Meetings & Events

Rio+20 Celebrates Anniversary of 1992 Earth Summit

15 June 2012

A special ceremony is held at the "Rio+20" UN Conference on Sustainable Development to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the landmark 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
From left: John W. Ashe, Co-Chair of the Rio+20 Conference; Izabella Mônica Vieira Teixeira, Minister of the Environment of Brazil; Sha Zukang, Secretary-General of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development; Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (centre), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil; Fernando Collor de Mello, former President of Brazil; Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 Earth Summit and Kim Sook, Co-chair of the Rio+20 Conference.

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