Morales named "World Hero of Mother Earth" by UN General Assembly

[Judi Lynn]

Morales named "World Hero of Mother Earth" by UN General Assembly

La Paz, Aug 29, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The president of the United Nations General Assembly, Rev. Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, on Saturday declared Bolivian President Evo Morales as "World Hero of Mother Earth" in a ceremony at the presidential palace in this capital.

With a medal and a parchment scroll, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization named Morales "the maximum exponent and paradigm of love for Mother Earth" in the resolution for his decoration that was read during the ceremony.

The document added that the decision was taken "after extensive consultation" among representatives of the General Assembly's member countries.

D'Escoto recalled that Morales "was the one who most helped" the United Nations declare last April 22 as International Mother Earth Day, or "Pachamama" as Mother Earth is said in Bolivia's Aymara Indian tongue.

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