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In 1983, Brundtland was invited by then United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to establish and chair the World Commission on Environment and Development ( WCED ), widely referred to as the Brundtland Commission, developing the broad political concept of sustainable development in the course of extensive public hearings that were distinguished by their inclusiveness and published its report Our Common Future in April 1987.
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The Chairman of the Commission, Gro Harlem Brundtland, was appointed by Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary General of the United Nations, in December 1983.
1983 and was
It was initially intended to be a next generation video game machine, but was redesigned as a general purpose computer after the North American video game crash of 1983.
Arbor Day was celebrated from 1983 until 1999 in South Africa, when the national government extended it to National Arbor Week, which lasts from 1 – 7 September.
The Electron was developed during 1983 as a cheap sibling for the BBC Micro with the intention of capturing the low-cost Christmas sales market for that year.
It was announced early in 1983 with a fall introduction at the target price of $ 500 for plug-in AppleNet cards for the Lisa and the Apple II.
This was a topic of major commercial effort at the time, dominating shows like the National Computer Conference ( NCC ) in Anaheim in May 1983.
By late 1983 it was clear that IBM's Token Ring would not be ready in time for the launch of the Mac, and might miss the launch of these other products as well.
As trading became tighter in the petroleum market, and Aston Martin was requiring more time and money, Gauntlett agreed to sell Hays / Pace to the Kuwait Investment Office in September 1983.
( A revised 2-port model was released in 1983, along with a game adapter that allowed gamers to play all 2600 games.
The system had been designed in 1983 through 1984 with an intended mass market rollout in June 1984, but was canceled shortly thereafter due to the sale of the company to Tramiel Technology Ltd on July 2, 1984.
In 1963, Rowney ( now part of Daler-Rowney Ltd since 1983 ) was the first manufacturer to introduce an artist ’ s acrylic color in Europe, under the brand name Cryla.
Michigan Opera Theatre was the first major American opera company to present the work in 1983, and again in November 2009.
Aquino, a former Senator and a leading figure of the political opposition, was assassinated in 1983 at the Manila International Airport ( now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ) upon returning home from exile.
The treaty was undisturbed until Ronald Reagan announced his Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) on March 23, 1983.
This seat was abolished in the 1983 general election and replaced with the present constituency of Hyndburn ( UK Parliament constituency ).
The HARM missile was approved for full production in March 1983, and then deployed in late 1985 with VA-72 and VA-46 aboard the aircraft carrier USS America.
In 1983, the American National Standards Institute formed a committee, X3J11, to establish a standard specification of C. After a long and arduous process, the standard was completed in 1989 and ratified as ANSI X3. 159-1989 " Programming Language C ." This version of the language is often referred to as " ANSI C ", or sometimes " C89 " ( to distinguish it from C99 ).
A. Panitz's patent, was developed by Mike Miller starting in 1983 and culminated with the first prototype in 1986.
The Bronx was the setting for the 1983 film Fuga dal Bronx, also known as Bronx Warriors 2 and Escape 2000, an Italian B-movie best known for its appearance on the television series Mystery Science Theatre 3000.
The first BBS using the Apple Macintosh platform was the Austin Arts BBS, which was a dial-up system developed by Bill Hood of the School of Screenprinting in 1983.
The British strategic bombing force largely came to an end when the V bomber force was phased out ; the last of which left service in 1983.
Factional infighting developed between moderates in the CSP and radicals led by Captain Thomas Sankara, who was appointed prime minister in January 1983.
It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.
Philippe Kahn was at all times Chairman, President, and CEO of Borland Inc. from its inception in 1983 until he left in 1995.
1983 and invited
* 1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
In 1983, he was invited to record a session on the John Peel BBC Radio show with his band, performing six poems, which was his first professional engagement.
Following the disbandment of The Undertones in 1983, Feargal Sharkey was invited by former Depeche Mode keyboardist Vince Clarke and recording engineer Eric Radcliffe to sing as a guest vocalist upon the single " Never Never ", which was released by The Assembly in 1983.
In December 1983, continuing in her role as " America's Youngest Ambassador ", she was invited to Japan, where she met with the Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and attended the Children's International Symposium in Kobe.
In 1983 the Maharishi invited government leaders to interact with his organization called " World Government " that same year he organized a two week " collective meditation " at Maharishi International University in Iowa with the goal of purifying world consciousness.
Inspired by the Stop the City actions of 1983 and 1984, Class War organised a number of ' Bash The Rich ' demonstrations, in which supporters were invited to march through and disrupt wealthier areas of London such as Kensington, and Henley-on-Thames ( during the annual Regatta ), bearing banners and placards with slogans such as " Behold your future executioners!
This led to his being invited to present coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show for BBC television in 1983, something Titchmarsh has now hosted every year up to the present ( 2011 ).
He stayed at Columbia University and earned his PhD in Cultural Anthropology there, and was immediately invited to teach at University of California, Berkeley ( 1983 ) and then at Johns Hopkins University ( 1983 – 1991 ).
Sweet Jayne split up in 1983 when Chris Scheri ( flute and vocals ) and Cris Bonacci ( guitar ) were invited to the U. K. to work for Mike Oldfield.
In January 1983 he invited Cardinal Ratzinger to Notre-Dame, where the latter criticized new catechisms proposed by a large part of the French clergy.
In 1983 Amtrak revived the California Zephyr and invited one of the original " Zephyrettes ", Beulah Bauman ( née Eckland ), to host the first trip.
In 1983 Jones hired the Marquee Club in London and invited record labels to come and see him perform.
In 1981, 1982, 1983 he was invited by the violinist Gidon Kremer, to be the stage designer in the Festival of chamber music in Lockenhaus, Austria ( Lockenhauskamermusikfest ).
In 1981 the number of players invited to compete was increased to 12, and then increased again to 16 in 1983.
" In 1983, I was invited to the White House for the state visit of Prime Minister Ratu Mara of Fiji.
In 1983, a year after she had published her fifth book of poems, she was named Adjunct Professor in the English Department and became the " Visiting Hurst Professor " in 1987, the year she was invited to be a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Sobol's international career started in 1983 with the Haifa production of his play Weininger's Night ( The Soul of a Jew ), which was invited to participate in the official part of the Edinburgh Festival.
In 1983, Donahue Schriber Real Estate, the manager of the Glendale Galleria, invited the Cherngs to develop a fast-food version of Panda Inn for the Galleria's food court, and Panda Express was born.
In 1983, Cheng was invited by the chairman of Sing Tao Holdings, Sally Aw Sian, to return to Hong Kong and lead the Group ’ s advertising, marketing and business development.
Carlton invited him to try out again in the 1983 pre-season, but again he was rejected.
Relations with official " peace " groups in those countries were tricky, and the Czech government tried to incorporate the initiative into their showpiece pro-Warsaw Pact 1983 conference in Prague-however the group did not partake, although a few members lobbied delegates outside, and were invited in for one discussion ).
He had first recorded with The Temptations in 1983 on their Back to Basics album, when he was invited to perform lead vocals on the album track, " Stop the World Right Here ( I Wanna Get Off )," filling in for an exhausted Dennis Edwards.
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