This meeting at The Hague involved participants from organizations with significant experience and competence in relevant areas plus many other experts and NGO leaders who, though invited in their individual capacity, were broadly representative of a diverse range of regions, cultures and relgions. The Workshop:
1. Considered the basic elements for an Earth Charter for presentation to the United Nations on the occasion of its 50th anniversary;
2. discussed ways of conducting a worldwide process of consultation leading to an Earth Charter for wide distribution and submission to the United Nations in 1997.