United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 3-14 June 1992

United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali opened the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) - or Earth Summit - on 3 June 1992.

Roslyn Joan Kelly, Minister of State for the Arts, Sport, Environment and Territories, Australia, signs the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on behalf of Australia. Witnessing the signing, from left to right, are Michael Zammit Cutajar, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for Framework Convention on Climate Change (INC/FCCC), and Marie-Louse Quere-Messing, Chief, Treaty Section, Office of Legal Affairs.