The Earth Charter (Our View)

We think that the earth charter is a very important document because it is the only document that is warning the whole world of the earth’s situation. The humans are devastating the earth and at the same time destroying themselves. If the earth’s resources are destroyed the people won’t have clean water to drink, fresh air to breathe good food to eat and etc. The mission of the Earth Charter is to help build a sustainable world based on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice and a culture of peace.

History In 1987 the UN (United Nations) on Environment and Development issued a call for creation of a new charter that would set forth fundamental principles for the earth’s preservation. The making of an Earth Charter was part of the unfinished business of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.

In 1994 Maurice Strong, the Secretary General of the Earth Summit and Chairman of the Earth Council, and Mikhail Gorbachev, President of Green Cross International, launched a new Earth Charter initiative with support from the Dutch government. An Earth Charter Commission was formed in 1997 to oversee the project and an Earth Charter Secretariat was established at the Earth Council in Costa Rica.

Tomás Setubal e Bruno Checchia

14/03/2003

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