Q. Evaluate the post-Rio progress in meeting the environment challenges.

Q.  Evaluate the post-Rio progress in meeting the environment challenges.

A.  Two major steps have already been taken by the global community to preserve and

promote environment.

Firstly the UN system has realized the importance of clean environment. The UN Commission on Human Rights has for the first time in 2001 has clearly declared that every individual has a right to live in clean environment.

Secondly, environment sustainability has been accepted by the global community as one of the eight Millennium Development Goals to be specifically attended to by all the governments of the world on top priority.

Important -

Millennium Development Goals :- These have been adopted by the Millennium Declaration

of the UN General Assembly in 2000 to mark the coming of the second millennium and prepare a fresh strategic vision for the United Nations. All 19 1 United Nations Member states made a commitment to achieve these goals by 2015. These goals are to:

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

Achieve universal primary education.

Promote gender equality and empower women.

Reduce child mortality.

Improve' maternal health.

Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases.

Ensure environmental sustainability.