THE RIO+20 FIASCO
The UN Conference for Sustainable Development ended in fiasco. US$150 million were spent to promote it. Money down the drain. It would have been better used towards for the preservation of forests.
The final document approved by 193 countries is worthless. Since no country, particularly the richer ones, wanted to commit to short term measures, the text suffered many cuts so as not to upset anyone but it upset Ban Ki-moon the UN Secretary General himself. The following day, under pressure from Brazil, he reconsidered. He denied what he had said and defended the document in which the suggestions of civil society were not considered.