EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference) was an international conference convened under United Nations auspices held in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5-16, 1972.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 2398(XXIII), which called for a conference on the relationships between environmental, social, and economic issues to be convened in 1972. In May 1969, the United Nations accepted Sweden’s offer to host the conference in Stockholm.

Detailed explanation-3: -A variety of standards for sound environmental management, including the Stockholm Declaration and the Human Environment Action Plan and other resolutions, were adopted by the participants. Complete answer: Indira Gandhi said “poverty was the greatest polluter” in Stockholm conference 1972.