Which countries, companies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
were
delegates to the August 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg, South
Africa? (I would like at least four countries, four companies and
three or four NGO names, but a more complete list would be helpful.)

pauld..

Thank you for your question.  The Earth Summit, officially called The
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or UNCED,
was first held in 1992 in Rio DiJaneiro, Brazil. This year, the event
was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26th through
September 4th.

There were 20,000 United Nations-accredited delegates, made up of
5,000 government delegates from the 189 UN member states, observer
states and the United Nations and 10,000 delegates representing the
nine Major Groups also accredited to the Civil Society Global Forum.

Sme of the Non-Government Groups (NGO's) that attended:
Greenpeace - http://www.greenpeace.org/earthsummit
The World Watch Institue - http://www.worldwatch.org/rio10/
IISD - http://www.iisd.ca/wssd/portal.html
CitNet - http://www.citnet.org/worldsummit/
EarthSummit Info - http://www.earthsummit.info/
Sustainable Development Issues Network - http://www.sdissues.net/SDIN/
Rio10 - http://www.rio10.dk/
International Institue for Environment and Development -
http://www.iied.org/wssd/index.html
Leadership for Environment and Development - 
http://johannesburg2002.lead.org/
European Partners for the Environment -
http://www.epe.be/programmes/eurworld/objective2002/obj2002index.html
Northern Alliance for Sustainability -
http://www.anped.org/index.php?a=4&b=441
French Johannesburg Coalition - http://www.collectifjoburg2002.org/
Institute for Environmental Policy - http://www.rio10.org/
Radio Earth Summit - http://www.radioearthsummit.org/


Some countries with delegates:
Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo Democratic Republic
Denmark
Fiji
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
Lesotho
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Senegal
South Africa
Sudan
United States of America
Zimbabwe

Obviously, this list is far from complete.  There were representives
at the summit from every UN member nation

Some companies that were represented
Alcan - http://www.alcan.com
Unione Petrolifera - http://www.unionepetrolifera.it/
Palabora Mining Company - http://www.palabora.co.za
DeBeers - http://www.debeersgroup.com

This list is also far from complete, however, you can learn more
countries by visiting the source I have listed below for the Virtual
Exhibition.

Thanks again for your question and if you need any further
clarification, please let me know.

Regards,

-THV

Search Strategy:
WorldSummit 2002 Johannesburg delegates

References:
Johannesburg Summit.org
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/index.html

Johannesburg Summit 2002
http://www.joburgsummit2002.com

World Summit on Sustainable Development
http://www.fao.org/wssd/

Business Action for Sustainable Development
http://www.basd-action.net/about/network.shtml

Virtual Exhibit
http://www.virtualexhibit.net/new/home.php

EarthSummit 2002 - NGO's
http://www.earthsummit2002.org/es/major-groups/ngo.htm

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Request for Answer Clarification by pauld-ga on 19 Dec 2002 11:15 PST

I believe I had actually asked which countries, companies and NGOs
were OFFICIAL EUROPEAN (EU) delegates to the Johannesburg summit.
Would you please clarify your answer, to the extent possible, by
limiting it to just a few companies and nongovernmental organizations
that were OFFICIAL EU DELEGATES? I would be happy if you could provide
just two or three within each of these two categories. Thank you.