The UN launched the Office for Sustainable Development (UN/OSD) at a ceremony on 19 October 2011, in Seoul (Korea). It is a joint project of the UN, the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Environment, Yonsei University, and the City of Incheon and will be managed by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and housed at Yonsei University. The goal of the new Office is to improve and accelerate implementation of sustainable development worldwide, to support developing countries’ preparations for UNCSD (Rio+20) and subsequently to advance implementation of the outcomes of Rio+20.
UN Press Release
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