Objective

“Only we the combined peoples of this, our Planet Earth, have the sufficient capacity, will and power to attain unity within our collective diversity.”

Over the last century, the global community has made significant strides in developing standards on how diverse countries and cultures can work together. Since then, globalism has been on the rise leading to people from diverse backgrounds populating all parts of the globe - even monoethnic communities.

This raises the question: What standards currently exist to help nations integrate diversity in their culture, respecting the view of the migrants while retaining local traditions and practices. This is the very heart of the need that this Declaration of Diversity addresses. It is a living proposal that branches from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to help establish the guidelines and boundaries to help unify diversity, giving credence to new ways of thought while protecting the beliefs and traditions of the existing citizens of any nation.

At its core, the Universal Declaration of Diversity affirms that:

“All forms of diversity have a right to existence, expression, continuity, natural progression and respect in so much that their intent, basis and form are in accordance with the 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

The intent of this living proposal is to begin the conversation on how, together we can establish, maintain and enhance harmonious interactions across our vast, diverse and distinct global population.

In 1948, the Declaration of Human Rights was ratified by the UN council establishing an international standard for how human life is to be globally respected. In this comprehensive document, Articles 18 to 21 established an individual’s right to freedom of expression. The Universal Declaration of Diversity expands on those and many more articles presented to set the standards on how different, cultures, races, beliefs, communities and group entities can maintain unity in their respective diversity.

To that end this Declaration of Diversity is similarly structured to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with introduction, preamble and article sections. The overall aim is to obtain enough petition signatures and global community revisions of the living proposal to present the case to the United Nations (UN) assembly in the hopes of ratifying the articles thus establishing rules and guidelines on how different peoples from different nations and cultures can live together while respecting one another’s traditions, beliefs and manner of expression.

With your help, your voice, your thoughts and your inputs, we have a chance to make an impression on the UN and the global community. With your added voice, this effort will at the very least start the conversation in the hopes that we can all achieve unity in our respective diversity.

To that end, the intent of this living proposal is to begin the conversation on how together we can establish, maintain and enhance harmonious interactions across our vast, diverse and distinct global population.

The contents of this living proposal are currently the words of a single individual who bears a deep love and respect for all beliefs, ideas, thoughts and manners of expression. 

“The premise of the Universal Declaration of Diversity is that diversity in expression is essential to maintaining and further expanding the well-being of our collective peoples throughout the world.”

Almost half a century of experience in learning, working and engaging with various peoples and entities from all nations has laid the foundation for this work. In all cases, it was found that only diversity bred sufficient capability to tackle the complex challenges facing everyone today. It constitutes the ability of entities to perceive unique perspectives to a common problem that can be synergistically combined to provide comprehensive and viable solutions which take into account the many distinct dimensions of an issue.

Simply put, we need all of us, all of our diversity if we are to successfully overcome the many challenges we face today and tomorrow. 

The Articles found within serve not just as guide for others but rather form the basis of this authors rules of conduct throughout a lifetime of working with various entities of diverse backgrounds to achieve harmonious manners of interaction that lead to constructive and sustainable solutions for all involved.

“Hope is the basic foundation of harmony.”

The hope that we the people will choose to work together in trust and respect of our collective backgrounds to attain a world vision where we can live, grow and prosper in unity through our diversity.