Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Environment
Adpoted by the 103rd Annual Convention of
the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
San Antonio, Texas, April,
1992
WHEREAS, the United States of
America is still looked to by much of the world for
example and leadership, and
WHEREAS, the environmental crisis for the entire
planet, including North America,
has reached the emergency stage;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Central Conference of
American Rabbis urgently
insists
that President George Bush lead the United States delegation to the
UNCED
(United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in Brazil, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the United States
delegation attend UNCED without preconceived
limitations on the actions to be taken in concert
with the other nations of the planet,
and go with open minds and serious concern for the survival of
humanity which is imminently threatened.