]> http://www.paxromana.org/taxonomy/term/5/0 Articles on Sustainable Development en http://www.paxromana.org/eupdate12 <div class="image_article"> <a href="node/20"><img src="files/images/wssd_2002.thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt="WSSD 2002" /></a> </div> <h3>The <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term41"><acronym title="WSSD: World Summit on Sustainable Development">WSSD</acronym></a> 2002 ended with little substantive outcome and left enormous challenges to all of us.</h3> <p>As you know by now, the <strong>World Summit on <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term56"><acronym title="Sustainable Development: Ultimately, all economic development depends on the earth&#039;s natural resource base. It is the primary biological production generated by photosynthesis that sustains the human race and virtually every other life form. Maintaining this biological productivity is therefore the key to sustainability. It is also crucial that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. That is why sustainable development implies limits. To be &#039;sustainable&#039;, development must meet human needs without depleting resources or irrevocably damaging the systems which produce those resources. Under present conditions, organic matter equivalent to 40%% of the primary production of the earth&#039;s ecosystems is being consumed by humans. If the world population doubles humans will devour as much biological material as is produced each year. At this level of exploitation the quality of the environment and, consequently, of human life will quickly decline. The World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainable development as a &#039;process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations&#039;. ">Sustainable Development</acronym></a> (WSSD) </strong>ended on September 4 with the adoption of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action. Many participants including the <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term33"><acronym title="ICMICA: International Catholic Movement for Intellectual &amp; Cultural Affaris">ICMICA</acronym></a> delegation were disappointed with the outcome. Nevertheless, what is important and clear to us is that the WSSD is part of a global effort in tackling the issues of environmental and social justice for sustainability which still has a long way to go. Perhaps Rio 1992 was two steps forward while Johannesburg 2002 was one step back.ward. </p> English Events Newsletter Sustainable Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:42:41 -0700 http://www.paxromana.org/lima_declaration_2002 <h4>Chaclacayo, Lima, Peru, July 6 to 9, 2002</h4> <h4>International Seminar on <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term56"><acronym title="Sustainable Development: Ultimately, all economic development depends on the earth&#039;s natural resource base. It is the primary biological production generated by photosynthesis that sustains the human race and virtually every other life form. Maintaining this biological productivity is therefore the key to sustainability. It is also crucial that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. That is why sustainable development implies limits. To be &#039;sustainable&#039;, development must meet human needs without depleting resources or irrevocably damaging the systems which produce those resources. Under present conditions, organic matter equivalent to 40%% of the primary production of the earth&#039;s ecosystems is being consumed by humans. If the world population doubles humans will devour as much biological material as is produced each year. At this level of exploitation the quality of the environment and, consequently, of human life will quickly decline. The World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainable development as a &#039;process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations&#039;. ">Sustainable Development</acronym></a>, on the Road to Rio+ 10</h4> <p>We, fourty eight members of the lnternational Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (<a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term33"><acronym title="ICMICA: International Catholic Movement for Intellectual &amp; Cultural Affaris">ICMICA</acronym></a>-Pax Romana), coming from nine Latin American and Caribbean countries and from other continents of the world, meeting in Chaclacayo, Lima, Peru, from July 6 to 9, 2002, for the International Seminar On Sustainable Development, On The Road To Rio + 10<em>, </em>want to contribute to the process of the World Summit for Sustainable Development with the reflections that follow. </p> English Latin America Statements Sustainable Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:47:26 -0700 http://www.paxromana.org/declaracion_lima_2002 <h4>Chaclacayo, Lima-Peru, 6-9 de julio de 2002</h4> <h4>Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Sostenible, En Camino a Rio+ 10</h4> <p>Provenimos de 9 pases de Amrica Latina y el Caribe, y de otras regiones del mundo, somos miembros de <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term62"><acronym title="MIIC: Mouvement Catholique International Pour les Affaires Intellectuelles et Culturelles, Movimiento Internacional de Intelectuales Católicos">MIIC</acronym></a>-Pax Romana, reunidos en Chaclacayo- Lima, Per, del 6 al 9 de julio del 2002, fecha en la que se realiz el <em>Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Humano Sostenible, en camino a Ro + 10. </em> </p> Español Latin America Statements Sustainable Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:34:42 -0700 http://www.paxromana.org/bail_2002_fs <div class="image_article"> <a href="node/15"><img src="files/images/bail_ws_group.thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt="Bali Workshop on Human Rights and Ecologically Sustainable Development" /></a> </div> <h4>Bali, Indonesia<br /> 22-28, May 2002</h4> <h3>Bali Declaration on <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term51"><acronym title="Human Rights: Privileges claimed or enjoyed by every human being by virtue of being human. The concept developed from the Roman idea of &#039;natural law&#039;. Early milestones in establishing human rights include the British Magna Carta (1215), Habeas Corpus Act (1679) and Bill of Rights (1689). None of these were as fundamentally comprehensive as the US Bill of Rights (1788) or