at the recently held meeting of the 11th Commission on Sustainable Development (csd-11), a roadmap was charted to monitor the progress of commitments made during last year's World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The csd-11's meet took place at the un headquarters in the us, from April 28 to May 9. It was arguably the first serious follow-up to track the implementation of the wssd outcomes. The commission's strategy now includes comprehensive stocktaking of pledges made in the last two summits also.

csd-11, the apex intergovernmental body for sustainable development, has agreed on a strict timeframe to carry out the review and make further policy suggestions. For this, it has evolved a series of two-year, action-oriented, cyclical sessions called the