Saturday, 23 June 2012 05:44

'In a 53-page statement issued on Friday in Rio de Janeiro, 191 UN members voiced concerns at entrenched poverty and ecological degradation.
The document, titled "Sustainable Development Goals," called for replacing the UN's Millennium Development Goals from 2015.
The statement expressed dismay that over a billion people live in extreme poverty in the world, and presented a plan for a cure. It categorized global warming as "one of the greatest challenges of our time."'
Read more: Rio+20 Ends, Adopts Environment, Poverty Blueprint














