Environment, security, and UN reform

Environment, security, and UN reform

by Imber, Mark

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"In a post-Cold War world, a world at peace, over 12 million Third-World children die from preventable causes every year. That is one million children every month. These casualties of poverty and the appalling environmental conditions typical of many developing countries, are the equivalent to the casualties that would be caused by repeating the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki every three days. The conventional language of 'security' and 'environmental quality' is severely tested when we conf…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Environment, security, and UN reform / Mark F. Imber.

Summary

"In a post-Cold War world, a world at peace, over 12 million Third-World children die from preventable causes every year. That is one million children every month. These casualties of poverty and the appalling environmental conditions typical of many developing countries, are the equivalent to the casualties that would be caused by repeating the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki every three days. The conventional language of 'security' and 'environmental quality' is severely tested when we confront the need for environmental security, as a post-Cold War imperative. This book studies the interplay of three particular facets of the connection between environment and development: the role of Third-World debt in perpetuating both poverty and environmental damage; the extension of the 'common-heritage of mankind' concept to include, not only the seas, but also the atmosphere and climate system, both to protect the commons and raise resources for development; and the reform of the UN in the aftermath of the many promises made at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit (UNCED)."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1994.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):St. Martin's Press
  • Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1994.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 180 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0312121687, 9780312121686, 0312121695, 9780312121693, 0333605896, 9780333605899, 033360590X, 9780333605905
  • oclc:ocm29878068
  • LC Classification:GE160.D44
  • Dewey Decimal:327.17

Table of Contents

1. Two Hiroshimas Every Week -- 2. Debt, Poverty and Environment -- 3. The Global Commons -- 4. The UNEP Role -- 5. Two Cheers for Rio, 1992 -- 6. Beyond UNCED: Revenues and Reforms -- Appendix 1: The Stockholm Principles (1972) -- Appendix 2: General Assembly Resolution 43/196 -- Appendix 3: Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.

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Subjects

developing countries Diplomatieke betrekkingen Environmental degradation Environmental degradation -- Developing… environmental policy Environmental policy -- Developing coun… Environmental protection Environmental responsibility Environmental responsibility -- Develop… Milieuvraagstuk United Nations Environment Programme Verenigde Naties

Writers

Imber, Mark

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