A mixed blessing
The recent historic declaration by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at the conclusion of its 57th session in Geneva has addressed the link between environment and human rights. The Commission concluded that everyone has the right to live in a world free from toxic pollution and environmental degradation.
As a follow up the Nairobi office of the United Nations Environment Programme( unep ) has hailed this decision and pressed for the organising of a seminar on strengthening environmental and human rights principles. The results of this seminar will be fed into the review for the world summit on sustainable development to be convened in Johannesburg in September 2002