Former President Lula Addressing the GLOBE Brasilia Legislators Forum 2008
The Mayor of Rio de Janiero, Eduardo Paes, today held a formal ceremony with the President of GLOBE International, Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, senior Members of the Brazilian Senate and Congress to jointly announce the 1st World Summit of Legislators. The Legislators Summit will convene in Rio from the 15th-17th June 2012 just ahead of the leaders Summit.
At the launch the United Nation Secretary General, BAN Ki-moon, sent a video message welcoming this important initiative and recognising the key role of legislators. He said:
‘Parliamentarians have a profound influence. You enact legislation. You approve budgets. You are at the heart of democratic governance.’
BAN Ki-Moon
Secretary General of the United Nations
Former Vice President of the Brazilian Senate, Senadora Serys Slhessarenko, Ambassador for the Legislators Summit was joined at the launch by GLOBE Brazil President Senator Cicero Lucena, 1st Secretary of the Senate of Brazil, as well as GLOBE Brazil Vice President, Senator Rollemburg, President of the Commission of Environment, Senator Ciro Nogueira, and Deputy Jandira Feghali.
The Rt Hon Lord Deben said that it was essential that Rio+20 is a success for Brazil and President Dilma. He said: ‘Brazil has the potential to reignite the vision of the original Rio Summit that met there twenty years ago. Under President Dilma an ambitious agenda could be forged that would bring world leaders together in Rio next year not to talk – but to commit. We need to agree a set of specific measures that would change the way we run our economies. He believes that President Dilma has a unique opportunity to recast the international process and confirmed that legislators would be a key part of delivering this agenda.’
GLOBE Secretary General, Adam Matthews, said: `This will be the first time a World Summit of Legislators will have taken place. This GLOBE event will add a new and important dynamic to the international process that will both drive international commitments into national legislation and also serve to scrutinise the delivery of the commitments that governments make. I am delighted that former Vice President of the Senate of Brazil, Senadora Serys Slhessarenko, will become the Ambassador to the Summit. She will have a key role in close coordination with the Brazilian Senate and Congress and the Mayor of Rio in working with the Brazilian government and Lord Deben to deliver this unique endeavor.´
For further information please contact GLOBE’s Secretary General, Adam Matthews, at: adam.matthews@globeinternational.org.
Me gustaria saber si pueden enviarme el documento de las politicas corporativas de GLOBE International. Gracias por su aporte
pueden enviarme informacion sobre los capitulos de GLOBE a nivel del mundo y especialmente latiamerica, con sus iniciativas legislativa y contactos. gracias.
Cordial saludo, por favor me pueden confirmar la fecha de la reunion del primer Cumbre Mundial de Congresistas de GLOBE International en Rio de Janeiro 2012
y un telefono para comunicarme. Gracias.
[...] 17 a 19 de junho: Cúpula Parlamentar Mundial de Legisladores Organizado pela GLOBE International (Organização Global de Legisladores para um Meio Ambiente Equilibrado), esta cúpula mundial inédita de legisladores pretende conduzir os compromissos internacionais para a legislação nacional, além de fiscalizar o cumprimento das propostas que os governos fazem. Site: http://www.globeinternational.info/2011/rio-2012-globe-to-host-1st-world-summit-of-legislators/ [...]
[...] legislation and also scrutinize the delivery of the commitments that governments make. Website: http://www.globeinternational.info/2011/rio-2012-globe-to-host-1st-world-summit-of-legislators/ Contact: Adam Matthews, tel. +44 (0) 20 7222 6955, [...]