Formally known as the World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED), the Brundtland Commission's mission is to
unite countries to pursue sustainable development together. The
Chairman of the Commission, Gro Harlem Brundtland, was appointed
by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, former Secretary General of the
United Nations, in December 1983. At the time, the UN General
Assembly realized that there was a heavy deterioration of the
human environment and natural resources. To rally countries to
work and pursue sustainable development together, the UN decided
to establish the Brundtland Commission. Gro Harlem Brundtland
was the former Prime Minister of Norway and was chosen due to
her strong background in the sciences and public health. The
Brundtland Commission officially dissolved in December 1987
after releasing Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland
Report, in October 1987, a document which coined, and defined
the meaning of the term "Sustainable Development". The
organization Center for Our Common Fu