10,000 homes to be demolished in the U.K. Monday, June 27, 2005
John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister, told the House of Commons
that 10,000 homes would be demolished in a $2 billion program to
create "sustainable communities." This massive "Pathfinder"
program has been adopted to transform the nation into
sustainable communities, a major step toward compliance with
goal seven of the U.N.s Millennium Development Goals, and
further implementation of the U.N.s Agenda 21. A similar program
is underway in the United States, but proponents are careful to
deny that the U.N. has any influence or involvement. The facts
tell a different story. In 1976, the United Nations Conference
on Human Settlements (Habitat I), was held in Vancouver, British
Columbia. Among the recommendations endorsed by the U.S., and
adopted, are these: A(1)(b) All countries should establish as a
matter of urgency a national policy on human settlements,
embodying the distribution of population...over the national
territory. (c)(v) Such a policy s