Building on principles laid down in Johannesburg in August at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, the declaration reiterated that economic and social development and the eradication of poverty are the priorities of developing countries.
International pressure is mounting on President Vladimir Putin after Russia yesterday authorised the mobilisation of troops in Ukraine, whose acting prime minister has described recent developments as a "declaration of war" - but so far Mr Putin has ignored the widespread international condemnation of his country's aggression.
Despite critiques from Macklin and other philosophers, there has been considerable activity regarding the development of dignity declarations, policy, scholarship and research.
Notable examples include NGO involvement in the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Declaration on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (Claude & Weston 1992).
The U.S. was a leader in the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the U.N. adopted in 1948, but stopped supporting the international system to carry it out because, among other reasons, Jim Crow laws directly violated the declaration.
The top priority of the Declaration states: "Development will be successful... and aid fully effective only when the recipient country takes the lead in determining its own development goals and priorities and sets the agenda for how they are to be achieved".
The winner is chosen by Pro Natura, the Swiss branch of Friend of the Earth, and the Berne Declaration, a development campaign, and presented in Davos, Switzerland, where world business leaders are gathering for the World Economic Forum (WEF), to highlight the "dark side of globalisation".
A notable development is the United Nations declaration of a decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005 2014, which has resulted in what is commonly referred to as Education for Sustainable Development (UNESCO, 2009, 2014).
The meeting will consider the development of a 'Delhi Declaration' which will serve as a roadmap for future South-South cooperation to ensure children's rights.
Earlier, the 1999 UN International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD + 5) declaration, set a goal of 50% of all births to be assisted by a skilled attendant by 2010, and 60% by 2015 in countries with very high maternal mortality.
