The Brundtland report published

The Brundtland report, also known as Our Common Future, was published. The report provided a key statement on sustainable development, defining it as: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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_{Forty-Second Session of the General Assembly, 19 October 1987. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway and Chairman of the World Commission on Environment and Development, seated with the other members of Norway's delegation prior to addressing the 42st plenary meeting on the morning of 19 October.}