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nine IX. A Short History of the Earth Charter Initiative T he Earth Charter is a people’s declaration on global interdependence and universal responsibility that sets forth fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful world. It endeavors to identify to serve “as a common standard by which the conduct of all individuals, organizations, businesses, governments, product of a decade long, world-wide, cross-cultural, dialogue on common goals and shared values conducted durwith the drafting of an international document, is the primary source of the legitimacy of the Earth Charter as an ethical guide. I. Origins of the Earth Charter Among the many recommendations in Our Common Future (1987), the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), is a call for creation of a “Universal Declaration on Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” in the form of a “new charter” with principles to guide nations in the transition to sustainable development. Building on this recommendation, Maurice F. Strong, the secretary general of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development), proposed in 1990 that the Summit draft and adopt an Earth Charter. Intergovernmental consultations were held on the Earth Charter during the preparatory process for the Rio Earth Summit, Declaration, which was issued by the Summit, contains a valuable set of principles, but falls short of the in his capacity as president of Green Cross International to launch a new Earth Charter initiative. It was articulated the consensus taking form in the emerging global civil society on values and principles for a sustainable future. sustainable development, and international law got underway. An Earth Charter secretariat was established at the Earth Council in Costa Rica under the management of the executive director of the Earth Council, Maximo Kalaw of the Philippines. In 1996, Mirian Vilela of Brazil became coordinator of Earth Charter activities at the Earth Council. Toward the end of 1996, an Earth Charter Commission was formed to oversee the drafting process. It was co-chaired by Strong and Gorbachev and included a diverse group of twenty-three |47| Earth Charter Initiative HANDBOOK
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