REPORT OF UNESCO EXPERT MEETING ON - APCEIU

3) Build democratic societies
4) Secure earth’s bounty and beauty for present and future
generation
(2) Ecological integrity,
5) Protect and restore the integrity of Earth’s ecological systems
6) Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection
7) Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproduction
8) Advance the study of ecological sustainability
(3) Social and economic justice,
9) Eradicate poverty
10) Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all revels
promote human development in an equitable and sustainable
manner
11) Affirm gender equality
12) Uphold the right of all, without discrimination, to a natural
and social environment
(4) Democracy, non-violence, and peace.
13) Strengthen democratic institutions at all levels
14) Integration to formal education and life-long learning the
knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of
life
15) Treat all living beings with respect and consideration
16) Promote a culture of tolerance, non-violence, and peace
(The Earth Charter promotion Committee of Japan ed. (2003), The Earth Charter- Values and Principals
for a Sustainable Future. Tokyo: Gyosei)
Some special features of the Earth Charter are, firstly, its nature of authoritative synthesis of values,
principals, and aspirations that are widely shared by people in all regions of the world. Secondly, it has
strong message to call people’s involvement to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect
for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Thirdly, it seeks everyone to
share the universal responsibility for the present and future wellbeing of the human family and the larger
living world. It might be said that these three pillars are the never-ending goal of dreams for all human kind
on this planet Earth.
3. The UN Conference on Human Environment (1972)
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