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Key Points of Resolution Approved by the IUCN Congress of 2004
The World Conservation Congress at its 3rd Session in Bangkok, Thailand, 17-25 November 2004:
1. ENDORSES the Earth Charter as an inspirational expression of civil society's vision for building a just,
sustainable and peaceful world.
2. RECOGNISES, consistent with IUCN’s mission, the Earth Charter as an ethical guide for IUCN policy
and will work to implement its principles through the IUCN Programme.
3. RECOMMENDS that the Earth Charter be used by the IUCN to help advance education and dialogue
on global interdependence, shared values, and ethical principles for sustainable ways of living; and
4. ENCOURAGES member organizations and states to examine the Earth Charter and to determine the
role the Earth Charter can play as a policy guide within their own spheres of responsibility.
Text of Agreement with Ministry of Environment of Brazil
AGREEMENT OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION CELEBRATED AMONG THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY, THE CENTER FOR THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF PETRÓPOLIS AND EARTH CHARTER INTERNATIONAL WITH THE AIM OF
PROMOTING THE EARTH CHARTER IN BRAZIL.
The ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY, organ of Direct Federal Public Administration, under the terms of
Law no. 10.683 of 28 May, 2003, with headquarters at the Esplanada dos Minstérios, Block “B”, 5th
floor, Brasília, Federal District, registered with the CNPJ/MF (Corporate Internal Revenue
Service/Federal Ministry) under the number 37.115.375/0001-07, in this act represented by the
Environmental Minister of State MARIA OSMARINA MARINA DA SILVA VAZ DE LIMA, Brazilian,
married, resident of, and domiciled at SQS 309, Block “G”, apt. 304, Asa Sul, zip code 70362-070,
Brasília, Federal District, bearer of I.D. number 0090566 – SSP/AC, registered with the CPF (Individual
Internal Revenue Service) under the number 119.807.612-72, nominated by Decree on January 1, 2003,
the CENTER FOR THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF PETRÓPOLIS, a non-governmental
organization without lucrative ends, philanthropic, of municipal and federal public utility, founded on 1
November 1979, with headquarters at Rua Monsenhor Bacelar,400, Centro, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro,
registered with the CNPJ under number 27.219.757/0001-27, represented in this act by its President
MARCIA MARIA MONTEIRO DE MIRANDA, Brazilian, resident of, and domiciled at Estrada da
Mombaça, 920, Araras, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, zip code 25725-290, registered with the CPF under
number 689.436.017-00, bearer of the I.D. no. 608219 IFP/RJ and the EARTH CHARTER
INTERNATIONAL, legally represented by the Earth Charter Associates, Ltd., a non-governmental
organization, without lucrative ends, founded in 2006 in New York, whose federal I.D. number in the
United States is 11-3792146, having one of its centers of operation at the Earth Charter Center for
Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE, c/o University for Peace P.O. Box 138 – 6100, San
José, Costa Rica, represented in this act by its Director Mirian Vilela, passport (Brazil) number CP-
554011, by the Co-President of the Earth Charter International, RAZEENA , passport (South Africa)
number 413823821 and by a member of the of the Earth Charter International Commission, GENESIO
DARCI BOFF, CPF number 173.264.007-68, have all agreed to celebrate the present Agreement of
Technical Cooperation, subject to the terms of the law number 8.666 from June 21, 1993 and its
alterations, as far as they be applicable, as well as of decree number 93.872 from December 23, 1986,
under the ten clauses stated in this document.
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