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Formal recognition would help protect those who increasingly risk their lives to defend the land, water, forests and wildlife, says the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment. By Jonathan Watts Global environment editor It is time for the United Nations to formally recognise the right to a healthy environment, according to the… Read More
Read here the conclusions and recommendations from the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. In this report the Special Rapporteur, John H. Knox, describes the importance of ecosystem services and biodiversity for the full enjoyment of human rights and… Read More
This is a Photo selection of the MONUSCO, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. See more photos at MONUSCO MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) – on 1 July 2010. The original mandate of… Read More
Excerpts from remarks made by Mr. Martin Kobler, Special Representative and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), during the Conference on Biodiversity held on June 6th 2014 in Kisangani. As between a proton and a neutron, there is a strong interaction between peace and stability. They are inseparable. Detach them from… Read More
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