Rapport til Verdenstopmødet i Johannesburg om bæredygtig udvik- ling i Johannesburg - topmøde 21-22/6-02
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Til underretning for Folketingets Europaudvalg vedlægges i forbindelse med Det Europæiske Råd i Sevilla den 21.-22. juni 2002 rapport fra Rådet vedrørende forberedelse af Verdenstopmødet om Bæredygtig Udvikling i Johannesburg den 26. august – 4. september 2002, dok. 9947/02
Coreper, at its meeting on 12 June, approved the draft Council conclusions in Annex. It recommends to Council to adopt them.
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ANNEX
DRAFT COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS
POSITION OF THE EU IN THE WSSD
THE COUNCIL:
- REITERATES that all development should be sustainable and, to this end, the WSSD must be seen as part of a process in the search for a Global Deal encompassing also the Doha Development Agenda, the Monterrey Consensus and the World Food Summit Five Years Later. The Council stresses the importance of the international community’s renewed commitment to the Rio Principles and Agenda 21, to Rio + 5 and to the internationally agreed development goals and targets, in particular those ned in the Millennium Declaration and in all major UN Conferences and international agreements since 1992.
- RECALLS the Council Conclusions of 30 May 2002 on the External Dimension of the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy and for the Preparation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Council Conclusions of 4 March 2002 on the Preparation of WSSD and the External Dimension of the EU Strategy on Sustainable Development, the Council conclusions of 14 March 2002 on the UN Conference on Financing for Development, both endorsed by the Barcelona European Council of 15-16 M arch 2002, and the ECOFIN Common Views for the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development of 4 June 2002.
- EMPHASISES that, in accordance with the aforementioned Conclusions of 30 May 2002, the EU wishes to express its determination to exercise leadership and to continue playing a major role in global efforts to eradicate poverty and to achieve sustainable development at all levels, integrating its economic, social and environmental dimensions in a balanced and mutually supportive way. By the same token, it stresses the need for improved coherence between internal and external policies of the EU, as well as between policy areas, and to encourage reform of subsidies that have considerable negative effects on the environment and are incompatible with sustainable development.
- STRESSES the EU is willing to putting forward constructive proposals so that WSSD becomes a success. The EU is determined to ensure that WSSD outcomes (Political Declaration, Plan of Implementation, and Voluntary Partnerships) are mutually supportive and focused in terms of reinforced commitments by all countries, as well as international institutions, civil society and business.
- WELCOMES the identification by the UN Secretary General of five priorities for the Summit (water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity).
- TAKES note of the results of the IV Prepcom in Bali, in which progress was made in the negotiation of the Plan of Implementation, and that consensus has been reached on many of the relevant issues for sustainable development although there remain some key outstanding issues in the draft Plan of Implementation for the World Summit. It welcomes the fact that countries' positions are getting closer on the following aspects: work programmes, including targets and timeframes to era dicate poverty, sustainability of consumption and production patterns, conservation and sustainable management of natural and environmental resources, including biodiversity and oceans, and strengthening institutional arrangements, including international environmental governance. It also welcomes the open and frank discussions held in the multi-stakeholder dialogue which contribute to ensuring the full implementation of sustainable development. The EU appeals to all countries to make concrete efforts towa rds bridging the remaining differences in the commitments of the international community.
- CONSIDERS that the Plan of Implementation to be finalised in Johannesburg should be consistent in terms of work programmes, targets and frameworks, means of implementation, ensure that it is also consistent with the full and timely implementation of the Doha Ministerial Declaration and the Monterrey Consensus, contain a strong commitment to the respect of human rights and cultural diversity; recognition of the importance of strengthening governance for sustainable development at all l evels, in particular, international environmental governance, including public participation; targets and timeframes (and related policies), especially on sanitation and renewables, as well as on loss of natural resources, reversal of fish stock depletion, biodiversity loss and chemicals.
- UNDERLINES that globalisation should be the treated in a specific chapter in Johannesburg and be addressed in a manner that helps make it work for sustainable development and ensures that it benefits and creates new opportunities for all, especially the poorest. There is a need to recognise that all individuals, in present and future generations, are entitled to live in an environment adequate for their health and cultural, economic and physical well being in harmony with natu re. The EU wishes to stress the need for renewed commitment and responsibility and recalls that sustainable development is an overarching aim for the international community.
9. RECOGNISES that the achievement of Millennium Development Goals requires a substantially increased effort and good governance by individual countries and by the international community as a whole. It recalls the commitments made by the EU in the Council conclusions on the UN Conference on Financing for Development, agreed by Foreign Ministers on 14 March and endorsed by the European Council in Barcelona, to significantly increase its overall ODA spending, which paved the way for de cisions in Johannesburg on the channelling of strengthened development assistance to promote poverty eradication, sustainable development and the integration of developing economies into the global system.
While ODA can play a significant role as a catalyst, other private or public sources of funding should be included in the EU initiatives so as to accelerate change and maximise the benefit to developing countries.
10. STRESSES that the Political Declaration to be adopted in the Johannesburg Summit should include a renewed commitment to sustainable development. The EU position should stress the need to bridge the gap between rhetoric and action in line with the Programme of Implementation. WSSD is an exceptional occasion for reaching a global partnership to work towards general prosperity, peace and security, based on good governance, including democracy, respect for human rights, rule of law, fi ghting corruption and terrorism, gender equality, sound environmental, social and economic policies, respect for and promotion of cultural diversity and dialogue between civilisations, including with indigenous peoples, being all of them necessary foundations of sustainable development.
11. STRESSES that in its 30 May Conclusions the EU has decided to make a strong contribution to a positive outcome of the WSSD by taking a further step in the definition of its Sustainable Development Strategy, in particular to its external dimension, and by identifying a specific set of key priorities for action at the WSSD. These priorities include, where appropriate, specific EU initiatives for partnerships. The EU moreover will continue to work on possible other areas, such as gove rnance, and confirms that the EU remains open to discuss proposals which could be made by partners or which could emerge from the international debate until Johannesburg. The EU supports initiating, at the Summit, a process to strengthen sustainable development governance.
12. CONSIDERS that voluntary partnership initiatives should be grounded in the Programme of Implementation and the Political Declaration in order to promote an additional participatory framework that contributes to their effective implementation and thereby help achieve the further implementation of Agenda 21, Millennium Development Goals and the outcomes of the major UN Conferences and international agreements since 1992. Taking into account that ownership is a precondition for their success, these initiatives should be implemented in the framework of National Sustainable Development Strategies such as where applicable Poverty Reduction Strategies, with special attention paid to Africa.
13. STRESSES its willingness to initiate a dialogue with potential partners in accordance with the guiding principles on the partnerships of sustainable development, which it endorses. The Commission will continue consultations in that regard. The EU recalls that the development of partnerships must be driven by the priorities identified by developing countries and countries with economies in transition in support of their future development. They should build on existing institutions and structures and in particular identify the benefits to be achieved through regional cooperation such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
14. STRESSES the importance of monitoring and follow up of the WSSD commitments, including those made in the framework of voluntary partnership initiatives, linked to the follow up of Doha and Monterrey.