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"en.20110929.18.4-222-000"2
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"In June 2012, all eyes will be on Rio de Janeiro, where Heads of State or Government will gather for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, 20 years after the first ‘Earth Summit’. Rio+20 will be built on the foundations of the previous global summits: the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm (1972), the Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro (1992) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (2002). It offers a unique opportunity to confirm political commitments in the area of sustainable development. It may be the start of an accelerated, profound and worldwide transition to an environmentally sustainable economy – an economy generating growth, creating jobs and eliminating poverty by investing in and protecting the natural capital on which the long-term survival of our planet depends. At the same time, it could kick off a necessary reform of international governance of sustainable development. We still face global environmental, economic and social challenges on a massive scale. Rio+20 is an important opportunity to promote sustainable development throughout the world. The conference should not only bring about declarations of good intent – only through concrete steps will Rio+20 become a significant milestone in the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy and to better governance. I take the view that, through a common effort, we can ensure concrete, effective steps that will have a real impact on the whole world."@en1
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