How did World Environment Day come about?

World Environment Day is held on June 5 every year. On June 5, 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The meeting adopted the Declaration on the Human Environment and proposed that June 5 every year be designated as "World Environment Day". In October of the same year, the 27th United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution accepting the proposal. The establishment of World Environment Day reflects the understanding and attitude of people around the world towards environmental issues and expresses our human beings' yearning and pursuit for a better environment. World Environment Day is one of the main media used by the United Nations to promote global environmental awareness and increase government attention and action on environmental issues. The United Nations system and national governments carry out various activities on June 5 every year to publicize and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment. The United Nations Environment Program selects a member state to hold the "World Environment Day" commemoration event on June 5 every year, publishes the "Annual Report on the Current State of the Environment" and commends the "Global 500", and based on the world's major environmental issues and environmental hot spots that year , to formulate the annual "World Environment Day" theme in a targeted manner. The significance of World Environment Day is to remind the world to pay attention to the state of the earth and the harm to the environment caused by human activities. The United Nations system and national governments are requested to carry out various activities on this day to emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment. The United Nations Environment Program announces the theme of World Environment Day at the beginning of each year and publishes an annual report on the state of the environment on World Environment Day each year. China's State Environmental Protection Administration issued a bulletin on China's environmental status during this period. China has held activities to commemorate World Environment Day since June 5, 1985, with the theme of "Youth Population, Environment". Since then, commemorative activities have been held across the country on June 5 every year. In 1993, Beijing was chosen as the city to host the celebrations, whose theme was "Breaking the cycle of poverty and environment."

[Edit this paragraph] The origin of World Environment Day

From June 5 to 16, 1972, the United Nations held a Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. This is the first conference in human history to study the protection of the human environment on a global scale. There were 113 countries attending the meeting, with more than 1,300 representatives. In addition to government delegations, private scientists and scholars also participated. The meeting discussed environmental issues in the contemporary world and formulated countermeasures and measures. Before the meeting, Maurice F. Strong, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, commissioned 152 prominent figures in the scientific and intellectual circles from 58 countries to form a large committee, with Dr. Rene DuBose as the expert advisory group. The team leader drafted an informal report for the conference - "Only One Earth". This meeting put forward the environmental protection slogan that has been heard all over the world: There is only one earth! After 12 days of discussion and exchange, the meeting formed and announced the famous "Declaration of United Nations Conference on Human Environment" (Declaration of the Human Environment) and the "Declaration of the Human Environment" with 109 recommendations to protect the global environment. Action Plan" calls on governments and people of all countries to work together to maintain and improve the human environment, benefit all people, and benefit future generations. The "Declaration on the Human Environment" puts forward 7 common views and 26 common principles to guide and encourage people around the world to protect and improve the human environment. The Declaration on the Human Environment stipulates the rights and obligations of human beings towards the environment); calls for "protecting and improving the environment for this and future generations has become an urgent goal for mankind"; "This goal will go hand in hand with the fight for peace and The two established basic goals of economic and social development around the world must be achieved simultaneously and in a coordinated manner"; "Governments and people of all countries work hard to maintain and improve the human environment and benefit all people and future generations." The meeting proposed that the opening day of this conference be designated as "World Environment Day".

In October 1972, the 27th United Nations General Assembly adopted the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and designated June 5 every year as "World Environment Day" so that people around the world can commemorate it forever. The United Nations system and national governments should carry out various activities on this day every year to remind the world of the global environmental status and the harm caused by human activities to the environment, and to emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment. Many countries, groups and people carry out various activities on "World Environment Day" to publicize and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment. At the same time, the United Nations Environment Program publishes an annual report on the state of the world environment and takes practical steps to coordinate human relationship with the environment. World Environment Day symbolizes the development of the human environment around the world to a better stage and the active contributions of governments around the world to protecting the human living environment. It correctly reflects the understanding and attitude of people around the world towards environmental issues. In January 1973, the United Nations General Assembly established the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), established the Council for Environmental Planning (GCEP) and the Environment Fund in accordance with the resolution of the Conference on the Human Environment. UNEP is a permanent agency responsible for handling the daily environmental affairs of the United Nations and serves as the center for international environmental activities to promote and coordinate environmental protection work within and outside the United Nations.