VOL. XXXV

NO. 38

22-JUNE-1992

General

Earth Summit Closes in Rio

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - the EarthSummit - ended in Rio de Janeiro on June 14 amid both praise and criticism fromorganizers, delegates from some 180 countries, and hundreds of non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs), many of which were environmental groups. Despite thegeneral tone of cooperation at the meeting, it was clear that the environmentremains a point of controversy between North and South....