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Rio+20: Third PrepCom and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)

13-22 June 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Highlights from Friday, 15 June

The third meeting of the UNCSD PrepCom concluded at 12:16 am on Saturday, 16 June 2012, following a full day of negotiations in multiple “splinter” groups and a decision by the PrepCom to ask Brazil to conduct “pre-conference informal consultations led by the host country.” A special ceremony to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, and side events, events in the Pavilions in Athlete’s Park, and numerous other events took place throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 Earth Summit, speaks to the press after a special ceremony to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit

Izabella Teixeira, Brazilian Environment Minister

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

A view of the front row during the evening plenary session with delegations from Brazil, Palestine, Egypt and Algeria

A view of the dais during the closing plenary of the Preparatory Committee

Maurice Strong receives a standing ovation after his speech during a special ceremony to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit (l-r: Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 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 Preparatory Committee

Fernando Collor de Mello, former President of Brazil

Izabella Teixeira, Brazilian Environment Minister, Rio+20 Secretary-General Sha Zukang, Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of External Relations of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, former President of Brazil, and Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 Earth Summit

Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Brazil, Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, and PrepCom Co-Chair Kim Sook

Fernando Collor de Mello, former President of Brazil, and Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 Earth Summit

SIDS Focus exhibit

Kenza Robinson, Secretariat, with a Brazilian youth delegate

Delegates consulting in informal groups

Maurice Strong enters the plenary hall for the special ceremony commemorating 20 years since the 1992 Earth Summit

Kenza Robinson, Secretariat, Hermina Johnny, Secretariat, and Jimena
Leiva, Guatemala, facilitator of the group on SCP, water and climate change

Delegates from Belarus, the EU, the US, the G-77/China and Canada, consulting with Rueanna Haynes of Trinidad and Tobago, facilitator of the group on SIDS/Regions

Mourad Benmehidi, Algerian Ambassador to the UN and Chair of the G-77/China (center), and Co-Chair Kim Sook

Idunn Eidheim, Norway (center), facilitating the group on IFSD, as Co-Chair Kim Sook looks on (right)

SIDSnet table

Delegates in the group on Means of Implementation

Mourad Benmehidi, Algerian Ambassador to the UN and Chair of the G-77/China (center), and Co-Chair John Ashe

Delegates from the EU and the G-77/China

Delegates in the Means of Implementation group

Participants post their "Vision for the Future"

Thibault Devanlay, EU, and John Matuszak, US

Delegates from the G-77/China and the EU consulting on water

A view of the room during the food and agriculture group

Delegates from the G-77/China consulting with the US on water

Rueanna Haynes of Trinidad and Tobago, facilitator of the group on SIDS/Regions, with Co-Chair John Ashe

Jimena Leiva, Guatemala, and Farrukh Khan, Pakistan

Kimo Goree, IISD Reporting Services, and Ambassador Marcos Castrioto de Azambuja, lead Brazilian negotiator of UNCED in 1992

Sha Zukang, Secretary-General of Rio+20, Ambassador Marcos Castrioto de Azambuja and Maurice Strong

Youth call for a 10 Year Framework of Programmes on SCP

Co-Chair Kim Sook and Fernando Collor de Mello, former President of Brazil

Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD, and Braulio Diaz, Executive Secretary, CBD

EU delegates consulting on SCP

One of the youngest participants at Rio+20

Brice Lalonde, Rio+20 Co-Executive Coordinator, and Fernando Coimbra and Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Brazil

Melchiade Bukuru, UNCCD Secretariat, Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD, and Ositadimna Anaedu, Nigeria

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Implementation of Agenda 21, the programme for the further implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

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