Second Round of Rio+20 Informal-Informal Negotiations concludes

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Second Round of Rio+20 Informal-Informal Negotiations concludes - A step closer to reaching consensus?

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Mercoledì 23 Maggio 2012 10:18

Two weeks of informal-informal negotiations on the outcome document (previously known as the Zero Draft) for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) took place at UN Headquarters (UNHQ) from 23 April through 4 May. In-depth, often intense discussions lasted into evening sessions and were split into two working groups: Working Group I, which addressed sections III (green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication) and V (framework for action and follow-up), and Working Group II, which addressed sections I (Preamble), II (Renewing Political Commitment,) and IV (Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development, or IFSD). Co-Chairs John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda) and Kim Sook (Republic of Korea) alternated facilitation of the two groups. (...)

The article:
http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article3859

Meeting daily web coverage:

http://www.iisd.ca/uncsd/iinzod2/

http://www.iisd.ca/uncsd/iinzod2/enbots/

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Passato...prossimo:

http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4480:first-round-of-rio20-negotiations&catid=33:ambiente&Itemid=58

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