In ceremonies on Earth Day 1995 (5 June) in Rio de Janeiro, soil from 16 countries was deposited into the Peace Monument, which was created by the Bahá'í community of Brazil in collaboration with the Bahá'í International Community in 1992 as an enduring symbol of the Earth Summit and the '92 Global Forum. The countries contributing this year were the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Guinea, Jordan, Latvia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Peru, the Philippines, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine and Vanatu -- bringing to 84 the total number of nations and territories that have sent soil. Shown at left are some of the diginitaries present for the ceremony. Pictured, left to right, are: Vasile Macovei, Consul-General of Romania; Antoaneta Macovei, his wife; João Grinberg, Consul-General of Latvia; livia Liepin of Latvia; Andreia Ronis of Latvia; Noemi Ronis of Latvia; Farhad Shayani of the Brazilian Bahá'í community; Ambassador Flávio Perry, representing the Governor of Rio de Janeiro; and Jean Pierre Ballaman, interim Consul of Switzerland.