Institution of Surveyors Victoria
1999: United Nations–FIG International Conference
### 1999: United Nations–FIG International Conference

The Victorian Division of ISA was a co\-organizer of the joint United Nations–FIG International Conference on Land Tenure and Cadastral Infrastructures for Sustainable Development which was held in Melbourne on 24\-27 October 1999\. Around three hundred delegates, from some thirty countries, attended the Conference, with [Peter Costigan](/wiki/Peter_Costigan "Peter Costigan"), the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, welcoming delegates and the official opening by Ms. JoAnne DiSano, Director of the Sustainable Development Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The Conference embraced multiple themes including land, water, tenure reform, indigenous rights, women’s rights, the information revolution and government/institutional reform. The joint UN\-FIG Bathurst Declaration on Land Administration for Sustainable Development was launched at the Conference. The Declaration was prepared the previous week at a workshop in Bathurst, New South Wales. The workshop involved forty representatives from around the world, including the World Bank, five United Nations agencies plus other delegates from civil society and academe.<https://www.fig.net/news/archive/melbourne/melbourne.asp>


What were some of the themes discussed at the conference?