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Tímarit lögfræðinga - 01.12.1989, Qupperneq 8
The United Nations Charter is meant to be the modern covenant of man for co-existence and co-operation across frontiers regardless oí. sex, race, colour, religion and language. And let me here emphasize the very opening words of the Charter: “We, the Peoples of the United Nations”. This formulation, taken from the Constitution of the United States and proposed by the United States delegation to the San Francisco Conference, is meant to emphasize that tlie United Nations Charter expresses the will of the Peoples of the world — the human race as a whole is involved, not only member States. This establishes rights for mankind under international law, but it also entails obli- gations. 9. Thus it follows from the principles laid down in the opening paragraphs of the Preamble that we, States, nations, races and we as individuals have far-reaching obligations for the conservation and protection of our strange little spaceship, earth. These commitments are beautifully summed up in the very first paragraphs of the Preamble. “We the Peoples” of the United Nations determined: 1. “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war ...” 2. “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small” 3. “to establish conditions under which justice and respect for ... international law can be maintained ...” 4. “to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom”. In order to attain these ends the Preamble further provides that we are committed to “practice tolerance” and “live together in peace” with one another. Our mutual relations shall be those of “good neighbours”. And these golden rules of mankind are laid down as legal commitments. They are truly expressions of Albert Schweitzer’s axiom already mentioned: “Reverence for life and everything alive”. 10. These general principles have been further defined through the activities of the United Nations and other appropriate fora. Thus a series of United Nations General Assembly resolutions and declarations have formulated the underlying legal principles for the protection of our globe against pollution. Among the main contributions mention may be made of the report of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the Stockholm Conference, which convened in Stockholm in the period 5—16 June 1972. 214
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