The purpose of ECI activity in this focus area and of the UN Task Force is to achieve recognition of the Earth Charter by the United Nations General Assembly and to demonstrate the relevance of the Earth Charter’s values and principles to global governance.
The United Nations Task Force has adopted three strategies:

• Climate Change Project—to promote use of the Earth Charter’s ethical framework in the international climate change negotiations on a post-Kyoto Agreement.
• Endorsement by UN Agencies—to seek recognition and use of the Earth Charter by UNESCO, UNEP, UNDP, and the UN regional economic commissions.
• UDHR Project—to further collaboration between the Earth Charter Initiative and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.