International prize for the most outstanding contribution in the field of the environment

UN General Assembly, International prize for the most outstanding contribution in the field of the environment, A/RES/3003, UN General Assembly, 15 December 1972, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1972/en/9955 [accessed 23 April 2025]
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XXVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE SECOND COMMITTEE
3003. International prize for the most outstanding contribution in the field of the environment

The General Assembly, Recalling recommendation 38 of the Action Plan for the Human Environment[1] adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Recalling also that one main purpose of the Conference was to increase the awareness among Governments and public opinion about the importance and urgency of the problems of the environment, Recognizing that effective international co-operation in the field of the environment should be firmly based on action at the national level, Welcomes the initiative of the Government of Iran in setting aside an area constituting an ecosystem of global importance to be placed in joint trust with an international agency and in establishing an annual prize by that Government for the most outstanding contribution in the field of the environment to be awarded through the United Nations. 2112th plenary meeting
15 December 1972
[1] See A/CONF.48/14 and Corr.1, chap. II.
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