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This petition is by way of public interest litigation for preventing the pollution of the Bokaro river water from the sludge/slurry discharged from the coal washeries of a company engaged in mining. The Supreme Court of India acknowledged that the constitutional right to life included a right to pollution-free water and air, which was necessary for the full enjoyment of life. However, it dismissed the petition for not being filed in public interest but the petitioner's own interest.
The UN General Assembly Resolution 45/212 instituted a single intergovernmental negotiating process for the development of a framework convention on climate change. An Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee was also established to spearhead the negotiation process, and complete the framework convention and related agreements.
UNGA Resolution 45/212 instituted a single intergovernmental negotiating process for the development of a framework convention on climate change. An Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee was also established to spearhead the negotiation process and complete the framework convention and related agreements.
Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act, Republic Act No. 6972 (Philippines)
The Act established a day care center in every barangay for the total development and protection of children.
The Second World Climate Conference Declaration recognized that in case of failure to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, the predicted climate change would place stresses on natural and social systems unprecedented in the past 10,000 years. Thus, it underscored that GHG emissions need to be stabilized, although without specific amounts or timelines.
The Act enunciates the State's policy to regulate or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures which present unreasonable risk and/or injury to the health of the public or to the environment.
The Guidelines have been formulated to assist Member States of the United Nations in their tasks of securing and promoting the effectiveness, impartiality and fairness of prosecutors in criminal proceedings. The Guidelines provide, among others, that States should ensure that the selection criteria for prosecutors should embody safeguards against appointments based on partiality or prejudice, excluding any discrimination against a person on the grounds of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, social or ethnic origin, property, birth, economic or other status.
The Electricity Supply Act of Malaysia provides for the regulation of the electricity supply industry, the supply of electricity at reasonable prices, the licensing of electrical installation, control of electrical installation, plant and equipment regarding safety to persons, and the efficient use of electricity. The Act also provides for the powers of enforcement, investigation and certain offenses. It likewise provides for the fixing and approval of tariffs which may be imposed by a licensee, among others.
The Act establishes a National Disaster Council in Solomon Islands and the government agency empowered to deal with natural disasters. The Act empowers the Minister responsible for matters relating disaster to declare a state of energy over Solomon Islands or a part thereof. During such state of emergency, the Council shall assume full and complete control of Solomon Islands or the covered portion, and take whatever safety measures it considers expedient in the public interest and for the protection of life and property.
The Land, Surveys and Environment Act of Samoa provides for the conservation and protection of the environment, and the establishment of national parks and other protected areas. It provides for classification of land as either farm land (suitable or adaptable for a type of farming), urban land (suitable or adaptable for residential purposes or in the vicinity of a town or village), and commercial or industrial land (suitable or adaptable for use for a commercial or industrial purpose). The Act identifies functions of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Resources and Environment for purpose of conservation and protection of the environment.