Poverty's threat.

Publisher: United Nations Office of Public Information Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8305532 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0251-7329 (Print) Linking ISSN: 02517329 NLM ISO Abbreviation: UN Chron

Original Publication: [New York] : United Nations Office of Public Information, [1975-1996]

Climate* ; Developing Countries* ; Ecology* ; Economics* ; Environment* ; Environmental Pollution* ; International Agencies* ; Poverty* ; Social Planning* ; United Nations*; Conservation of Natural Resources ; International Cooperation ; Organizations ; Socioeconomic Factors

Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 047783. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00179714.
Keywords: Climate*; Developing Countries*; Development Planning*; Ecology*; Economic Development*; Economic Factors; Environment*; Environmental Degradation; Environmental Pollution*; Foreign Aid; International Agencies*; Macroeconomic Factors*; Natural Resources; Organizations; Poverty*; Socioeconomic Factors; Un*; World*
Note: TJ: UN CHRONICLE
Local Abstract: [PIP] In the debate on the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway, delegates to the UN General Assembly asserted that problems generated by the impact of poverty on the environment could not be solved by restricting aid to developing countries unless those countries promised to cease damaging their environment. Rather, most delegates agreed, aid should include the resources which would enable those countries to achieve "sustainable development," i.e., development that does not destroy the environment and deplete natural resources. The United States countered with the opinion that what is needed is not a UN organized "sustainable development program," but rather a grassroots "sustainable development movement" in all countries. Several delegates pointed out that it was the affluent countries which played a large part in the destruction of the environment. The Present of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, pointed out, for example, that the greenhouse effect, generated by the burning of fossil fuels, would raise the sea level 2 meters, virtually submerging his country. Mrs. Brundtland pointed out that it was not morally acceptable to suggest that the poor remain poor to protect the environment. Governments at all levels, she said, must include environmental concerns in their decision making in all sectors of governmental functioning, e.g., finance, industry, energy, and agriculture.

Date Created: 19880301 Date Completed: 19890407 Latest Revision: 20021004

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