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The UN Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20, holds its plenary session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June. World leaders are gathered at the summit event for talks on poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection, and are set to adopt a political text based on sustainable development pillars.

Members of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability brief the press on the Panel’s report, “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing”. From right: Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu of South Africa; Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway; Tarja Halonen, fromer President of Finland; and Janos Pasztor, Executive Secretary of the Panel.