... in international environmental law. The analysis deals with the major contributions and outcomes which delivered from the three conferences in the field of international law and institutions. The first UN conference held specifically to consider problems of the environment met at Stockholm in 1972 (Lallas 2001:692). It was attended by 113 states and adopted a Declaration and Action Plan. Caldwell (1984:11) suggests, Stockholm Declaration is a document of basic principles which "calling attention to interrelated problems of the environment", and draw attention to the rights and obligations of state and the international community in regard thereto. Pallemaerts (1993:1) notes, "Stockholm Declaration is regarded as the foundation of modern international environmental law". Some principles laid down in it are now considered to be part and parcel of general international law and as binding on governments (Pallemaerts 1993:1). Moreover, the Stockholm Declaration has served as basis for the subsequent development of international ...

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