World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), 2002

The 55th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided:

	to hold the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002;
	to organize the 10-year review of progress achieved in the implementation of Agenda 21 to reinforce the global commitment to sustainable development; ;
	CSD to launch a preparatory process at regional and sub-regional levels to establish a provisional agenda and possible themes for WSSD.

It further decided that the Summit, including its preparatory process, should ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as these are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development.