Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 35
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Poverty and environmental degradation are closely interrelated. While poverty results in certain kinds of environmental stress, the major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, particularly in industrialized countries, which are a matter of grave concern and aggravate poverty and imbalances.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Fourth World Conference on Women
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Environment
Poverty
Person(s) affected
All
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Year
1995
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Other
Reference
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), para. 35.