1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 1251 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Fair 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\12139ac12.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4818 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on February 22, 2012 14 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources 15 16 Summary: United Nations Agenda 21 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/22/2012 Senate Introduced ( Senate Journalpage 7) 23 2/22/2012 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate 24 Journalpage 7) 25 26 27 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 28 29 2/22/2012 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 RECOGNIZING THE DESTRUCTIVE AND INSIDIOUS 12 NATURE OF UNITED NATIONS AGENDA 21 AND 13 REJECTING ITS RADICAL POLICIES AND ANY GRANT 14 MONIES ATTACHED TO IT. 15 16 Whereas, the United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan 17 of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global 18 political control that was initiated at the United Nations 19 Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in 20 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and 21 22 Whereas, the United Nations Agenda 21 is being covertly pushed 23 into local communities throughout the United States of America 24 through the International council of Local Environmental 25 Initiatives (ICLEI) through local “sustainable development” 26 policies such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Projects, Resilient 27 Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, and other “Green” or 28 “Alternative” projects; and 29 30 Whereas, this United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called 31 “sustainable development” views the American way of life of 32 private property ownership, single family homes, private car 33 ownership, and individual travel choices, and privately owned 34 farms; all as destructive to the environment; and 35 36 Whereas, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy, 37 social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people 38 to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and 39 the environment which would be accomplished by 40 socialist/communist redistribution of wealth and according to the 41 United Nations Agenda 21 policy, National sovereignty is deemed 42 a social injustice; and

[1251] 2 1 2 Whereas, the State and political subdivisions of the State, the 3 public, and public policy makers must be well informed of the 4 underlying harmful implications of implementation of United 5 Nations Agenda 21’s destructive strategies for “sustainable 6 development” and the dangerous intent of this development plan; 7 and 8 9 Whereas, the State and the political subdivisions of the State are 10 not legally bound by the United Nations Agenda 21 treaty in that it 11 has never been endorsed by the United States Senate. Now, 12 therefore, 13 14 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 15 concurring: 16 17 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 18 resolution, recognize the destructive and insidious nature of United 19 Nations Agenda 21 and reject its radical policies and any grant 20 monies attached to it. 21 22 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 23 each member of the South Carolina Congressional Legislative 24 Delegation. 25 XX 26

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