Practice question
Rio Principle 2 pairs the sovereign right to exploit a State's resources with what responsibility?
- A right to export all pollution without restriction.
- A duty to surrender all natural resources to neighboring States.
- A duty to eliminate every form of development.
- Responsibility concerning environmental damage from activities within its jurisdiction or control to other States or areas beyond national jurisdiction.
- No environmental responsibility.
Legal references
- Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992), Principle 2, https://www.un.org/esa/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm
- Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 3, https://www.cbd.int/convention/articles/default.shtml?a=cbd-03
- UN Audiovisual Library, Stockholm and Rio Declarations, https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/dunche/dunche.html
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