Sustainable Tourism Law

THE GLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM 397 September – 1 October 1999), encourages the World Tourism Organization to promote an effective follow-up to the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders in the tourism sector. “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” (Jawaharlal Nehru) But believing that these instruments should be complemented by a set of interdependent principles for their interpretation and application, upon which the stakeholders in tourism development should model their conduct at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Referring in particular to the following instruments: • Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948; • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966; • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966; • Warsaw Convention on Air Transport of 12 October 1929; • Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of 7 December 1944, and the Tokyo, The Hague and Montreal Conventions in relation thereto; • Convention on Customs Facilities for Tourism of 4 July 1954 and related Protocol; • Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 23 November 1972; • Manila Declaration on World Tourism of 10 October 1980; • Resolution of the Sixth General Assembly of WTO (Sofia) adopting the Tourism Bill of Rights and Tourist Code of 26 September 1985; • Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989; • Resolution of the Ninth General Assembly of WTO (Buenos Aires) concerning in particular travel facilitation and the safety and security of tourists of 4 October 1991; • Rio Declaration on the Environment and Development of 13 June 1992; • General Agreement on Trade in Services of 15 April 1994; • Convention on Biodiversity of 6 January 1995; • Resolution of the Eleventh General Assembly of WTO (Cairo) on the prevention of organized sex tourism of 22 October 1995;