Posts Tagged ‘UN’

Morales calls for ‘reparations to the earth’

By admin • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: News

President of Bolivia Evo Morales has outlined a real plan to the UN on Tuesday to rescue the world from environmental degradation, overconsumption, capitalism and injustice. The Bolivian leader urged the world to “put an end to the exploitation of human beings and the pillage of natural resources” by rejecting free-market theory and reallocating the money spent on war to fighting environmental and climate problems. In other words, the war between humans and the planet. Video after the jump.



U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Meeting Regarding The Climate Crisis

By admin • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: News

Despite representation from nearly 500 aboriginal groups worldwide, the Forum is not empowered to enact laws; it can only advise the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a 54-member U.N. body, whose members are elected by the General Assembly every three years.