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A/42/427
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107. First and foremost, this Commission has been concerned with people – of all countries and all walks of life. And it is to people that we address our report. The changes in human attitudes that we cell for depend on a vast campaign of education, debate, end public participation. This campaign must start now if sustainable human progress is to be achieved.

108. The members of the World Commission on Environment and Development came from 21 very different nations. In our discussions, we disagreed often on details and priorities. But despite our widely differing background and varying national and international responsibilities, we were able to agree to the lines along which change must be drawn.

109. We are unanimous in our conviction that the security, well-being, end very survival of the planet depend on such changes, now.

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