Editing Secular humanism (section)

===International Humanist and Ethical Union===
In 2002, the [[IHEU]] General Assembly unanimously adopted the [[Amsterdam Declaration|Amsterdam Declaration 2002]] which represents the official defining statement of World Humanism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iheu.org/amsterdamdeclaration |title=Amsterdam Declaration 2002 |access-date=5 July 2008 |publisher=International Humanist and Ethical Union |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080606/http://www.iheu.org/amsterdamdeclaration |archive-date=9 May 2008}}</ref>

All member organisations of the [[International Humanist and Ethical Union]] are required by bylaw 5.1<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iheu.org/bylaws |title=IHEU's Bylaws |access-date=5 July 2008 |publisher=International Humanist and Ethical Union}}</ref> to accept the ''Minimum Statement on Humanism'':
<blockquote>Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not [[theism|theistic]], and it does not accept [[supernatural]] views of reality.
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To promote and unify "Humanist" identity, prominent members of the IHEU have endorsed the following statements on Humanist identity:<ref name=Blackham/>
* All Humanists, nationally and internationally, should always use the one word Humanism as the name of Humanism: no added adjective, and the initial letter capital (by [[life stance orthography]]);
* All Humanists, nationally and internationally, should use a clear, recognizable and uniform symbol on their publications and elsewhere: our Humanist symbol the "[[Happy Human]]";
* All Humanists, nationally and internationally, should seek to establish recognition of the fact that Humanism is a life stance.