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Month: July 2022

UN resolution recognizes right to clean, healthy environment

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment which Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called “historic.” The vote in the 193-member world  body on Thursday was 161-0 with eight countries abstaining — China, Russian Federation, Belarus, Cambodia, Iran, Syria, Kyrgyzstan and Ethiopia.

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