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"The United Nations is a place where we practically have conferences every day, (but) this is the conference that should have the potential to decide the future of mankind."

Sha Zukang, secretary-general of Rio+20 and UN undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily in New York ahead of the Rio+20 Conference, scheduled to open on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Story p 11.