HOUSE MEMORIAL 96

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Thomas A. Anderson

A MEMORIAL

HIGHLIGHTING THE EVER-GROWING CONCERN THAT STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IS BEING ERODED BY AGREEMENTS, TREATIES AND ORDERS AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AGENDA 21 PROPOSAL.

     WHEREAS, there is an ever-growing concern that state sovereignty and private property ownership is slowly being eroded by out-of-state, out-of-country and nondomestic jurisdictions, such as international treaties, trade agreements, laws, policies, presidential executive orders and guidelines and suggestions, as exemplified by the United Nations agenda 21 proposal; and

     WHEREAS, the United Nations agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan for sustainable development involving environmental, social engineering and geopolitical influences initiated at the behest of the United Nations conference on environment and development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and

     WHEREAS, comprehensive plans such as agenda 21 are very subtle in the manner in which they are initially proposed to local communities and states through the international council of local environmental initiatives and local sustainable development policies such as smart growth, wildlands project, global biodiversity projects, resilient cities, regional visioning projects and other green or alternative projects; and

     WHEREAS, financial benefits, funding, grants and other financial considerations are being provided to local and state governments as inducements for implementation of such comprehensive plans for sustainable development; and

     WHEREAS, these comprehensive plans have an initial benign appearance with implications that are not apparent at first blush and only become known and fully understood when consideration is given to the future effects on private property ownership and usage of lands, farms, ranches, traditional agriculture, single-family buildings, vehicles, the right to travel and historical consumerism as expressed by personal choice and liberty; and

     WHEREAS, to fully understand the impact of agenda 21 requires a sensitivity to private ownership that currently is not reflected in such comprehensive plans for states to adopt sustainable development and infrastructures that do not seem to coexist with current domestic policies; and

     WHEREAS, caution must be exercised as the rule of the day to protect all aspects of private property ownership, and it is better to be safe than sorry when it comes to putting liberties in jeopardy; and

     WHEREAS, once taken, individual rights will take time to restore, and justice delayed is justice denied; and

     WHEREAS, there is great concern among a significant portion of the population within the state that the agenda 21 plan is an attempt to expand the United Nations' realm of influence and control by introducing seemingly benign "feel good" agendas and comprehensive plans that have the potential to be misused and have detrimental effects on private property ownership and usage;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it acknowledge the ever-growing concern that state sovereignty and private property ownership is being eroded by agreements, treaties and orders as exemplified by the United Nations agenda 21 proposal; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that state sovereignty is vital to protecting private property ownership, usage of lands, farms, ranches, traditional agriculture, single-family buildings and vehicles and is also vital to the right to travel and historical consumerism as expressed by personal choice; and      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that state sovereignty is a cornerstone of freedom and liberty; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that New Mexico is not legally bound by the United Nations agenda 21 treaty, which has never been endorsed by the United States senate; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the president of the Untied States, members of the New Mexico congressional delegation, the governor, cabinet secretaries of all New Mexico executive agencies and the appropriate interim legislative committee.

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