The conference process of the United Nations (chart)
The UN called the conference process the series of nine intergovernmental conferences it organized immediately after the fall of the Berlin wall, between 1990 and 1996. The goal of the process was to build a “new global consensus”.
| Year |
Location |
Theme |
“Gain” |
| 1990 |
Jomtien |
Education for all |
“For all” |
| 1990 |
New-York |
Children |
Children’s rights |
| 1992 |
Rio |
Environment |
Sustainable development |
| 1993 |
Vienna |
Human rights |
Rights culture |
| 1994 |
Cairo |
Population |
Reproductive health |
| 1995 |
Copenhagen |
Social development |
New social contract |
| 1995 |
Beijing |
Women |
Gender perspective |
| 1996 |
Istanbul |
Habitat |
Partnership principle |
| 1996 |
Rome |
Food security |
Holism |
Follow-up conferences
| 1996 |
Amman |
Jomtien + 5 |
| 1997 |
New York |
Rio + 5 |
| 1999 |
New York |
Cairo + 5 |
| 2000 |
Genève |
Copenhagen + 5 |
| 2000 |
New York |
Beijing + 5 |
| 2000 |
Dakar |
Jomtien + 10 |
| 2001 |
New York |
Istanbul + 5 |
| 2002 |
Johannesburg |
Rio + 10 |
| 2002 |
New York |
New York + 10 |
| 2004 |
Amsterdam |
Cairo + 10 |
| 2005 |
New York |
Beijing + 10 |
Conferences following and consolidating global consensus-building
| 2001 |
Brussels |
Least developed countries |
| 2001 |
New-York |
AIDS |
| 2001 |
Durban |
Racism |
| 2002 |
Monterrey |
Development finance |
| 2002 |
Madrid |
Aging |
| 2003 |
Geneva |
Telecommunications |
Conferences preceding and preparing global consensus-building
| 1968 |
Tehran |
Human rights |
| 1972 |
Stockholm |
Environment |
| 1974 |
Bucharest |
Population |
| 1975 |
Mexico |
Women |
| 1980 |
Copenhagen |
Women |
| 1984 |
Mexico |
Population |
| 1985 |
Nairobi |
Women |
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