A/RES/66/204
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 March 2012
Sixty-sixth session
Agenda item 19 (h)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2011
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/66/440/Add.8)]
66/204. Harmony with Nature
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1
Agenda 21, 2 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 3 the
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and the Plan of
Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation”), 5
Recalling its resolutions 64/196 of 21 December 2009 and 65/164 of
20 December 2010 on Harmony with Nature and its resolution 63/278 of 22 April
2009, by which it designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day,
Recalling also the 1982 World Charter for Nature, 6
Recalling further its resolution 64/253 of 23 February 2010, entitled
“International Day of Nowruz”, and its resolution 65/309 of 19 July 2011, entitled
“Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development”,
Taking note of the interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony
with Nature, which was held on 20 April 2011, to commemorate International
Mother Earth Day by discussing ways to promote a holistic approach to sustainable
development in harmony with nature and sharing national experiences on criteria
and indicators for measuring sustainable development in harmony with nature,
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1
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
2
Ibid., annex II.
3
Resolution S-19/2, annex.
4
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
5
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
6
Resolution 37/7, annex.
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