Secretary-General Meets BASIC Representatives in Durban
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with representatives of the BASIC group of developing countries on the sidelines of the COP17/CMP7 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. From left: Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China; Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests of India; Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa; and Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, Director of Environment and Special Themes in Brazil’s Ministry of External Affairs.