For Media
- Daily read-outs from Conference Secretary-General
- UN Media Advisory & Logistics for Rio+20
- Media advisory in French
- Media Accreditation
- Preliminary Information note
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- UN System Media Contacts
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Hotels for Press
Accommodation levels in Rio de Janeiro are anticipated to be at full occupancy during the conference. While it is not the responsibility of the United Nations to procure accommodation for the media, it should be noted that the Brazilian national organizing committee for Rio+20 has committed to blocking a minimum of 500 hotel rooms in Rio de Janeiro for media covering the conference. Costs must be covered by the media. For more details, visit: http://www.rio20.gov.br For information regarding room availability please contact: Terramar Travel Agency
Emails: reservas2@terramar.tur.br or reservas4@terramar.tur.br or reservas8@terramar.tur.br
Tel: (+55+21) 35120067 or (+55+11) 30142042 or (+55+19) 35145600
Media representatives must present their approval letter and copy rio20.hoteis@itamaraty.gov.br when requesting their accommodations.
Information
- Published on: 25 Oct 2011
- Source: Environmental Finance / Christopher Cundy
- More information
Rio+20 conference ?in need of help?
Preparations for next year?s landmark UN Conference on Sustainable Development are under pressure in terms of both time and money, according to David Runnalls, outgoing president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Speaking at a UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative meeting in Washington, DC on 20 October, Runnalls told delegates about a conversation with Maurice Strong, who oversaw the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janerio, about preparations for the ?Rio+20? meeting on 4-6 June 2012.
?In the planning for Rio, [Strong said] he had about two-and-a-half times as much time to plan the conference, as the secretariat for Rio+20 has, and he reckoned he had about four or five times the budget ... Those of you who follow the discussions know that they are not proceeding very rapidly. We are eight months before the conference and they are still in search of a final agenda,? Runnalls said.
?The conference is going to need fair bit of help,? he added.
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Speaking at a UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative meeting in Washington, DC on 20 October, Runnalls told delegates about a conversation with Maurice Strong, who oversaw the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janerio, about preparations for the ?Rio+20? meeting on 4-6 June 2012.
?In the planning for Rio, [Strong said] he had about two-and-a-half times as much time to plan the conference, as the secretariat for Rio+20 has, and he reckoned he had about four or five times the budget ... Those of you who follow the discussions know that they are not proceeding very rapidly. We are eight months before the conference and they are still in search of a final agenda,? Runnalls said.
?The conference is going to need fair bit of help,? he added.
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