POSSIBLE PROJECTS FOR 2010

A Universal Declaration of Mother Earth Rights

Planned: Side-event Presentation during the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council - TBC

2009 marked a momentous step forward when at the UN General Assembly, under the Presidency of H.E. M. d'Escoto Brockmann, Resolution 63/278 designated April 22  "International Mother Earth Day" In his speech at the UN that same day President Morales of the Plurinational State of Bolivia called (webcast) for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth while H.E. Pablo Solón presented his speech related to the Draft Resolution that was cosponsored by: Algeria, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mauritius, Nepal, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

UN document A/C2/64/L24** also 1. Invites Member States, the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, and international, regional and subregional organizations to transmit to the Secretary-General their views on the scope and content of a possible declaration of ethical principles and values for living in harmony with Mother Earth; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its sixty-fifth session, a report on the views and comments received in relation to the present resolution; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session an item entitled “Harmony with Mother Earth” for consideration by the Second Committee.

A start on such a Universal Declaration of Mother Earth Rights was made on October 17, 2009 during the 7th ALBA-TCP Summitt.