Ruud Lubbers is active member of the Earth Charter Commission, chair of VNO-NCW Curatorium, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and former UNHCR. Personal slogan To handle the great challenges and responsibilities we have towards the Earth and to counter the negative globalisation trends, we can make full use of the Earth Charter. The civil society of the globalising world, ''we the people'' need a constitution – a document describing the values to be respected and to be pursued. The Earth Charter gives us a holistic, comprehensive, inclusive constitution. – From The Earth Charter in Action – Towards a Sustainable World (2005)