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| | | | | prev | | next | | | Anniversary of the Genocide Convention: 9 December 1948 by Rene Wadlow An Unused but not Forgotten Standard of World LawGenocide is the most extreme consequence of racial discrimination and ethnic hatred. Genocide has as its aim the destruction, wholly or in part, of a national, ethnic, racial or r | | | | Tolstoy and Gandhi: Light as Darkness Approached by Rene Wadlow We possess a single infallible guide, the Universal Spirit that lives in men as a whole, and in each one of us, which makes us aspire to what we should aspire: it is the Spirit that commands the tree to grow toward the sun, the flower to throw | | | | Political Assassination : Lead up to African Independences by Rene Wadlow 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the independence of most of the French-speaking African states and has been so celebrated in France and in the former French Sub-Saharan African states. The independence of North Africa followed a differ | |
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| | | Peacebuilding: A Focus for UN Day by Rene Wadlow As we mark UN Day this 24 October, we are reminded that the United Nations remains the only universally representative and comprehensively empowered body the world has to deal with threats to international peace and security. As Brian Urquart, one | | | | For Those on the Pay-roll of Death by Rene Wadlow "I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death. I am not on his pay-roll. I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends nor of my enemies either" Edna St Vincent Millay 10 October is the International Day Aga | | | | Day for Non-Violence: Middle East Mediation by Rene Wadlow A new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks has started in Washington, D.C. with US officials playing the thankless role of governmental mediators (or at least the most visible role as mediators). There have also been a series of “Track Two | | | | Hsuan Tsang: Symbol of New UN Decade by Rene Wadlow God created lands filled with water as a place for man to live; and the desert so that he can discover his soul.Hsuan Tsang (623-664) is the symbol of the new UN Decade of Deserts which has just started. Hsuan Tsang cros | | | | The Rom: World Citizens Ahead of Time by Rene Wadlow Wandering now from land to landWho is there here to feel my pain?” | | | | 6 August 1945- 65Years of a Shattered World by Rene Wadlow The new atomic energy will be at the service of the rulers; it will change their strength but not their aims. The underlying populations should regard this new source of energy with lively interest — the interest of victims. | | | | The NPT Review: Business as Usual Now, Disarmament Perhaps Later by Rene Wadlow The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has Article VIII calling for a review conference every five years to see how the terms of the Treaty are being respected and its goals promoted. As this Treaty, a cornerstone of ar | | | prev | | next | | |
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