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Rio+20 Conference Opens in Brazil
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bangs the gavel to mark the official opening of the UN’s Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
World leaders are gathered at the conference’s three-day culminating segment for talks on poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection, and are set to adopt an outcome document based on sustainable development pillars.
World leaders are gathered at the conference’s three-day culminating segment for talks on poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection, and are set to adopt an outcome document based on sustainable development pillars.
20 June 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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