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REVISED PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF BELIZE

ANNEX D

Preamble

THE CONSTITUTION OF BELIZE shall commence with a preamble

which shall state that the people of Belize:

(a) affirm that the Nation of Belize shall be founded upon principles which acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the position of the family

in a society of free men and free institutions,

the dignity of the human person and the equal and

inalienable rights with which all members of the

human family are endowed by their Creator;

(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic

system must result in the material resources of the

community being so distributed as to subserve the

common good, that there should be adequate means of

livelihood for all, that labour should not be

exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity, that

equal protection should be given to children

regardless of their social status, and that a just system should be ensured to provide for education

and health on the basis of equality;

(c) believe that the will of the people shall form

the basis of government in a democratic society in

which the government is freely elected by universal adult suffrage and in which all persons may, to the extent of their capacity, play some part in the

institutions of national life and thus develop and