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Also Known As Earth Summit • UNCED
Date June 3, 1992 - June 14, 1992
Location Brazil • Rio de Janeiro

Did You Know?

  • Conspiracy theorists have claimed that the UN plans to force suburban Americans into urban areas and to mandate contraception to control the population.
  • The U.S. Republican Party's 2012 platform described Agenda 21 as "erosive of American sovereignty."
  • Despite claims that the UN wields central powers to control human life on Earth through Agenda 21, there is nothing in the Agenda to this effect nor any evidence of this control in practice.

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