brief introduction
World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5th every year. Its establishment reflects people's understanding and attitude towards environmental problems all over the world, and expresses human's yearning and pursuit for a beautiful environment. It is one of the main media for the United Nations to promote global environmental awareness, raise the government's attention to environmental issues and take action.
On June 5th every year, the United Nations Environment Programme selects a member country to hold the "World Environment Day" commemoration, publishes an annual report on the state of the environment and commends the "Top 500 in the world", and formulates the theme of "World Environment Day" according to the world's major environmental problems and environmental hotspots in that year, which is collectively called World Environmental Protection Day.
20 19 World Environment Day was hosted by China, and the home match was held in Hangzhou.
Development history
Since the 1960s, environmental pollution and ecological destruction have become increasingly serious worldwide, and environmental problems and environmental protection have gradually attracted the attention of the international community.
1On June 5th, 972, the United Nations held the first conference on the human environment in Stockholm, Sweden, and adopted the famous Declaration on the Human Environment and the Action Plan for Protecting the Global Environment, putting forward the slogan of "protecting and improving the environment for this generation and future generations". This is the first conference in human history to study and protect the human environment in the world.
11300 delegates from13 countries and regions suggested that the opening day of the conference be "World Environment Day".
The delegation of China actively participated in the drafting of the above-mentioned declaration and put forward the 32-word policy of the China government on environmental protection approved by Premier Zhou Enlai at the meeting: "Overall planning, rational layout, comprehensive utilization, turning harm into benefit, relying on the masses, jointly protecting the environment and benefiting the people."
In the same year, the 27th General Assembly of the United Nations decided to establish the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the basis of the recommendations of the Stockholm Conference, and designated June 5th as World Environment Day every year, requiring United Nations agencies and governments and organizations around the world to hold various activities to protect the environment and combat public hazards around June 5th every year. The United Nations Environment Programme also publishes the annual report on the state of the world environment on this day.
1972 From June 5th to June 6th, 16, the United Nations held a conference on human environment in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the first conference in human history to study and protect the human environment on a global scale, marking the awakening of human environmental awareness. [4] The meeting was attended by 1 13 countries, representing *** 1300 people. In addition to the government delegation, there are also folk scientists and scholars. The meeting discussed the environmental problems in the contemporary world and formulated countermeasures and measures. Before the meeting, morris strong, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, entrusted 152 celebrities from 58 countries to form a large committee, with Dr. Rene Dubos as the head of the expert advisory group, and drafted an informal report for the meeting-"Only One Earth". This meeting put forward a global environmental slogan: there is only one earth! After 12 days of discussion and exchange, the famous Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (hereinafter referred to as "Declaration on the Human Environment") and the Action Plan containing 109 proposal on protecting the global environment were formed and published, calling on governments and people of all countries to maintain and improve the human environment for the benefit of all people and future generations *.
The Declaration on the Human Environment puts forward 7 identical viewpoints and 26 identical principles [1] to guide and encourage people all over the world to protect and improve the human environment. The Declaration on the Human Environment stipulates human rights and obligations to the environment); Calling for "protecting and improving the environment for this generation and future generations has become an urgent goal of mankind"; "This goal will be achieved under the coordination of the two established basic goals of world peace and economic and social development"; Governments and people of all countries strive to maintain and improve the human environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. The meeting suggested that the opening day of this meeting should be "World Environment Day".
1972 10 10 In October, the 27th United Nations General Assembly adopted the recommendation of the United Nations Conference on Human Environment, stipulating that June 5th every year should be the "World Environment Day" that people all over the world will always remember. The United Nations system and governments should carry out various activities on this day every year to remind the world of the global environmental situation and the harm of human activities to the environment, and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment.
Many countries, organizations and people carry out various activities on the day of "World Environment Day" to publicize and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment. At the same time, the United Nations Environment Programme published an annual report on the state of the world environment and took practical steps to coordinate the relationship between human beings and the environment. World Environment Day symbolizes the development of human environment in the world to a better stage, and marks the positive contribution of governments around the world to the protection of human living environment. It correctly reflects people's understanding and attitude towards environmental issues all over the world. 1973 65438+ 10, the United Nations General Assembly established the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Council for Environmental Planning (GCEP) and the Environment Fund according to the resolution of the Human Environment Assembly. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a permanent institution, which is responsible for handling the daily affairs of the United Nations in the field of environment, and as the center of international environmental activities, promotes and coordinates environmental protection at home and abroad.
Purpose of establishment
1On June 5th, 972, the United Nations convened the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, which adopted the Declaration on the Human Environment and proposed to designate June 5th of each year as the "World Environment Day". In June 5438+in the same year 10, the 27th UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to accept the proposal. World Environment Day is one of the main media of the United Nations to promote global environmental awareness, raise the government's attention to environmental issues and take action.
The United Nations system and governments around the world will carry out various activities every June 5th to publicize and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment.
The United Nations Environment Programme publishes the theme of World Environment Day at the beginning of each year and the annual report on the state of the environment in World Environment Day every year.
The earth is the common home of human beings and other species. However, due to unhealthy development modes such as deforestation and fishing, the rate of species extinction on the earth has greatly accelerated. The trend of biodiversity loss is making the ecosystem slide to the critical point of irrecoverable. If the earth's ecosystem eventually deteriorates irretrievably, the relatively stable environmental conditions on which human civilization depends will no longer exist.
The significance of World Environment Day is to remind the world of the state of the earth and the harm of human activities to the environment. The United Nations system and governments are required to carry out various activities on this day, emphasizing the importance of protecting and improving the human environment.
slogan for propaganda
1, ecology and civilization work together to live in harmony with the city.
Everyone loves to contribute to environmental protection, and life will be better tomorrow.
3. Environment and life * * * Environmental protection and health coexist.
4. Optimize the economic structure, change the development mode and innovate green development.
Every day, everyone has the responsibility to protect the environment.
6. Sustainable agriculture, original ecological industry and recyclable service industry.
7. The key to protecting the environment is to participate in your actions.
8. Keep the earth away from pollution and let green enter the family.
9. Create a green city and care for the earth's home.
10, pay attention to environmental protection, build homes and mobilize men, women and children.
1 1, energy conservation and emission reduction are around you and me.
12. Protecting the environment is a responsibility, and building ecology is a virtue.
13, everyone cares about environmental quality and participates in environmental protection.
14, it is your wish to pursue environmental protection, and it is your responsibility to participate in environmental protection.
15, every family has a good ecology and good scenery, and everyone is happy and safe.
16, choose green life * * * to create a better future.
17, saving energy and reducing consumption, reducing pollution and improving efficiency.
18, protecting water environment and saving water resources.
19, urban greening should adhere to the combination of beautifying the environment and ecological functions.
20. A forest is like a reservoir, which is beneficial to agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry. You can store more rain and spit less.