CED Hosts International Secretariat of Peoples' Sustainability Treaties for Rio+20

An international secretariat for the Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties is hosted by the Centre for Environment Development (CED) in Sri Lanka. The secretariat established under CED will be managed by a Project Director and an international team of resources persons and volunteers and. Each treaty facilitating partner organization will also provide a representative to build-up a volunteer global

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