Africa-Press – Angola. Angola joined the countries that voted in favor of the resolution, having participated in the negotiations of the text A/76/L75, approved at the 97th plenary session of the General Assembly.
Last Thursday, July 28, the UN General Assembly approved resolution 76/300, declaring a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right.
The decision encourages countries to implement international commitments for the conservation and sustainability of the environment in the face of climate change and increase efforts to achieve them.
The document also emphasizes that everyone will suffer the aggravated effects of environmental crises if they do not cooperate to avoid them.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reacted to the “historic resolution” by underlining that the document demonstrates that member states can unite in the collective struggle against the triple planetary crisis of climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution.
In a note, it emphasizes that the decision will help to reduce environmental injustices, cover protection gaps and empower people, especially those in vulnerability, including environmental human rights defenders, children, youth, women and indigenous peoples.
Guterres believes the measure will also help States to accelerate the implementation of environmental and human rights obligations and commitments.
The resolution emphasizes that environmental damage has negative implications, both direct and indirect, for the effective enjoyment of all human rights.
For the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, David Boyd, the resolution “has the potential to be a turning point for humanity, improving the lives and enjoyment of human rights for billions of individuals, as well as the health of the planet”.
It adds that everyone’s health and quality of life depend directly on clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, sustainably produced food to eat, non-toxic environments, a safe climate and healthy biodiversity and ecosystems.
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