The Johannesburg Summit and Mexico’s Participation: 30 Years of Multilateral Efforts in the Progression toward Sustainable Development

This article provides details of the background, the preparation process and the results of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which took place in Johannesburg in August and September of 2002. It reviews the international political circumstances that served as a backdrop to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In addition to the scientific, legislative and institutional achievements of these conferences, the author also describes Mexico’s participation in these meetings, specifically its contribution to the Johannesburg Summit.