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Obstacles In The Way Of Making Healthy Environment Human Rights!

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Britain and the US are among the few countries that are putting obstacles in the way of making a clean environment a human right.  Although most countries are in support of this proposal. A resolution has been brought in the United Nations this week in which there will be a provision to make healthy environment a human right.  However, there are reports that some countries are not in favor of this proposal, including Britain and America.  The Human Rights Council in Geneva may adopt this resolution this week.  Although the opposing countries may demand voting, but all countries including Costa Rica, Maldives and Switzerland are in support of this proposal.  Environmentalists say that if this proposal is passed, pressure will increase on all countries to come together with more than a hundred countries that have already given clean air a legal status. Important for the vulnerable The World Health Organization estimates that every year more than one crore 37 lakh ...