U.N. Agenda 21 "sustainable development" introduced in the U.S. Congress The old saying that "the devil is in the details" is obvious when it comes to "sustainable development" (SD). Launched at the interna- tional level, SD is promoted through U.N. Agenda 21 (a "global plan of action"), U.N. Earth Charter initiatives, and Education for Sustain- able Development processes, to name a few. Less known is the sup- port for the global agenda by certain members of the U.S. Congress. This document contains a list of bills introduced in the U.S. Congress from 1987 to 2011 that are related to "sustainable development" agen- das. Collectively, the proposals underscore the fact that "sustainable development" has tentacles reaching into all areas of life, and, is behind many problems at local, county, state, and national levels. Looking at the bills, it becomes clear that we the people must elect officials to represent us who will not allow the excessively regulatory, costly, liberty- and property-rights-destroying "global plans" into our institutions. We need representation by those who will reject the un- accountable pressure groups that promote "sustainable development" ideas that result in higher taxes, increased debt, and a lower living standard. This means we must scrutinize our choices for U.S. Presi- dent, Congressional and state legislators, governors, city/county/state officials, and school boards members. For those who are unfamiliar with U.N. Agenda 21 and "sustainable development", SECTION I contains some background information. But I encourage you to seek others who -- through their years of research and experience -- have much knowledge about the endless troubles that link to these U.N. issues (see Learn More, p. 18-20). Research by Debra K. Niwa, January 2012; updated Feb. 2012 Contents Feb 2012 update notes: The following has been 2 Introduction added to this document: transcript from a 1/10/12 SECTION I public meeting (p.7-8); 3 What the U.N. says about Agenda 21 Exec. Order 12803 (p.9); more links (p.18-20); 4 Issues mentioned in bills related to "sustainable development" RNC Resolution Exposing 5 Four aspects of sustainable development United Nations Agenda 21 (p.19); NFRA Resolution 7 Restructuring government (regionalism, privatizing taxpayer-funded Opposing Comprehensive Land Use Planning (p.20). infrastructure assets (E.O. #12803), public-private partnerships) Note that page numbers in 14 "Smart Growth" is sustainable development Section II were affected by the addition of pages in 16 Education and sustainable development Section I. 18 Learn more about U.N. Agenda 21 "sustainable development" SECTION II 21 Bills introduced for "sustainable development" -- proposed in the 100th to 112th U.S. Congress Copyright (c) January 2012 by Debra K. Niwa This document may be downloaded from the American Deception website: http://americandeception.com/ or Vicky Davis’ website: http://channelingreality.com/ 021712 Research by D. K. Niwa | Update Feb. 2012 1 ==================================================== As promoted by U.N. Agenda 21 and the Earth Charter, Introduction "sustainable development" is about transformation. Strip ==================================================== away the feel-good marketing fluff, and what remains is U.N. Agenda 21: "the framework for action an all-encompassing system of control -- the existence for achieving sustainable development." [1] of which requires changes in traditional social norms and government structures from local to national levels. As- "Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action sessment, monitoring, and regulation -- of nations and to be taken globally, nationally and locally by resources -- are used to follow and prod for SD progress. organizations of the United Nations System, At its core, "sustainable development" conflicts with U.S. Governments, and Major Groups in every area founding concepts, including our "unalienable rights" and in which human impacts on the environment." [2] Constitutional protection of "life, liberty, and property." "Sustainable development" (SD) appears in bills intro- Efforts to create systems of control are not new. Attempts duced in the U.S. Congress at least as far back as 1987 surfaced in the 20th century through various "isms", as -- the same year the United Nations released the Report Charlotte Iserbyt often describes them (communism, so- of the World Commission on Environment and Develop- cialism, fascism, corporatism, and Nazism). Recall that ment: "Our Common Future" (aka Brundtland Report)[3] with the "isms", civilized people devolved to allow un- that brought forth the phrase "sustainable development" speakable brutality to be unleashed on mankind; hun- (though the concept has a longer history). Later, in June dreds of millions of people suffered and perished; and 1992 the U.N. Earth Summit [4] was held in Rio de Janeiro, governments and economies collapsed. Here we are in Brazil, and the Agenda 21 "global plan of action for sus- the 21st century and red flags are all around to warn that tainable development" was presented for endorsement we are being steered down that dark path. by U.N. member nations. Under so-called "sustainable development", a multi "ism" Shortly before the U.N. Earth Summit [4], then-Senator Al system is being created and we are unwittingly funding Gore, Jr.