The following Declaration of Human Duties is submitted by the United Nations to the youth of the world. Make multiple copies for your use. Discuss the following 12 points and ask students to sign their name in support of this Declaration. Declarations will be forwarded to Dr. Robert Muller, Chancellor Emeritus of the University for Peace when mailed to:

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DECLARATION OF HUMAN DUTIES

a Code of Ethics and Shared Responsibilities
(The Trieste Declaration)

IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY HUMAN BEING TO:

  1. respect human dignity as well as ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.
  2. work against racial injustice and all discrimination of women, and the abuse and exploitation of children.
  3. work for the improvement in the quality of life of aged and disabled persons.
  4. respect human life and condemn the sale of human beings or parts of the living human body.
  5. support efforts to improve the life of people suffering from hunger, misery, disease or unemployment.
  6. organize effective voluntary family planning in order to regulate world population growth.
  7. support actions for an equitable distribution of world resources.
  8. avoid energy waste and work for reduction of the use of fossil fuels. Promote the use of inexhaustible energy sources, representing a minimum of environmental and health risks.
  9. protect nature from pollution and abuse, promote conservation of natural resources and the restoration of degraded environments.
  10. respect and preserve the genetic diversity of living organism and promote constant scrutiny of the application of genetic technologies.
  11. promote improvement of urban and rural regions and support endeavors to eliminate the causes of environmental destruction and impoverishment which can lead to massive migrations of people and overpopulation in urban areas.
  12. work for the maintenance of world peace, condemn war, terrorism and all other hostile activities by calling for decreased military spending in all countries and of the proliferation and dissemination of arms, in particular, weapons of mass destruction.


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