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For those who do not know what Agenda 21 is, on the surface it appears to be an elaborate plan to assure the survival of mankind on planet earth. Closer inspection, however, reveals a possible plot on the part of others to gain access and control over the natural and economic resources that we in the United States enjoy and benefit from. There are those who will differ in opinion on this, but close examination of the
new jargon and phraseology used in this document revealed to me that there may be a hidden agenda behind this document.Perhaps most confusing is how those of the U.N. would hope to attain such a result, in as much as they do not historically control governments in a direct fashion. The U.N. itself contends that they institutionalize their mandates indirectly through a principle they refer to as
Governance. But, a quick look in my dictonary reveals the meaning of this term as: to control or rule.Agenda 21 is allegedly a report on the state of the environment, poverty and what its writers and those who attended the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, beween June 3 and 14, 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, believe must be done to achieve what they term Sustainable Development, which appears to mean a harmonious balance between man and his environment, assuring the survival of all (or the ones who remain). I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the first file (vision.html) was removed from the U.N.'s gopher site since the posting of this page. When I found Agenda 21, which was not an easy task, I made it a point to download all the files that resided in this gopher subdirectory. In the near future I will make available either a summary of what this document says or the actual document. I will tell you this, the vision.html document outlined the U.N.'s plan for implementation of Agenda 21. It included a note that said that 1998 is the year that they intend to "institutionalize" their Agenda 21 mandates via their private and public partners. Check back often to view either the summary or the actual document. In the mean time, I will allow the description and deadend link to vision.html to remain on this page.
Editor's Note: This first document is not longer available on the U.N. gopher. Thus, I am substituting it with a document sent to me by another individual that contains a commentary regarding the original vision.html doc.
Read this first: Environment and Population development; ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION EDUCATION & INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT; An Interdisciplinary and Inter-Agency Co-operation Project
Chapter 1, PREAMBLE, REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, (Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992),
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_01.txt
Chapter 2, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO ACCELERATE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND RELATED DOMESTIC POLICIES.
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_02.txt
Chapter 3, COMBATING POVERTY, Enabling the poor to achieve sustainable livelihoods
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_03.txt
Chapter 4, CHANGING CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, Focusing on unsustainable patterns of production and consumption; Developing national policies and strategies to encourage changes in unsustainable consumption patterns.
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_04.txt
Chapter 5, SUSTAINABILITY, DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY,
Developing and disseminating knowledge concerning the links
between demographic trends and factors and sustainable development; Formulating integrated national policies for environment and
development, taking into account demographic trends and factors; Implementing integrated, environment and development programmes
at the local level, taking into account demographic trends and factors.
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_05.txt
Chapter 6, HUMAN HEALTH, PROTECTING AND PROMOTING HUMAN HEALTH
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_06.txt
Chapter 7, HUMAN SETTLEMENT, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_07.txt
Chapter 8, DECISION MAKING, INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN DECISION-MAKING; Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels; Providing an effective legal and regulatory framework; Making effective use of economic instruments and market and other incentives, Establishing systems for integrated environmental and economic accounting.
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_08.txt
Chapter 9, PROTECTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE,
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_09.txt
Chapter 10, LAND RESOURCES, INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND RESOURCES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_10.txt
Chapter 11, COMBATING DEFORESTATION, Sustaining the multiple roles and functions of all types of forests, forest lands and woodlands
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_11.txt
Chapter 12, MANAGING FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS: COMBATING DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_12.txt
Chapter 13, SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPM, MANAGING FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS: SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_13.txt
Chapter 14, AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPM, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_14.txt
Chapter 15, CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_15.txt
Chapter 16, ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_16.txt
Chapter 17, PROTECTION OF THE OCEANS, ALL KINDS OF SEAS, INCLUDING ENCLOSED AND SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS, AND COASTAL AREAS AND THE PROTECTION, RATIONAL USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR LIVING RESOURCES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_17.txt
Chapter 18, PROTECTION OF THE QUALITY AND SUPPLY OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES: APPLICATION OF INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF WATER RESOURCES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_18.txt
Chapter 19. ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF TOXIC CHEMICALS, INCLUDING PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN TOXIC AND DANGEROUS PRODUCTS
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_19.txt
Chapter 20, HAZARDOUS WASTES - MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES, INCLUDING PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN HAZARDOUS WASTES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_20.txt
Chapter 21, SOLID WASTES - MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTES AND SEWAGE-RELATED ISSUES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_21.txt
Chapter 22, RADIOACTIVE WASTES - MANAGEM., SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_22.txt
Chapter 23, PREAMBLE MAJOR GROUPS, PREAMBLE
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_23.txt
Chapter 24, WOMEN, GLOBAL ACTION FOR WOMEN TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_24.txt
Chapter 25, CHILDREN & YOUTH, CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_25.txt
Chapter 26, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, RECOGNIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_26.txt
Chapter 27, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: PARTNERS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_27.txt
Chapter 28, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES' INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA 21
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_28.txt
Chapter 29, TRADE UNIONS, STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF WORKERS AND THEIR TRADE UNIONS
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_29.txt
Chapter 30, BUSINESS & INDUSTRY, STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_30.txt
Chapter 31, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMMUNITY
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_31.txt
Chapter 32, ROLE OF FARMERS, STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF FARMERS*
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_32.txt
Chapter 33, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND MECHANISMS
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_33.txt
Chapter 34, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY, COOPERATION AND CAPACITY-BUILDING
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_34.txt
Chapter 35, SCIENCE, SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_35.txt
Chapter 36, EDUCATION, PROMOTING EDUCATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TRAINING
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_36.txt
Chapter 37, CAPACITY BUILDING, NATIONAL MECHANISMS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_37.txt
Chapter 38, INSTITUTIONS, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_38.txt
Chapter 39, INT. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISMS
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_39.txt
Chapter 40, INFORMATION, INFORMATION FOR DECISION-MAKING
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/a21_40.txt
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
gopher://gopher.un.org:70/+0/conf/unced/English/biodiv.txt
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