Question

When was the first International conference regarding environment organized in stockholm (Swedon)?
1. 5 June 1972
2. 5 July 1972
3. 5 June 1973
4. 5 August 1973

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 5 June 1972

The Correct answer is 5 June 1972.

• The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm was the world's first major conference to make the environment a major issue.
• The Conference was held on 5 June 1972.
• The participants adopted a series of principles for sound management of the environment including the Stockholm Declaration and Action Plan for the Human Environment and several resolutions.
• The Stockholm Declaration, which contained 26 principles, placed environmental issues at the forefront of international concerns and marked the start of a dialogue between industrialized and developing countries on the link between economic growth, the pollution of the air, water, and oceans and the well-being of people around the world. 
• The Action Plan contained three main categories: 

1. Global Environmental Assessment Program (watch plan)
2. Environmental management activities;
3. International measures to support assessment and management activities carried out at the national and international levels.

• In addition, these categories were broken down into 109 recommendations. One of the major results of the Stockholm conference was the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).