..."Recognizing the integral and inter-dependent nature of mother earth 'our common home', we proclaim that: 1) Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable...healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. 2) States have in accordance with the charter of the United Nations and the principles of international...

...set of principles was formulated. Much of the Declaration is mushy and ambiguous; eg, Principle 1 — "Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable...healthy and productive life in harmony with nature." And Principle 24—"Warfare is inherently destructive of sustainable development ... ." Yet the Declaration...

...more telling, however, is the boldness of the anthropocentricism underlying the first Rio principle: Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable...healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. That stands in stark contrast to the sentiment underlying to the Bio-Diversity Convention, to the effect...

...agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, Recognizing the integral...of the Earth, our home, Proclaims that: Principle 1: Human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy...

...1992, the Earth Summit in Rio took up this challenge, declaring amongst other things that (Principle 1l '[h]uman beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a hcalthy and productive life in harmony with nature.' In contribution to this ambitious task, the conference...

...hence the name change. The final declaration affirms twenty-seven principles, of which the first is: "Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable...healthy and productive life in harmony with nature" (UNCED 1992c). The desired healthy, productive life in harmony with nature echoes US policy. For those...

...agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, Recognizing the integral...of the Earth, our home, Proclaims that: Principle 1 Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy...

...Democratic University Staff Associations Urban Sector Network THE 27 PRINCIPLES OF THE RIO DECLARATION 1. Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable...healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. 2. States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international...

...agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, Recognizing the integral...of the Earth, our home, Proclaims that: Principle 2 States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international...

...of Human Rights is one of them. More recently, the Declaration of Rio '92 establishes: "Principle 1: Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a health and productive life in harmony with nature" (UNCED 1992). The process of making policies with...