Maldives Secures UN Resolution on Human Rights and Climate Change

The United Nations Human Rights Council today adopted by consensus a resolution tabled by the Maldives Government on the subject of human rights and climate change. The resolution is seen as a vital stepping stone towards increased global awareness about the immediate and compelling human face of climate change. The Maldives hopes that this in-turn will enhance the moral and ethical imperative for the world’s climate change negotiators to act decisively to halt and reverse global warming.

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