New York, may 4 2009
Dear Friends,
Honoring the past "Earth Day", I write to you about an important need for us to act on behalf of our planet for the protection of the gifts that God has given us.
In this sense , a review of the UN Charter is necessary in order to consider why the UN is not fulfilling its obligations and commitments to preserving our planet.
Introduction
As I mentioned before a few weeks ago, I spoke with Francisco Plancarte in relation to his proposal to transform the UN (1). He conveyed the great interest showed by the President of the General Assembly, Miguel D'escoto and his team in his proposal. As a result of this interest, there will be another meeting for further discussion on this issue.
(1)http://reddemocratica01.blogspot.com/2009/05/proposal-to-review-un-charter.html
http://www.iaba.org/Law%20Review_Vol%206/Law_Review_6_FPlancarte_en.htm
Its very clear Miguel D'escoto wants to revigorate the capabilities of the General Assembly (2). In this context, the proposal of Mr. Plancarte shows not only strong perspectives in this direction; it establishes fundamental steps to make the role of the General Assembly more dynamic toward the goal to transform the UN.
(2)http://www.centerforunreform.org/node/34 , http://www.reformtheun.org/index.php/eupdate/4823
My main concern is the short period in which Miguel D'escoto will remain President of the General Assembly. His term will finish in four months and it is not very clear what is going to happen with the proposal and if it will be considered or not for the next President of the GA.
For that reason, World Alliance for Transforming UN (WAT-UN) (3) consider it necessary for all global civil society organizations to send a clear sign of support and consensus on this initiative to the President of the General Assembly. It is also imperative to urge him to organize an open forum to discuss with these organizations and diplomatic representatives on the different dimensions of the proposal. This forum would help to analyse the possibility of basic intermediate steps for it's formal implementation through a public process.
(3) http://www.transformun.org
This consensus will help to establish the best ground for Miguel D'escoto to move forward in his interest for this vision and establishes a formal documented record in relation to this initiative for the next President of the General Assembly.
Petition
Based on these considerations, We are sending you the petition for your signature in support of this proposal. (4)
(4)http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com/2009/05/especial-carta-de-peticion-al-pdte-de.html
The next step will be to send this letter to the President of the General Assembly with the signatures of the representatives of civil society organizations throughout the world showing the support and consensus for the proposal and the interest for a public forum or consultation about this issue at the UN. (5)
(5) http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com/2009/05/carta-de-peticion.html
Here I attached the petition in word format. The signatures can be sent to : red_democratica@yahoo.com cgayoso03@yahoo.com .
In addition, you can read the petition at the address : Http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com in french, spanish, deutsch and italian. The signatures can be reo en la sección de comentarios, al pie de la página de la carta de peticiwritten in the comments section at the bottom of the page of the letter of request ó n de la secci ó n en el Blog.in this Blog.
If the support is personal write your name and organization. If it is as organization add the phone number and e-mail address of your organization.
We will appreciate if you can send this e-mail and petition to your own networks.
We propose this global initiative for your consideration and our need to move forward. This is only the beginning of our campaign in differents languages. More updates will be sent.
Thanks very much,
Cesar Gayoso
Planetafilia NY
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