The Issue with Food and the Environment

While the securities that every human is entitled to does include food and a healthy environment, these cannot be fixed alone. The United Nations knows better than to say that everyone is entitled to food because in actuality everyone is entitled to the potential to get food. According to Nobel Prize winner Amertya Sen, a lack of food is not the only cause of a famine. The primary cause of famine is actually a power crisis, a lack of democracy. For this reason, food for all is a result of a stable, fair government. The Declaration of Human Rights actually helps those who are in need of food by declaring the freedom to movement, the freedom to a good government, as well as a bunch of other synonymous articles. Although it is not said outright, people have the right to go to where they can get food.
The environment is a new issue that grew popular in the 1970's; it is important to remember that the Declaration was written in 1948. Back then, people were dropping bombs and spreading radioactive chemicals without thinking of long-term effects. Awareness has been raised since the 1970's through the idea of global warming, going green, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, and even legislation in the United States. While the idea is still catching on, we must remember that it is new. At the same time, however, the Declaration does say there is a right to movement. If people are living in a bad environment, they have the right to move. They have the right to try to get the government to improve their environmental awareness. On top of it all, they have the right to be healthy which has to do predominantly with their environment and what they are exposed to. The Declaration gives the tools to fix the issues of food and the environment through many similar articles within the document.