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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

In Rio 20, the final declaration was adopted ... before the opening of the summit


Brazilian negotiators in Rio 20 are satisfied the 130 heads of state and government expected to Rio de Janeiro to attend the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, from Wednesday 20 to Friday, June 22, will find upon arrival a final declaration already tied up, or almost. A text was indeed adopted Tuesday, June 19 by all negotiators, after the European Union , which blocked any agreement since yesterday due to a number of differences, particularly on the status of the Program UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has obtained satisfaction. "This declaration is adopted as a text to be submitted to heads of state, said the French minister of development, Pascal Canfin . Formally, these can be in grasp . " In reality, it is unlikely that the leaders attending the Rio decided to reopen the debate and edit the text. They can therefore be simply to mount the rostrum and welcomed an agreement that most non-governmental organizations in Rio as very disappointing. Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International , speaks of a "resounding failure" . The representative of the Congo during the negotiations did ask, at the final plenary session, that UNEP be renamed United Nations Environment to mark the strengthening of its powers and means, but it has little likely to be followed. TheUnited States has responded immediately, explaining that they would request to reopen the discussion on other points if the subject came back to the negotiating table.

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