United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during June 5–16, 1972.

When the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the 1972 Stockholm Conference, taking up the offer of the Government of Sweden to host it,[1] UN Secretary-General U Thant invited Maurice Strong to lead it as Secretary-General of the Conference, as the Canadian diplomat (under Pierre Trudeau) had initiated and already worked for over two years on the project.[2][3]

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was created as a result of this conference.[4]

  1. ^ Report of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 5-16 June 1972, chapter 6, section 5, accessed 14 September 2019
  2. ^ "08-l.jpg". legal.un.org. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  3. ^ Strong, Maurice; Introduction by Kofi Annan (2001). Where on Earth are We Going? (Reprint ed.). New York, London: Texere. pp. 120–136. ISBN 1-58799-092-X.
  4. ^ Najam, Adil (2005). "Developing Countries and Global Environmental Governance: From Contestation to Participation to Engagement". International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 5 (3): 303–321. doi:10.1007/s10784-005-3807-6. ISSN 1567-9764. S2CID 16813351.

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