A/RES/67/214
United Nations
Distr.: General
15 March 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 20 (h)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2012
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/67/437/Add.8)]
67/214. Harmony with Nature
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1
Agenda 21, 2 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 3 the
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and the Plan of
Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation), 5
Recalling its resolutions 64/196 of 21 December 2009, 65/164 of 20 December
2010 and 66/204 of 22 December 2011 on Harmony with Nature and its resolution
63/278 of 22 April 2009, by which it designated 22 April as International Mother
Earth Day,
Recalling also the 1982 World Charter for Nature, 6
Recalling further its resolution 64/253 of 23 February 2010, entitled
“International Day of Nowruz”, and its resolution 65/309 of 19 July 2011, entitled
“Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development”,
Noting the interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with
Nature, held on 18 April 2012, to commemorate International Mother Earth Day by
discussing the scientific findings on the impacts of human activities on the
functioning of the Earth system,
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1
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
2
Ibid., annex II.
3
Resolution S-19/2, annex.
4
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
5
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
6
Resolution 37/7, annex.
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