1. The 11th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in Johannesburg on 12-13 July 2012. H.E. Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission of China, H.E Ambassador Luiz Figueiredo Machado, Under Secretary for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology of the Ministry of External Relations, Brazil, H.E Ms Mira Mehrishi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, HE Ms Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, South Africa, and H.E Ambassador Mxakato-Diseko as representative of the COP17/CMP7 President participated in the meeting. In line with the 'BASIC-Plus' approach, Algeria (as Chair of G-77 & China), Swaziland (as Chair of the Africa Group), Nauru (as Chair of AOSIS), and Qatar (as incoming President of COP-18/CMP8) were invited to the meeting.
2. BASIC Ministers welcomed the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the adoption of the document The Future We Want, reaffirming the Rio Principles, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
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