7

51. A comprehensive approach to human settlements development should include the promotion of sustainable energy development in all countries, as follows:
(a) Developing countries, in particular, should:
iii. Promote wide dissemination and commercialization of renewable energy technologies through suitable measures, inter alia, fiscal and technology transfer mechanisms