October 26, 2020
6th Working Group on Business and Human Rights – Preamble
October 26, 2020
In this perspective, the Holy See would like to introduce in the Preamble the concept of “responsible stewardship”. “Neglecting to monitor the harm done to nature and the environmental impact of our decisions is only the most striking sign of a disregard for the message contained in the structures of nature itself”. My Delegation, therefore, proposes to introduce a new preambular paragraph reading, “Stressing that the urgent need to protect our common home concerns the whole human family, which must work together to seek sustainable and integral human development”.