World must place human rights at heart of environmental protection: UNEP Executive Director

World must place human rights at heart of environmental protection: UNEP Executive Director


The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reaffirmed its commitment to place human rights at the heart of its work at a high-level event in Geneva today to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“No one person, community or nation should put themselves above another,” UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen said. “Humanity’s future depends on pulling together, not apart, to overcome the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss and the crisis of pollution and waste. So, we at UNEP are recommitting to placing human rights at the heart of our work.”





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