House Resolution 124 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 124 BY ALONS , HAGER , MASSIE , WATTS , SCHULTZ , PEARSON , BRANDENBURG , SHAW , and DE BOEF A Resolution opposing the United Nations Agenda 21 1 and the nongovernmental organization International 2 Council of Local Environmental Initiatives. 3 WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is a 4 comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, 5 social engineering, and global political control that 6 was initiated at the United Nations Conference on 7 Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de 8 Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and 9 WHEREAS, neither the United States government nor 10 any state or local government is legally bound by the 11 United Nations Agenda 21 treaty in that it has never 12 been ratified by the United States Senate; and 13 WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is being 14 covertly spread into local communities throughout 15 the United States through the International Council 16 of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), now 17 calling itself Local Governments for Sustainability, 18 through the promotion of local sustainable development 19 policies, such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, 20 Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, and 21 other “Green” or “Alternative” projects; and 22 WHEREAS, this plan of radical, so-called sustainable 23 development views the American way of life of private 24 property ownership, single-family homes, private car 25 ownership and individual travel choices, and privately 26 owned farms as destructive to the environment; and 27 -1- LSB 6084HH (3) 84 jr/rj 1/ 2

H.R. 124 WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 28 policy, social justice is described as the right and 1 opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the 2 resources afforded by society and the environment which 3 would be accomplished by a socialist or communist-style 4 redistribution of wealth; and 5 WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 6 21 policy, national sovereignty is deemed a social 7 injustice; NOW THEREFORE, 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 9 That the House of Representatives opposes all state or 10 local efforts implementing programs of, expending any 11 sum of money for, being a member of, receiving funding 12 from, contracting services from, or giving financial 13 or other forms of aid to ICLEI — Local Governments for 14 Sustainability, or any other organization promoting 15 the implementation of the United Nations Agenda 21, 16 sustainable development, or smart growth; and 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of 18 Representatives recognizes the destructive and 19 insidious nature of the United Nations Agenda 21, 20 endorses rejection of its radical policies and of any 21 grant moneys attached to it, and recommends exposing to 22 the public and public policymakers across the country 23 the dangerous intent of the United Nations Agenda 21 24 plan. 25 -2- LSB 6084HH (3) 84 jr/rj 2/ 2