Declaration of Merida: Human Rights Are Essential for Sustainable Development Robert Adams - The Yucatan Times
go to original October 12, 2015

Mexican ombudsman Luis Raúl González Pérez inaugurates the international confererence on human rights. (Notimex)

The top human rights ombudsmen of 53 countries meeting in Merida adopted a declaration to be conveyed to the United Nations proclaiming that human rights are essential for sustainable development.

The Mexican Ombudsman, Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez, who presided over the meeting Oct. 8-10, said Sunday Oct. 11 that the principles of human rights and peace and security are fundamental for sustainable development.

The 12th International Conference of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, unanimously approved the Declaration of Merida.

This manifesto, signed by the Ombudsmen of the 53 participating countries, will be incorporated in the Human Rights Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030 issued ??by the United Nations General Assembly last September.

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