Heads of State and Global Leaders Gather at Rio+20

Heads of States and Governments gather for a family photo at the opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20. The summit comes twenty years after Rio hosted the UN's landmark 1992 Conference on Environment and Development and emphasizes global policies for poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection. World leaders are gathered for the culminating segment in an effort to produce a comprehensive political document based on Sustainable development pillars.
Front row from left to right: François Hollande, President of France; Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the sixty-sixth session of the UN General Assembly; and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Back row from left to right: Sebastian Piñera Echeñique, President of Chile; Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros; Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo; and Leonel Fernández Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic.