United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)

United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali opened the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) – or Earth Summit – on 3 June 1992, and Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil, was elected as President of the Conference. The Conference, by means of a resolution proposed by Brazil, adopted and recommended for endorsement by the General Assembly at its next regular session: the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development; a programme of action entitled "Agenda 21"; and a "Statement of Principles on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests".
Louis Armand Mihyemba Ouali, Minister for Environment and Tourism, Burkina Faso, signs the Convention on Biological Diversity on behalf of Burkina Faso. Witnessing the signing is Francoise Belmont, Chief of Office of Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). [No exact date]