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The United Nations and the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Maurice F. Strong
Maurice F. Strong
Affiliation:
Maurice F. Strong is secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.
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Extract

In these closing decades of the twentieth century modern man is a paradox of extremes. He possesses untold knowledge and wealth, but these have brought no universal end to the indignity of poverty and ignorance. He has conquered space, but on earth he is unable to overcome conflicts and inequities. His mastery of science and technology gives him unprecedented power, but his living world is threatened as at no time since his planetary home first gave him warmth and shelter.

Type
Part 1. Introduction
Information
International Organization , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , Spring 1972 , pp. 169 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1972

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