Volume 9 October 2004
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African
Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management
Revue africaine de gestion et d’évaluation environnementales |
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CLIMBING THE WALL OF UNITY FROM ENVIRONMENTAL
PERSPECTIVES: A UNITED SYSTEM INEVITABLE FOR AFRICA
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Nathaniel-Imeh Adebobola
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| Initially, the United Nations was saddled with a number of lofty
goals including; maintaining international peace and security,
developing mutual relations among nations in view of the respect for
the principle of equal rights, self-determination; achieving
international cooperation by addressing humanitarian problems to
encourage and promote respect for human rights. It assumed a
position as the cynosure for countries to achieve the aforementioned
lofty goals. Later, other goals were added including foreseeing
global economy and the protection of the global environment. This
article examines in broader scope the justification of a unified
system of Environmental management in Africa and other third world
nations in climbing the wall of unity. It gives an in-depth analysis
of the Environmental priorities, sustainability in African context.
This will goad our leaders to show more interest on issues bordering
the African environment. This paper also attempts to give a
comprehensive review of the antecedents in the African Environmental
experience since the Stockholm environmental conference, Rio and US
conferences. It is expected that these challenges and priorities
require a solid response from a united system in Africa. This is
because the Environmental challenges and priorities of the magnitude
witnessed in Africa inevitably require unified solutions in climbing
the wall of unity.
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