The High-level Symposium on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) took place from 7-10 September 2011 in Beijing, China. It was co-organized by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the UNCSD Secretariat.
The Symposium aimed to facilitate in-depth discussions among government officials, experts and representatives from the UN system and Major Groups on both the objective and the two themes of Rio+20, with a view to formulating concrete proposals as a contribution to preparations for the Conference, to be held in Brazil in 2012.
Marijana Mance Kowalski, Director of the Directorate for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development in the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Dražana Halar, Counselor at the Energy and Mining Directorate of the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and Tania Valerie Raguž, First Secretary at the Croatian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, accompanied by the Ambassador of Croatia to China, Ante Simonić, attended the Symposium. Tania Valery Raguž moderated the „Addressing new and emerging issues“ panel discussion.