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Japanese, South African foreign ministers in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane shake hands in Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 2012, at a bilateral meeting during their visit to Brazil to attend the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Christiana Figueres (front L), executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hug after the U.N. climate talks reached an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

DURBAN, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (L) attends an informal meeting at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 10, 2011.

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COP17 launches ministerial-level talks

DURBAN, South Africa - (From L to R) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, South African President Jacob Zuma and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane are seen during ministerial-level talks at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (C) speaks at a press conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Oct. 21, 2011, after a two-day ministerial-level preparatory talks for a key U.N. climate conference. The U.N. climate change conference is scheduled to be held from late November to early December, 2011, in South Africa.

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COP17 launches ministerial-level talks

DURBAN, South Africa - (From L to R) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, South African President Jacob Zuma and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane are seen during ministerial-level talks at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Christiana Figueres (front L), executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hug after the U.N. climate talks reached an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012. (Kyodo)

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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

DURBAN, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (L) attends an informal meeting at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

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South African foreign minister Nkoana-Mashabane

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa - South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (C) speaks at a press conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Oct. 21, 2011, after a two-day ministerial-level preparatory talks for a key U.N. climate conference. The U.N. climate change conference is scheduled to be held from late November to early December, 2011, in South Africa. (Kyodo)