 The Aarhus Convention is the most ambitious enterprise in the sense of democratization of the environmental issues, initiated with the support of the United Nations. Its adoption is a great step forward in the development of the international law. By endorsing the principles of the Aarhus Convention … the states of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia … clearly demonstrated that the environmental rights are not reserved, as luxury, only for the richer countries…
...We must use the World Summit for Sustainable Development in order to enhance our approach to environmental law - not only in Europe, but all around the world.
Kofi A. Anan
United Nations General Secretary |
