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14. Jun 2017. For decades, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland has championed health as a human right and puts sustainable development on the international agenda. In December 1983 the UN Secretary-General asked Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland to chair a World Commission on Environment and Development. She came to make strong impact on the commission’s work ...
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Gro Harlem Brundtland. Brundtland Report, publication released in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) that introduced the concept of sustainable development and described how it could be achieved. Sponsored by the United Nations (UN) and chaired by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, the WCED explored ...
Feb 24, 2015 · 5 minute read Feb. 24, 2015. Widely regarded as the “mother” of sustainable development, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland has been an advocate of public health, political activism and the environment for most of her life. As an environment minister, a prime minister, and a party leader in her home country of Norway, she gained international ...
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Gro Harlem Brundtland is a founding member of The Elders. With decades of experience as a global leader in public health and sustainable development, she served as Deputy Chair from May 2013 to August 2018 and assumed the role of Acting Chair following the death of Kofi Annan in August 2018, until Mary Robinson’s appointment as Chair in October 2018.
Gro Harlem Brundtland was the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold the office of prime minister in Norway. With two other periods as prime minister from 1986 to 1989 and 1990 to 1996, Dr. Brundtland was head of government for more than 10 years. Throughout her political career, Dr. Brundtland has developed a growing concern for ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian politician who was the first female prime minister of Norway, serving three terms (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96), and later was director general of the World Health Organization (1998–2003). Trained as a physician, she became identified with public health and environmental issues.
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland. Gro Harlem Brundtland, a medical doctor, was Norway’s first woman Prime Minister, serving a total of ten years as head of government between 1981 and 1996. She chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development – known as the Brundtland Commission – which articulated the principle of sustainable ...
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