Left to right: Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's Greenbelt Movement and one of the Earth Charter Commissioners; Maurice Strong, Co-chair of the Earth Charter Commission; and Peter Adriance, a representative of the Bahá'í International Community, gather after the reception following the Official Launch of the Earth Charter, 29 June 2000, at the Peace Palace in the Hague, the Netherlands. More than two hundred fifty people from nearly fifty countries came together to celebrate the release of the final draft of the Earth Charter, a declaration of universal values and ethics for sustainable development, drafted with input from a broad spectrum of humanity.