87.19RE Acid Rain
The International Council of Women
Recalling the decision made at Vienna in 1973 to study problems of the human environment;
Recognizing increasing and indisputable evidence of the adverse effect of Acid Rain on the human environment;
Convinced that comprehensive action is required to combat the problem of Acid Rain;
Aware that transboundary transmission of sulphur compounds can be reduced at the source by the enforcement of abatement and control policies;
Encouraged by studies and recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as outlined in “OECD and the Environment” released in 1979, concerning transfrontier pollution;
Welcoming the attention given in the 1979 UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to the emission of sulphur compounds; and,
Seriously concerned that few countries have ratified the 1979 UN Convention, and that member countries of OECD have not strenuously pursued the implementation of OECD recommendations concerning the long-range transport of air pollution;
Urges National Councils to request their Governments:
- To pursue control and abatement policies which would require reduction of sulphur compound emissions at the source;
- To implement OECD recommendations concerning long-range transport of air pollution if a member nation of the Organization;
- To ratify the 1979 UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.