U.N. to Celebrate ‘Mother Earth Day’

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - "Mother Earth is not an object or merchandise. Mother Earth cannot be bought or sold," said Bolivian President Evo Morales, speaking at a heavily-attended news conference here at U.N. headquarters on Earth Day.

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His remarks came shortly after the U.N. General Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution designating Apr. 22 each year as International Mother Earth Day, a move co-sponsored by Bolivia and 50 other countries. "Sixty years after adopting the [Universal Declaration of Human Rights], Mother Earth is now finally having the rights recognised," said Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president. More...

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