What Bangladesh expects from Rio+20
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Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June 2012. World leaders and thousands of participants from governments, private sectors, NGOs and other groups will meet. Reduction of poverty, advancing the cause of social equity and protection of environment will be on the agenda. There are two main themes of this conference: (a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable development, which also focuses on seven critical issues of the world such as green jobs, energy, sustainable cities, food security and sustainable agriculture, water, oceans and disaster readiness. Given the recent world climate situation, this conference is very much effective for the third world countries, especially Bangladesh. But the question is what will be the expectation of Bangladesh from this kind of large conference, as Bangladesh is a victim climate change. The focus will be on sustainable development which is the main issue of this conference, and which consists of three pillars: economic development, social development and environmental protection. This is a large platform for Bangladesh to raise the issues and also try to reach a solution to develop our economic and social situation and also protect our environment. For this, we need to encounter the developed countries, those who create barriers to our proper development.
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