Meetings & Events

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 3-14 June 1992

3 June 1992

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 President of the Conference.
Maurice Strong (second on left) makes a statement at the opening of the Conference on 3 June at Rio Centro. Mr. Strong, who serves as Secretary-General of UNCED, also presided as Secretary-General of the Environmental Conference at Stockholm, 5-16 June 1972. Seated at the presiding table, from left to right, are Nitin Desai, Deputy Secretary-General of the Conference; Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali; Mr. Collor de Mello; and Miles Stoby, Secretary of the Conference.

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