United Nations Organisations : Shouldering a Pivotal Responsibility to Protect the Environment

Abstract

     Science has revolutionized human life drastically and the development of advance technology has facilitated us to lead longer, more pleasant, more comfortable lives. People are touring in the space frequently and causing threat to environment. We have paid a heavy price for the improvement in the quality of our life. The rapid growths of technological inventions have empowered some of the countries, with the deadliest of atomic and nuclear weapons which have the potential of exterminating all life from our planet. Rapid industrialization has left with us polluted rivers, contaminated soil, depleted wildlife and exhausted natural resources. The greedy conducts of human beings are responsible for pollution of environment and a serious ecological imbalance, which can be disastrous for mankind.

   According The scientists have estimated that if the extraction of metal resources from the bowels of the Earth continues at the present rate, aluminum, iron, zinc, copper, lead are likely to last for limited periods. We can see long queues of people for a bucket of drinking water in every small, big or metropolitan city because rivers and others sources of potable water are the soft places to drain solid and other kinds of human wastes. In dense populated areas, poses a great danger to the environment which is not only harmful to the human health but also to the animal life. The activities of modern man are deeply affecting the chemical composition of the atmosphere in the form of Ozone depletion, implicating the health of the present and forthcoming generations. Environmentalists have been warning the people to reduce the use of chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs) to control the depletion of Ozone layer. The whole world is showing concern for Global warming due to Green House Effects. Maldives and Nepal have convened their cabinet meetings inside the sea and on the Everest respectively to highlight the issue before the world. United Nations Organisations, being an international body is focusing on protection of environment through its various programmes such as UNEP, IPCC, UNFCCC etc, From 1972 Stockholm conference to Copenhagen Conference (2009), UNO has sensitized the nations and masses to come forward in saving our Earth and its environment. This paper highlights the major issues of world environment and role of UNO and its modus operandi in combating the global concern for Environment and natural resources.

Key words : -  United Nations Organisations, Shouldering, Pivotal Responsibility, Protection of Environment, Environment, Global Warming,  Natural Resources.