وثالثا، إن البشرية قد عرفت، في مجال تلوث البيئة، أحداثا مهمة جدا في تاريخها.
The members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), meeting in Amman, Jordan, in October 2000 at the Second World Conservation Congress (WCC), addressed the need for international action in WCC resolution 2.40, entitled “Natural resource security in situations of conflict”.