 Since then, the necessity to strengthen relations between the UN and civil society has been emphasized in various documents, in particular in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of September 2000.The commitment of Member States to give greater opportunities to NGOs has been reaffirmed in the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document (para 172-174).This was again reaffirmed during the 2012 Rio+20 outcome document called "The Future we Want".