Agenda 21

Editor,

Agenda 21 is a two-decade old, grand plan for global “Sustainable Development,” brought to you from the United Nations. George H.W. Bush (and 177 other world leaders) agreed to it back in 1992, and in 1995, Bill Clinton signed Executive Order #12858, creating a Presidential Council on “sustainable development.” This effectively pushed the UN plan into America’s large, churning government machine without the need for any review or discussion by Congress or the American people.

Sustainable development sounds like a nice idea, right? It sounds nice, until you scratch the surface and find that Agenda 21 and sustainable development are really cloaked plans to impose the tenets of social justice and socialism on the world.

At risk from Agenda 21:
- Private property ownership
- Single-family homes
- Private car ownership and individual travel choices
- Privately-owned farms

The Agenda 21 plan openly targets private property. For over 35 years the UN has made their stance very clear on the issue of individuals owning land:

“Land can not be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes. The provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only be achieved if land is used in the interest of society as a whole.”

Charles Wierzbicki
Porterville