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[1Earth Permaculture <permaculture@start.com.au>]

Original message from: earthnet@ecouncil.ac.cr
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>
>NEWSFLASH
>http://www.earthcharter.org
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>On June 26th, 2000 the Earth Charter international campaign was
>officially launched at the Peace Palace in The Hague.  At this event
the
>Earth Charter was presented to Queen Beatrix, the Queen of Holland,
by a
>Venezuelan youth who urged the Queen, on behalf of future
generations,
>to endorse the Earth Charter.  This presentation was symbolic in
>encouraging governments to adopt the Earth Charter as a values
framework
>for a sustainable way of life.  The Earth Charter campaign is hoping
to
>repeat the presentation to other heads of state around the world, in
>order to formally encourage them to accept and endorse the Earth
>Charter.  
>
>Following the launching of the Earth Charter at The Hague, the Earth
>Charter was also part of the International Council for Local
>Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) World Congress on July 1st, 2000.
At
>this event, both Maurice Strong and Steven Rockefeller spoke on
behalf
>of the Earth Charter campaign at the plenary session, encouraging the
>support of local governments in the Earth Charter process.  As a
result,
>the ICLEI World Congress Assembly voted to unanimously endorse the
Earth
>Charter and passed the following resolution:
>
>We, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives,
>endorse the Earth Charter.  We commit our organization to the
>realization of its aims.  We will seek to promote and apply its
>principles in our programs, policies and other activities.   
>
>To complement the growing formal and informal endorsements of the
Earth
>Charter, individuals and groups are encouraged to visit the new Earth
>Charter homepage at: http://www.earthcharter.org to sign on to the
>official Earth Charter endorsement statement, located under "How can
you
>participate."  Personal, group and organizational endorsements are
>encouraged and will lend increased energy and momentum to the
worldwide
>effort to promote a sustainable way of life.


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