(D-TN) introduced S.J.RES.308: "A joint resolu- its construction. For what? It is fact that tried-and-failed tion adopting certain principles on general rights and ob- "isms" have a long record for ending badly. Those who ligations with respect to the environment, to be known as do not want to parttake in allowing for another tragic chap- the ’Earth Charter’, and urging the United Nations Con- ter in the history of civilization, please become informed ference on Environment and Development, meeting in and do your part to help reverse the course. -- DKN, Jan. 2012 June 1992, to adopt the same."[5] The Earth Charter plays --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOTNOTES: an important role in the U.N. system. Moacir Gadotti, a [1] U.S. Congress, Senate Resolution 311 ("Expressing the sense of member of the Paulo Freire Institute who attended the the Senate regarding the policy of the United States at the World 1992 Earth Summit, said: Summit on Sustainable Development and related matters"); intro- duced July 30, 2002 by sponsor Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.). "I became acquainted with education for sustainable http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:S.RES.311: [2] Division for Sustainable Development, UN Department of Economic development through the Earth Charter. I believe there and Social Affairs, United Nations website. Accessed 11/4/11 is a strong link between the Earth Charter Initiative http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/ [3]‘United Nations General Assembly document A/42/427, 4 August 1987. and the [U.N.] Decade of Education for Sustainable From the ANNEX: Members of the World Commission on Environment Development. Mikhail Gorbachev, president of Green and Development include: Chairman: Gro Harlem Brundtland (Nor- way); Vice Chairman: Mansour Ahalid (Sudan); Susanna Agnelli (Italy); Cross International, sees the Earth Charter as sus- Saleh A. Al-Athel (Saudi Arabia); Bernard Chidzero (Zimbabwe); Lamine tainable development’s ’third pillar’. The first pillar Mohammed Fadika (Cote d Ivoire); Volker Mauff (Federal Republic of is the UN’s Foundation Charter; the second one is the Germany); Istvan Lang (Hungary); Ma Shijun (People s Republic of China); Margarita Marino de Botero (Columbia); Nagendra Singh (In- Human Rights Declaration. He asserts that the Earth dia); Paulo Noqueira-Nato (Brazil); Saburo Okita (Japan); Shridath S. Charter has to be ’universally adopted by the inter- Ramphal (Guyana); William D. Ruckelshaus (USA); Mohamed Sahnoun (Algeria); Emil Salim (Indonesia); Bukar Shaib (Nigeria); national community’ . " [6] (Emphasis added) Vladimir Sokolov (USSR); Janez Stanovnik (Yugoslavia); Maurice Strong (Canada); Ex Officio - Jim MacNeill (Canada). Download pdf (Gorbachev was Earth Charter Commission co-chair with http://www.channelingreality.com/Documents/Brundtland_Searchable.pdf Maurice Strong.[7] The Commission, formed in 1997, was [4] The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Develop- ment (UNCED) is also called the Earth Summit or Rio Conference. tasked with overseeing the "drafting process" of the Earth [5] S.J.RES.308.IS, introduced May 20, 1992, 102 CONGRESS, 2nd Charter text.[8] And yes, this is the same Mikhail Session. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c102:S.J.RES.308: Gorbachev who formerly served as General Secretary of [6] "Education for Sustainable Development -- What we need to learn to save the planet?", Moacir Gadotti. Instituto Paulo Freire, p.1-2. the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party Also see "The Third Pillar of Sustainable Development" by Mikhail (Bolsheviks) for the USSR from March 11, 1985 to Au- Gorbachev, Russia, published in the Preface of The Earth Charter in Action: Toward a Sustainable Development (English). gust 24, 1991.[9]) http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/invent/images/uploads/ENG-Gorbachev.pdf [7] The Earth Charter Initiative Handbook, N.D., p.7. Gadotti goes on to say: "The Earth Charter has been an http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/invent/images/uploads/Handbook%202002.pdf ethical inspiration for United Nations’ ’goals of the [8] A Short History of the Earth Charter Initiative, N.D.,