World Environment Day
June 5, 2004
World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Another resolution, adopted by the General Assembly the same day, led to the creation ofUNEP（联合国环境规划署United Nations Environment Programme）.
World Environment Day can be celebrated in many ways, including street rallies, bicycles parades, green concerts, essay and poster competitions in schools, tree planting, recycling efforts, clean-up campaigns and much more.
Heads of State, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Environment deliver statements and commit themselves to care for the Earth. More serious pledges are made which lead to the establishment of permanent governmental structures dealing with environmental management and economic planning. This observance also provides an opportunity to sign or ratify international environmental conventions.
World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
The World Environment Day theme selected for 2004 is Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive? The theme asks that we make a choice as to how we want to treat the Earth's seas and oceans. It also calls on each and every one of us to act. Do we want to keep seas and oceans healthy and alive or polluted and dead?
The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day 2004 will be held in Barcelona, Spain in close collaboration with the Universal Forum of Cultures. UNEP is honoured that the City of Barcelona, the Catalan Regional Government and the Government of Spain will be hosting this important United Nations day.
Previous Themes
2003
Water - Two Billion People are Dying for It! 水－20亿人生命之所系！
2002
Give Earth a Chance 使地球充满生机！
2001
Connect with the World Wide Web of Life 用全球网络联接世界万物！
2000
The Environment Millennium - Time to Act 环境新纪元，时候已到，行动起来！
1999
Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It! 拯救地球就是拯救未来！
1998
For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas 为了地球上的生命，拯救我们的海洋
1997
For Life on Earth 为了地球上的生命
1996
Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home 我们的地球、我们的生境、我们的家园
1995
We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment 我们世界各族人民：为保护全球环境而携手努力！
1994
One Earth One Family 我们的地球－我们的家园
1993
Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle 贫困与环境－打破这一恶性循环
1992
Only One Earth, Care and Share 只有一个地球－让我们关爱和分享它
1991
Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership 需要为应付气候变化而建立全球伙伴关系
1990
Children and the Environment 儿童与环境
世界环境日简介
1972年6月5日在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩召开《联合国人类环境会议》，会议通过了《人类环境宣言》，并提出将每年的6月5日定为"世界环境日"。同年10月，第27届联合国大会通过决议接受了该建议。世界环境日的确立，反映了世界各国人民对环境问题的认识和态度，表达了我们人类对美好环境的向往和追求。
世界环境日，是联合国促进全球环境意识、提高政府对环境问题的注意并采取行动的主要媒介之一。
联合国系统和各国政府每年都在6月5日的这一天开展各项活动来宣传与强调保护和改善人类环境的重要性。
联合国环境规划署每年6月5日选择一个成员国举行“世界环境日”纪念活动，发表《环境现状的年度报告书》及表彰“全球500佳”，并根据当年的世界主要环境问题及环境热点，有针对性地制定每年的“世界环境日”主题。
世界环境日的意义在于提醒全世界注意地球状况和人类活动对环境的危害。要求联合国系统和各国政府在这一天开展各种活动来强调保护和改善人类环境的重要性。
联合国环境规划署在每年的年初公布当年的世界环境日主题，并在每年的世界环境日发表环境状况的年度报告书。中国国家环保总局在这期间发布中国环境状况公报。
世界环境日由来
1972年6月5日～16日，联合国在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩召开了人类环境会议。这是人类历史上第一次在全世界范围内研究保护人类环境的会议。出席会议的国家有113个，共1300多名代表。除了政府代表团外，还有民间的科学家、学者参加。会议讨论了当代世界的环境问题，制定了对策和措施。会前，联合国人类环境会议秘书长莫里斯·夫·斯特朗委托58个国家的152位科学界和知识界的知名人士组成了一个大型委员会，由雷内·杜博斯博士任专家顾问小组的组长，为大会起草了一份非正式报告——《只有一个地球》。这次会议提出了响遍世界的环境保护口号：只有一个地球！会议经过12天的讨论交流后，形成并公布了著名的《联合国人类环境会议宣言》（Declaration of United Nations Conference on Human Environment），简称《人类环境宣言》）和具有109条建议的保护全球环境的“行动计划”，呼吁各国政府和人民为维护和改善人类环境，造福全体人民，造福子孙后代而共同努力。
