Why the UN General Assembly must back the right to a healthy environment
On 28 July 2022, UN General Assembly votes on a draft resolution (co-sponsored by Switzerland) recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable #environment, following the adoption of a similar resolution by the UN Human Rights Council in October 2021.
UN News, 22 July 2022
In late July, the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft resolution recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland presented the draft text to the 193-member Assembly, the UN’s most representative body, last June, following the landmark resolution adoption of a similar text adopted in October 2021 by the UN Human Rights Council.
