Showing her proverbial sensitivity, she recalled that the adoption of the World Heritage Convention on 16 November 1972 had made it possible for the international community to take an unprecedented step towards the recognition of the thousand-year-old legacy of human knowledge and of the work of nature since the very origin of the world.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

And yet we here have evidence that I am right. 48, 000 people in central Texas are indeed being fed by nothing more than the milk of human kindness and Christian (for that is the origin of this food bank) charity.

FORBES: Food Banks Show That Government Welfare Isn't Needed

The WDCS says the frequency ranges of some noise sources of human origin may be blotting out other, biologically important sounds, preventing mothers and calves from staying in touch and masking sound cues for predators and their prey.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | The deafening sound of the seas

The World Conference on Human Rights underlines the responsibilities of States, particularly as they relate to the countries of origin.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

One IGCP project in 2000 was even at the origin of a new field: medical geology, the science dealing with the impact of our natural environment on human and animal health.

UNESCO: Open Access to Scientific Information