| Montreal, 21/11/1996 – North America's three National Councils on Sustainable Development will meet in Montreal on November 22 to contribute to "Rio + 5", an examination of the world’s progress towards sustainability since the historic Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro five years ago. Senior representatives of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada), the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (USA) and the National Council on Sustainable Development (Mexico) will discuss the role that national multistakeholder institutes can play in assisting their governments to achieve national and global environmental and economic objectives.
| DATE: | November 22, 1996 |
| TIME: | 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
| LOCATION: | Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
| 393 St-Jacques West, bureau 200 |
| Montreal, Québec |
Stuart Smith, Chair of the National Round Table on Environment and the Economy (Canada), Jonathan Lash, Co-Chair of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (USA) and Juan Antonio Cuéllar López of the National Council on Sustainable Development (Mexico) will be available for interviews. |
