Rio Convention relates to either of the following three conventions which are results of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janerio in 1992. These conventions are
- UNFCCC, the abbreviation of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- CBD, the abbreviation of Convention on Biological Diversity
- UNCCD,the abbreviation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Famous quotes containing the words rio and/or convention:
“Americans living in Latin American countries are often more snobbish than the Latins themselves. The typical American has quite a bit of money by Latin American standards, and he rarely sees a countryman who doesn’t. An American businessman who would think nothing of being seen in a sport shirt on the streets of his home town will be shocked and offended at a suggestion that he appear in Rio de Janeiro, for instance, in anything but a coat and tie.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
“Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give.”
—United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.