Support to president Halonen's activities in relation to UN Global Sustainability Panel

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

The High Level Panel on Global Sustainability, launched by the UN Secretary-General, has a mandate to present a new vision on how to create a concrete development model that is based on green economy. This model should support eradication of poverty, social equality and solving of environmental challenges. The Panel feeds ideas into the preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. According to Finland's Development Policy Programme, the principles of sustainable development should be followed and obeyed in all activity influencing development and environment. Finland supports the role of the UN as a key actor in international development policy and the efforts to pool all activity surrounding sustainable development within the UN.