As part of the preparatory process for the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (dubbed Rio+20) to be held in Rio de Janeiro in mid-2012, over 600 organizations have made submissions for inclusion in the "compilation document" which will be used to draft the final "outcome document". The second intersessional being held in New York, during December 2011, will review the compilation document and agree on the outline of the draft outcome document.
