As delegates ended the three-day Rio+20 summit with a 53-page statement called "The Future We Want," activists slammed the U.N. conference on sustainable development as a "failure of epic proportions." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the document as a "firm foundation for social, economic and environmental well-being." "Rio+20 has affirmed fundamental principles -- renewed essential commitments -- and given us new direction," Ban said in a statement. Five cities fighting for climate survival But the conservation group Greenpeace said the summit, formally known as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, was "over before it started." "One by one, the few proposed commitments and targets were deleted," Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo said in a statement.
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Campaigners call Rio+20 summit a "hoax" and a "failure of epic proportions"
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The three-day meeting ended with an agreement on the document "The Future We Want"
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Rio+20 "affirmed fundamental principles"
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$513 billion has been committed to a number of causes, the United Nations says
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