UPPSC 2012 General Studies I Solved Paper

(a) The United Nations Convention on Climate Change ratified by more than 50 countries became effective on ${21}^{\mathit{s}\mathit{t}}$ March, 1994. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environment treaty adopted on $9^{\mathit{t}\mathit{h}}$ May, 1992 and opened for signature at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from $3^{\mathit{r}\mathit{d}}$ to${14}^{\mathit{t}\mathit{h}}$ June, 1992. It entered into force on ${21}^{\mathit{s}\mathit{t}}$ March 1994 after a sufficient number of countries had ratified it.