Brundtland Commission | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-17

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00:01:46 1 History
00:06:45 1.1 Events before Brundtland
00:08:48 1.2 Resolution establishing the Commission
00:11:00 2 Modern definition of sustainable development
00:20:43 3 Structure
00:22:48 4 Sustainability efforts
00:24:59 4.1 Economic Growth
00:26:34 4.2 Environmental Protection
00:28:16 4.3 Social Equality
00:29:55 5 Members of the Commission
00:31:49 6 Staff of the Commission
00:32:32 7 See also



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Formerly known as the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the mission of the Brundtland Commission is to unite countries to pursue sustainable development together. The Chairperson of the Commission, Gro Harlem Brundtland, was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar in December 1983. At the time, the UN General Assembly realized that there was a heavy deterioration of the human environment and natural resources. To rally countries to work and pursue sustainable development together, the UN decided to establish the Brundtland Commission. Gro Harlem Brundtland was the former Prime Minister of Norway and was chosen due to her strong background in the sciences and public health. The Brundtland Commission officially dissolved in December 1987 after releasing Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, in October 1987. The document popularized (and defined) the term 
"Sustainable Development". Our Common Future won the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in 1991. The organization Center for Our Common Future was started in April 1988 to take the place of the Commission.