Stockholm Conference

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The Stockholm Conference was the landmark 1972 United Nations gathering that first placed global environmental protection at the center of international policy and led to the creation of the UN Environment Programme.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations conference ⓘ
environmental conference ⓘ
adoptedDocument Action Plan for the Human Environment ⓘ
Stockholm Declaration ⓘ
attendedBy developed countries ⓘ
developing countries ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ
chairperson Ingemund Bengtsson ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
endDate 1972-06-16 ⓘ
focus international cooperation on environmental issues ⓘ
management of natural resources ⓘ
pollution control ⓘ
relationship between human development and the environment ⓘ
followedBy Rio Earth Summit ⓘ
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ⓘ
hasMainSubject environmental protection ⓘ
human environment ⓘ
international environmental policy ⓘ
influenced creation of national environmental protection agencies ⓘ
development of international environmental law ⓘ
subsequent multilateral environmental agreements ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
location Stockholm ⓘ
numberOfPrinciplesInDeclaration 26 ⓘ
officialName United Nations Conference on the Human Environment ⓘ
organizedBy United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
pointInTime 1972 ⓘ
precededBy United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2398 (XXIII) ⓘ
resultedIn Action Plan for the Human Environment ⓘ
Stockholm Declaration ⓘ
creation of the United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
designation of Nairobi as headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
secretaryGeneralOfConference Maurice Strong ⓘ
shortName Stockholm Conference ⓘ
Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment ⓘ
significance first major United Nations conference on international environmental issues ⓘ
marked the beginning of modern international environmental diplomacy ⓘ
placed global environmental protection at the center of international policy ⓘ
startDate 1972-06-05 ⓘ
theme Only One Earth ⓘ

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Stockholm Conference → shortName → Stockholm Conference ⓘ
Stockholm Conference → shortName → Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment ⓘ
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