Johannesburg
The World Summit on Sustainable Development was held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002. These meetings were held ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro (see Earth Summit).
The leaders of the member states met this time to discuss sustainable development organizations. However, the U.S. president, George Bush opposed the summit, although he did send then Secretary of State, Colin Powell to speak briefly. The president’s main objection was to a focus on global warming, a scientific fact that he and other conservatives deny and say is false. As a result of the U.S., the world’s largest polluter, not participating in the summmit, it wasn’t as effective as it could have been.
Still, they agreed on what is known as the Johanesburg statement in which they pledge to focus on “the worldwide conditions that pose severe threats to the sustainable development of our people, which include: chronic hunger; malnutrition; foreign occupation; armed conflict; illicit drug problems; organized crime; corruption; natural disasters; illicit arms trafficking; trafficking in persons; terrorism; intolerance and incitement to racial, ethnic, religious and other hatreds; xenophobia; and endemic, communicable and chronic diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.”
Note
The layout of the stamps on this album page are unappealing. I don’t like two vertical strips like this. I couldn’t find the stamps altogether like Leuchtturm intended. Instead, I have them in pairs. I may one day design a replacement page with the stamp distributed in pairs or singles. I think that would look better.
Contains 8 spots: own 8 – 8 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Dec 14, 2025
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
824 |
34 (may 2002) |
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✓ |
825 |
34 (may 2002) |
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✓ |
826 |
80 (may 2002) |
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✓ |
827 |
80 (may 2002) |
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✓ |
828 |
37 (jun 2002) |
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✓ |
829 |
37 (jun 2002) |
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✓ |
830 |
60 (jun 2002) |
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✓ |
831 |
60 (jun 2002) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
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