France&#039;s Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789). During the nineteenth century, human rights began to be enshrined in international law, best illustrated by the Geneva Conventions, a series of treaties which governed the humane treatment of civilians, soldiers and prisoners during times of war. The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948. It stated that people have the right to life, liberty and education; to freedom of movement, religion, association and information; to a nationality and to equality before the law. Many nations still deny their citizens basic rights. ">Human Rights</acronym></a> and Ecologically <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term56"><acronym title="Sustainable Development: Ultimately, all economic development depends on the earth&#039;s natural resource base. It is the primary biological production generated by photosynthesis that sustains the human race and virtually every other life form. Maintaining this biological productivity is therefore the key to sustainability. It is also crucial that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. That is why sustainable development implies limits. To be &#039;sustainable&#039;, development must meet human needs without depleting resources or irrevocably damaging the systems which produce those resources. Under present conditions, organic matter equivalent to 40%% of the primary production of the earth&#039;s ecosystems is being consumed by humans. If the world population doubles humans will devour as much biological material as is produced each year. At this level of exploitation the quality of the environment and, consequently, of human life will quickly decline. The World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainable development as a &#039;process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations&#039;. ">Sustainable Development</acronym></a> in the Various Parts of The Asia Pacific Region</h3> <p>We, over seventy men and women, from eleven country members of Pax Romana-<a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term33"><acronym title="ICMICA: International Catholic Movement for Intellectual &amp; Cultural Affaris">ICMICA</acronym></a>[1], met in Bali, Indonesia, from 22 to 28 May 2002 for the <em>Asia Pacific Advocacy Workshop on Human Rights and Sustainable Development</em> in association with the 4th PrepCom of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (<a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term41"><acronym title="WSSD: World Summit on Sustainable Development">WSSD</acronym></a>)[2] from 27 May to 7 June 2002. </p> English Asia-Pacific Statements Sustainable Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:27:23 -0700 http://www.paxromana.org/nairoby_2002 <h4>African Regional Advocacy Workshop on <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term51"><acronym title="Human Rights: Privileges claimed or enjoyed by every human being by virtue of being human. The concept developed from the Roman idea of &#039;natural law&#039;. Early milestones in establishing human rights include the British Magna Carta (1215), Habeas Corpus Act (1679) and Bill of Rights (1689). None of these were as fundamentally comprehensive as the US Bill of Rights (1788) or France&#039;s Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789). During the nineteenth century, human rights began to be enshrined in international law, best illustrated by the Geneva Conventions, a series of treaties which governed the humane treatment of civilians, soldiers and prisoners during times of war. The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948. It stated that people have the right to life, liberty and education; to freedom of movement, religion, association and information; to a nationality and to equality before the law. Many nations still deny their citizens basic rights. ">Human Rights</acronym></a> and <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term56"><acronym title="Sustainable Development: Ultimately, all economic development depends on the earth&#039;s natural resource base. It is the primary biological production generated by photosynthesis that sustains the human race and virtually every other life form. Maintaining this biological productivity is therefore the key to sustainability. It is also crucial that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. That is why sustainable development implies limits. To be &#039;sustainable&#039;, development must meet human needs without depleting resources or irrevocably damaging the systems which produce those resources. Under present conditions, organic matter equivalent to 40%% of the primary production of the earth&#039;s ecosystems is being consumed by humans. If the world population doubles humans will devour as much biological material as is produced each year. At this level of exploitation the quality of the environment and, consequently, of human life will quickly decline. The World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainable development as a &#039;process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations&#039;. ">Sustainable Development</acronym></a> Nairobi, Africa</h4> <p><strong>Nairobi Declaration for Sustainable Development in Africa </strong></p> <p><em>&quot;There is no sustainable development without sustainable peace and respect for human rights&quot; </em></p> <p><em>Nairobi, May 11, 2002</em></p> <p>We, over 50 participants from 17 different countries mostly Africa[1], having met in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 11 May 2002 at the <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term33"><acronym title="ICMICA: International Catholic Movement for Intellectual &amp; Cultural Affaris">ICMICA</acronym></a> African Regional Advocacy Workshop on Human Rights and Sustainable Development around the theme &quot;Human Rights and Sustainable Development - The Challenge of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (<a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term41"><acronym title="WSSD: World Summit on Sustainable Development">WSSD</acronym></a>)[2] to African Christian Professionals in a Globalising World&quot; jointly convened by Pax Romana ICMICA Africa and the International Secretariat of ICMICA based in Geneva and hosted by CMICA Kenya, ICMICA member federation in Kenya,[3] </p> English Africa Statements Sustainable Tue, 28 May 2002 20:08:03 -0700