LIST OF THE NATIONS WHO ATTENDED AND AGREED TO THE 1992 RIO DECLARATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (AGENDA 21)
CLICK HERE to go to a printable PDF of the first pages showing the nations in attendance
WE HAVE REQUESTED THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UN AGENDA 21 FROM THE UN INFORMATION CENTER. THE UN SPOKESPERSON RESPONDED THAT NO ONE ‘SIGNED’ IT–IN FACT IT WAS AGREED TO BY ‘CONSENSUS’ AND ALL NATIONS IN ATTENDANCE WERE IN AGREEMENT.*
According to the UN Information Center, all nations in attendance agreed to the document.
To read President George H. W. Bush’s press conference address at Rio after the agreement please click here.
We have also linked some of the nations to their profile at the UN which inventories their progress in Agenda 21 (most recently updated in 1997). Click on United Kingdom, United States of America, China, Iran, and Iraq for examples (countries in RED). All countries have profiles on the UN site. Just substitute whatever country name you are interested in when you click on the red colored country names below.
Afghanistan Botswana
Albania Brazil
Algeria Brunei Darussalam
Angola Bulgaria
Antigua and Barbuda Burkina Faso
Argentina Burundi
Armenia Cambodia
Australia Cameroon
Austria Canada
Azerbaijan Cape Verde
Bahamas Central African Republic
Bahrain Chad
Bangladesh Chile
Barbados China
Belarus Colombia
Belgium Comoros
Belize Congo
Benin Cook Islands
Bhutan Costa Rica
Bolivia Co^te d’Ivoire
Croatia Lebanon
Cuba Lesotho
Cyprus Liberia
Czechoslovakia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Democratic People’s Republic Liechtenstein
of Korea
Lithuania
Denmark Luxembourg
Djibouti Madagascar
Dominica Malaysia
Ecuador Maldives
Egypt Mali
El Salvador Malta
Equatorial Guinea Marshall Islands
Estonia Mauritania
European Economic Community Mauritius
Ethiopia Mexico
Fiji Micronesia (Federated States of)
Finland Monaco
France Mongolia
Gabon Morocco
Gambia Mozambique
Germany Myanmar
Ghana Namibia
Greece Nauru
Grenada Nepal
Guatemala Netherlands
Guinea New Zealand
Guinea-Bissau Nicaragua
Guyana Niger
Haiti Nigeria
Holy See Norway
Honduras Oman
Hungary Pakistan
Iceland Panama
India Papua New Guinea
Indonesia Paraguay
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Peru
Iraq Philippines
Ireland Poland
Israel Portugal
Italy Qatar
Jamaica Republic of Korea
Japan Republic of Moldova
Jordan Romania
Kazakhstan Russian Federation
Kenya Rwanda
Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kuwait Saint Lucia
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Latvia Samoa
San Marino Tunisia
Sao Tome and Principe Turkey
Saudi Arabia Tuvalu
Senegal Uganda
Seychelles Ukraine
Sierra Leone United Arab Emirates
Singapore United Kingdom of Great Britain
Slovenia and Northern Ireland
Solomon Islands United Republic of Tanzania
Spain United States of America
Sri Lanka Uruguay
Sudan Vanuatu
Suriname Venezuela
Swaziland Viet Nam
Sweden Yemen
Switzerland Yugoslavia
Syrian Arab Republic Zaire
Thailand Zambia
Togo Zimbabwe
Trinidad and Tobago
*The United Nations Information Center does not have the names of the parties that agreed to Agenda 21–hard to believe. The UN spokesperson doesn’t even seem to know that Agenda 21 is not a treaty, but is an agreement. Further information obtained from the UN indicated that no one actually ‘signed’ it, and the agreement was made via consensus.
Rosa,
Unfortunately, the countries that signed the treaty was the extent of what I was able to find.
All the Best, Anthony Ramirez
United Nations Information Center
anthony.ramirez@unicwash.org
