A HUMAN MANIFESTO

 This document was first published in 1972 by Planetary Citizens Registry (no longer in operation) as a full-page ad in the New York Times. The inspiration for this document was initiated by UN Secretary-General U Thant.

The Association of World Citizens has gathered a new list of prominent personalities as endorsers for the reissue of this document. A Human Manifesto is a message of hope and vision in this time of violence and war.

Publication of the Manifesto is the first phase of our Global Peace Campaign. The second phase will be a major peace conference scheduled for San Francisco in late 2003 with the title: "Creating a World Beyond Terrorism and War." Many of the endorsers of A Human Manifesto will participate.

 
ENDORSE "A HUMAN MANIFESTO"
(Include Name, Country & Organization if applicable in email)


A HUMAN MANIFESTO

Human life on our planet is in jeopardy.

It is in jeopardy from war that could pulverize the human habitat.

It is in jeopardy from preparations for war that destroy or diminish the prospects of decent existence.

It is in jeopardy because of the denial of human rights.

It is in jeopardy because the air is being fouled and the waters and soil are being poisoned.

It is in jeopardy because of the uncontrolled increase in population.

If these dangers are to be removed and if human development is to be assured, we the peoples of this planet must accept obligations to each other and to thee generations of human beings to come.

We have the obligation to free our world of war by creating an enduring basis for world peace.

We have the obligation to safeguard the delicate balances of the natural environment and to develop the world's resources for the common good.

We have the obligation to place the human interest, and human sovereignty above national sovereignty.

We have the obligation to make human rights the primary concern of society.

We have the obligation to create a world order in which man neither has to kill or be killed.

In order to carry out these obligations, we the peoples of this world assert our primary allegiance to each other in the family of man.

We declare our individual citizenship to the world community and our support for a United Nations capable of governing our planet in the common human interest.

The world belongs to the people who inhabit it. We have the right to change it, shape it, nurture it.

Life in the universe is unimaginably rare. It must be be protected, respected, cherished.

We pledge our energies and resources of spirit to the preservation of the human habitat and to the infinite possibilities of human betterment in our time.


Endorsers of the 2002 reissue of A Human Manifesto

Hafsat Abiola
Founder
Kudirat Initiative for Democracy
Nigeria

Tadatoshi Akiba
Mayor of Hiroshima
Japan

Tony Benn M.P.
English Parliamentarian
United Kingdom

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Former UN Secretary General
Egypt

Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Mayor
City & County of San Francisco
USA

Fritjof Capra
Founding Director
Center for Ecoliteracy
USA

Ingvar Carlsson
Former Prime Minister of Sweden
Co-Chair
Commission on Global Governance
Sweden

Eugene J. Carroll, Jr.
Rear Admiral, US Navy, Retired
USA

President Jimmy Carter
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 2002
USA

Sir Authur C. Clarke
Author
Sri Lanka

Mairead Corrigan Maquire
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1976
N. Ireland

Walter Cronkite
Journalist
USA

Mario Cuomo
Former Governor of New York State
USA

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso
the 14th Dalai Lama
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1989
India

Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President
Children's Defense Fund
USA

Paul Ehrlich
Population and Environmental Scientist
USA

Richard R. Ernst
Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 1991
Switzerland

Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1980
Argentina

Benjamin B. Ferencz
Author
Former Prosecutor at the Nuremberg
War Crimes Trial
USA

President Gerald R. Ford
USA

Arun Gandhi
Co-founder
M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
USA

Jane Goodall
Scientist
Founder, Jane Goodall Institute
for Wildlife Research
USA

Hazel Henderson
Author, Futurist, Economist
USA

John Hennessy
President, Stanford University
USA

Arthur Hiller
Film Director
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
2002 Adademy Award Ceremony
USA

Barbara Marx Hubbard
Author, President of Foundation
for Conscious Evolution
USA

Wolfgang Ketterle
Nobel Laureate, Physics, 2001
USA

Frederik Willem de Klerk
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1993
Former President of South Africa
South Africa

David Krieger, President
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
USA

Dennis Kucinich
U.S. Congressman
USA

Ervin Laszlo
Author, Scientist, Founder
Club of Budapest
Hungary

Norman Lear
Author, Television Producer
USA

Federico Mayor
Former Director General of UNESCO
Spain

Zubin Mehta
Music Conductor
USA & Israel

Edgar Mitchell
Astronaut
Founder, Institute of Noetic Sciences
USA

Robert Muller
Former Asst. UN Secretary General
Chancellor, University for Peace
Costa Rica

Robert K. Musil
Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
USA

Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Professor of Islamic Studies
George Washington University
USA

Anaisabel Prera
Director General
Fundación Cultura de Paz
Spain

Sir Shridath Ramphal
Co-Chairman
The Commission on Global Governance
United Kingdom

Robert B. Reich
Former US Secretary of Labor
USA

Douglas Roche O.C.
Senator of Canada
International Chairman
Middle Powers Initiative
Canada

Eleanor Roosevelt
Author, Speaker
Niece of Eleanor Roosevelt
USA

Mstislav Rostropovich
Cellist, Conductor
USA

Joseph Rotblat
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1995
United Kingdon

Oscar Arias Sanchez
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1987
Former President of Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Frederick Sanger
Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 1958, 1980
United Kingdom

Martin Sheen
Actor, Activist
USA

Rt. Rev. Bishop William Swing
Founder, United Religions Initiative
USA

Charles H. Townes
Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1964
USA

Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1984
South Africa

Lynne Twist
Author
Vice Chair, Institute of Noetic Sciences
USA

Elie Wiesel
Writer, Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1986
USA

Jody Williams
Nobel Laureate, Peace, 1997
Founding Coordinator
International Campaign To Ban Landmines
USA

Muhammad Yunus
Founder & Director
Grameen Bank
Bangladesh

ENDORSE "A HUMAN MANIFESTO"
(Include Name, Country & Organization if applicable in email)


Home Page | Building the Global Village | Events
Latest News | Featured Publications | Join Today | Fundraising