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Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20)

23 April - 04 May 2012 | UN headquarters, New York, United States of America

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Highlights for Wednesday, 25 April 2012

On Wednesday, 25 April, delegates continued informal negotiations on the draft outcome document for the UNCSD. Working Group 1 (WG1) continued discussions on Section V (Framework for Action) in morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Working Group 2 (WG2) concluded a second reading on Section II (Renewing Political Commitment), and began a second reading on Section IV (IFSD) in the evening. A number of side events were also convened.

School group visiting UN Headquarters

Keri Holland, US (left), talking to Co-Chair Kim Sook (right)

Delegates from Republic of Korea preparing for the Working Group

The US delegation consulting before session

Walter Schuldt, Ecuador, speaking for the G-77/China, comments on text in Working Group 1

Denis Piminov, Russian Federation, intervenes in Working Group 1

Working Group 1 in session

Jorge Laguna-Celis, Mexico, and Kathryn Yarlett, Australia

Andre Correado Lago, Brazil, (right) consulting during the conference

World Bank representatives

Major Groups observers

Working Group 2 in session led by Co-Chair John Ashe

G-77/China representatives

Henrik Hahn and Erik Laursen, Denmark

Brianna Peterson, Canada

Peter Sidler and Daniel Ziegerer, Switzerland

Anders Wallberg, Amanda Olson and Martin Mossberg, Sweden

Simonne Levavi, Israel (right)

Delegates from Bolivia and Brazil consulting during Working Group 1 on the section related to harmony with nature

Around the venue

Representatives of Youth and Women attending the Commission on Population and Development

Remi Parmentier, Varda Group, talking to participants during the lunch break

Langston James Goree VI, Director of IISD chatting with Geneviève Verbrugge of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

Participant getting IISD's Earth Negotiations Bulletin summarizing negotiations of the previous day

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