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Today the Humanists International General Assembly passed the Reykjavik Declaration on the Climate Change Crisis, setting new policy on the environment and what we believe must be done: humanists.international/policy/reykjav… #HumanistsIceland Image
As our Vice-president @AFKetelaer said earlier, we are at a vital moment in history and what we do now may determine "whether in a hundred years we still really live on a planet that has wilderness and a natural biosphere at all. …
… We hope that this Declaration will give members some mandate and encouragement to turn to the issues of climate change, the environment and biodiversity in a more sustained and meaningful way."
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Final day of #HumanistsIceland events, and delegates are gathering for the Humanists International General Assembly 2019. Take your seats we will begin shortly... ImageImageImageImage
President @andrewcopson welcomes delegates. Outlines how the organization has been growing, and notes that this is the first General Assembly under our new brand: a pledge from last year fulfilled! #HumanistsIceland ImageImage
We are proud to be a democratic organization governed by people elected by our membership. Our current Board introduce themselves to the room, including members from Uganda, Nepal, Norway, Guatemala, America, Netherlands, Belgium, and United Kingdom. humanists.international/about/our-peop… ImageImage
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Day 2 of #HumanistsIceland weekend kicking off now as the President of Iceland Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson opens the Sidmennt conference. Image
The president outlines the history and diversity of belief in Iceland and concludes: "The religion of one, or many, cannot be the basis of laws of the land."
Our own president @andrewcopson speaking now, on the growth of humanism in the 20th century and the challenges we have overcome, and those we still face. #HumanistsIceland
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Coming up this weekend: the General Assemblies of @HumanistsInt + @EU_Humanists + @YoungHumanIntl and a conference on "the Ethical Questions of the 21st Century" by the Icelandic Humanists: sidmennt.is. Using #HumanistsIceland for updates. humanists.international/get-involved/e… ImageImage
Ahead of our General Assembly at #HumanistsIceland this weekend, we're sharing some #facts about our work. They can also be found in our Annual Report for 2018, which you can download (PDF) via: drive.google.com/uc?export=down… Image
You can find out more about that training here: humanists.international/2018/05/iheu-d…

And here's a recent email we sent to our supporters about the wider work of "Training the world"! humanists.international/civi?page=Civi…
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