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In 1999 there were a series of meetings, some organized by the Earth Council and others by Soka Gakkai, to discuss the Earth Charter with key stakeholders of Malaysia. An important contributor to the Earth Charter drafting process was Ambassador Razali, the former UN General Assembly President and a special adviser to the Prime Minister.

In 2000, Soka Gakkai Malaysia organized a forum called “Earth Charter: Its contribution to Mankind in the 21st Century”, with approximately 1200 participants. During that time, the Local Agenda 21 Committee organized several training workshops on the principles of the Earth Charter.

In 2001, the Earth Charter Malaysia Committee was formed and has been active since then. It has organized seminars to promote the Earth Charter Principles, and also training workshops for local community leaders. They translated the Earth Charter into local languages and have distributed it to schools and College Libraries.

In 2008, Earth Charter Malaysia organized a series of lectures with more than 1000 local community leaders. They have been producing and distributing EC materials (especially brochures), organized a drawing competition on the EC Logo for school children; and, have sent press statements to local newspapers to call on the people to endorse the Charter. In August 29, 2008 a Grand Cultural Festival Night was organized to celebrate the nation’s 51st Independence Day, the Earth Charter was part of the event.

In addition, Earth Charter Malaysia began in 2008 an email campaign to call on Municipal Councilors and politicians in the country to endorse and use the Earth Charter as a reference and ethical framework for decision making and policy development.