UN: The right to a clean environment is a basic human right

China, India, Japan and Russia abstained

A “Special Rapporteur” has also been set up to monitor, inter alia, “how the adverse effects of climate change, including sudden disasters, affect the full and effective enjoyment of human rights”

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The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to recognize the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right.

A resolution 43 on zero adopted a resolution on a clean environment, which also called on states to step up their efforts to improve the environment, while four member states – China, India, Japan and Russia abstained.

The second resolution, voted 42: 1, established a “special rapporteur” who will, inter alia, monitor “how the adverse effects of climate change, including sudden disasters, affect much and effective enjoyment of human rights. “

Russia opposed this resolution, while China, Eritrea, India and Japan abstained.

At the two-day session of the Council of 47 members, the rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan was voted, a decision voted against by Pakistan.

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