the voyage of the Ark of the Well Being continues.... see attached brochure pag.18. The Ark of the Well Being, www.plexusforum.net, is a travelling exhibition recall project made by Plexus International, a non profit entity. Its purpose is to raise more attention on the increasing erosion of the natural and cultural heritage of humankind. The project started in the 1990s from a series of international Well Being and Reconciliation symposia, held in Sardinia, organized by the University of Cagliari. The Ark of the Well Being was presented in 1996, in Rome, on the occasion of the World Food Summit, within a special event “From Welfare to Well Being, Eating Art, Food for All, Get the Best from Your Food”, organized with the technical collaboration of the FAO Food and Nutrition Division, and focused on the human right of the nutritional well being for all.

50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The 1998 Open Call for Nutritional Well Being for All 3rd International Well Being and Reconciliation Symposium September 1998, Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy

The International Community has repeatedly stressed that: "Hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world that has both the knowledge and the resources to end this human catastrophe" and "We consider it intolerable that more that 800 million people throughout the world... do not have enough food to eat to meet their basic nutritional needs." As a group of concerned individuals, we issue this Open Call to all others who would join in giving life to these commitments. When we become serious about refusing to accept the unacceptable and not tolerating the intolerable, we can make an enormous difference in the lives of the poor and malnourished around the world. We call attention to Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services,..."; we underline the new WHO-endorsed definition of "health" that stresses it as "a dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"; and we underscore the Recommendations and Plans of Action of the 1990 World Children Summit in New York, the 1992 International Conference on Nutrition in Rome, the 1992 Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, the 1995 International Conference on Women in Beijing, the 1995 World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, and the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome.

60 Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights THE 2008 OPEN CALL FROM THE DOOR OF NO RETURN FOR SAFEGUARDING THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANKIND May 2008, House of the Slaves, Gorèe, Dakar, Senegal

As a group of concerned individuals, gathered together on the occasion of the Erosions and Renaissance Show, to safeguard the Door of No Return of the House of the Slaves of Goree, Senegal, from the increasing sea erosion, as a symbol of all growing “erosions” in the world, we issue a Call for the safeguard of our cultural and natural heritage. This call in particular is addressed to UNESCO, FAO, Biodiversity International, the World Bank and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We underline also the urgent need for the development of a specific plan for safeguarding the House of the Slaves of Gorèe.