The First Global Summit of Legislators will be hosted by the Government of Brazil, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, GLOBE International and GLOBE Brazil, on the weekend prior to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The Summit will seek to place national legislation, natural capital and scrutiny at the heart of implementing the UNCSD agenda. The event will be attended by heads of Senates, Congresses, Parliaments, and Chairs of relevant parliamentary committees and will negotiate a legislator’s protocol to be ratified in the respective legislatures of the participating parliaments.  

dates: 15-17 June 2012   location: Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil   contact: GLOBE International   phone: +44-0-20 7222 6960   fax: +44-0-20 7222 6959   e-mail: info@globeinternational.org   www: http://www.globeinternational.info/2011/rio-2012-globe-to-host-1st-world-summit-of-legislators/