Green Stars

摘要

Green Cross International cites as it mission, “to respond to the combined challenges of security, poverty andenvironmental degradation to ensure a sustainable and secure future1.” The United Nations Environment Program hasa broader mission and mandate: “To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment byinspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of futuregenerations2.” Within the United Nations Secretariat, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has themission to “mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national andinternational actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate for the rights of peoplein need; promote preparedness and prevention; and facilitate sustainable solutions3.”.