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The Role of the UN in Environmental Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Richard N. Gardner
Richard N. Gardner
Affiliation:
Richard N. Gardner is the Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia University. He has served as a consultant to the secretary-general of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment on the international organizational implications of action proposals.
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Extract

During the first quarter century of the United Nations its non-political work has doinated by one subject—the economic development of the less developed countries. In this period “progress”tended to be measured in terms of gross national product (GNP), and “cooperaton” usally meant what the rich countries could do for the poor through aid, trade technical assistance.

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Part 3. International Institutions: Their Present and Potential Roles
Information
International Organization , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , Spring 1972 , pp. 237 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1972

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References

1 Kennan, George F., “To Prevent a World Wasteland: A Proposal,” Foreign Affairs, 04 1970 (Vol. 48, No. 3), pp. 401–413.Google Scholar

2 Institute on Man and Science, International Organization and the Human Environment: Proceedings of an International Conference, Rensselaerville, N.Y., May 1971, p. 21.

3 See Development and Environment, Report submitted by a panel of experts convened by the secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Founex, Switz., June 4–12, 1971. (Mimeographed.)

4 International Organization and the Human Environment.

5 International Institute for Environmental Affairs, The Human Environment: Science and International Decision-Making (1971).

6 Report of the Secretary-General to the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UN Document A/CONF. 48/PC. 11), paragraph 222.