20th Session of UN Human Rights Council comes to a close
The current session of the UN Human Rights Council's 20th session is expected to wrap up on Friday as the Council's 47 Member States continue consideration of draft resolutions, some of which may be agreed by consensus, and others may be voted on. How to follow what's...
Final Photos from Rio+20
UN Photo's Mark Garten took these photos at Friday's closing ceremony at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. More photos Conference website
Rio+20 Wrap-up: Vital Stats
With unprecedented participation from people hailing from all corners of the globe, thousands of events were held in the lead-up to and during Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, including more than 500 official and side events at the Riocentro Convention...
Rio+20 = commitments, commitments, commitments
A major milestone for the Future We Want was achieved at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development with the announcement on Friday, 22 June, that 700 concrete commitments have been registered from governments, business and industry, financial institutions...
Mashable’s Pete Cashmore talks Rio+20
UN News Centre's Florencia Soto-Nino met up with Mashable Founder and CEO Pete Cashmore at the the Rio+Social event held alongside the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Here are his answers to three questions about the Future We Want. How...
Special music performance at Rio+20
In addition to the announcement of 692 committments totalling $513 billion US dollars, winners of the Rio+20 Global Rockstar Contest performed at Riocentro on Friday for attendees at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. Take a look at these...
Special Rio+20 Stamps
As attendees make their way home from the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development at which 692 committments totalling 513 billion US dollars were announced, postcards and letters with special stamps are also making their way around the world. Take...
Final day of Rio+20!
After years of preparation, months of negotiations, hundreds of side events and the participation of tens of thousands of people from across the globe, the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development is expected to wrap up on Friday! The plenary session continues at...
What was it like to be in Rio for both the 1992 and 2012 conferences?
In this blog post, spokesperson for Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development and veteran United Nations staff member Pragati Pascale reflects on her experience being at the first Rio Earth Summit. How did you get involved with the first Earth Summit, and what...