CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On 5 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4).

Detailed explanation-2: -On the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, we recognize the environment as yet another victim of war. Crops are torched, water wells polluted, and soils poisoned to gain short-term military advantages, with devastating consequences that can last decades.

Detailed explanation-3: -The law of armed conflict is a branch of international law, the law that States have agreed to accept as binding upon them in their dealings with other States. As well as governing relationships between States, international law applies to the conduct of hostilities within a State.

Detailed explanation-4: -Environmental Impact of Armed Conflict Over the years, parties to armed conflicts have polluted water, torched crops, cut down forests, poisoned soils, and killed animals to gain military advantage.

Detailed explanation-5: -A good example would be the North Korean- South Korean war of 1950. The second armed conflict recognized by international humanitarian law is a new phenomenon known as ‘an internationalized armed conflict’.