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Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) IN FOCUS A/67/757 - Lessons learned from the Commission on Sustainable Development [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish] CSD-20 The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit. From its inception, the CSD was highly participatory in structure and outlook, by engaging in its formal proceedings a wide range of official stakeholders and partners through innovative formulae. At its eleventh session in 2003, the Commission decided on a multi-year work programme consisting of review and policy years. Since its establishment in 1992, the Commission has greatly advanced the sustainable development agenda within the international community. At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Member States agreed to establish a high level political forum that will subsequently replace the Commission on Sustainable Development. Information on each session of the Commission on Sustainable Development may be accessed from the left side menu of this page.