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- Representative to the United Nations, Geneva, Association of World Citizens, active on issues of human rights, disarmament and conflict resolution. Editor of the online journal of world politics and social issues Transnational Perspectives.
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Burma after the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi
Rene Wadlow*
The Myanmar military dictatorship currently speaks of “Myanmar’s Road to Democracy.” This is not unlike the earlier slogan of General Ne Win and his Burma Socialist Programme Party’s “Burmese Road to Socialism.” That Road led a relatively prosperous, rice-exporting country to one that is on the UN’s list of the 50 most underdeveloped countries and a net rice importer. The most recent sign post of “Myanmar’s Road to… Continue
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 10:47am —
9 Aug. International Day of Indigenous Peoples
Rene Wadlow*
While both humanization and dehumanization are real alternatives, only the first is man’s vocation. This vocation is constantly negated. It is thewarted by injustice, exploitation, oppression, and the violence of the oppressors; it is affirmed by the yearning of the oppressed for freedom and justice, and by their struggle to recover their lost humanity. Paulo Freire
The United Nations General Assembly has set 9 August as the International D… Continue
Posted on August 5, 2009 at 9:24am —
Peacebuilding:Cooperation, Coordination, and Holistic Vision
Rene Wadlow*
“From the outset of my mandate” said in 1993 then Secretary General of the UN Boutros Boutros-Ghali “I have been convinced that the structure of the Organization must mirror, as closely as possible, the tasks it is assigned to undertake. An institution must reflect
the objectives it pursues…The UN therefore faces the difficult task of relating our aims to our means, of updating and reforming institutions set up at diff… Continue
Posted on August 1, 2009 at 2:43am —
Awareness
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Wise in using skilful means
In every corner of the world
She manifests her countless forms
Awareness in our efforts of conflict resolution
Rene Wadlow*
We must recognize at the start that conflicts are rarely resolved just by compromise and adjustments. Conflicts are moments of high intensity of energies which need to be transformed into a radically different quality of flow in order to achieve stability and justice.
World Cit… Continue
Posted on June 16, 2009 at 1:01am —
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The poem you share is utterly perfect.
May I send to Pat/YUBUPA to see if she will have time to set it into a video format with images/music?
Please reply to abc4all @ gmail (dot) com so if you are receptive I can forward this to her. She can be found at
http://theonenesslovefoundation.org/
Cordially,
Burt / ABC4All
And if we do act, in however small a way,
we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future.
The future is an infinite succession of presents,
and to live now as we think human beings should live,
in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself
a marvellous victory.
May you always be abundantly blessed!
Helena
How timely that you posted this info on reconciliation! I just had a conversation with my friend Arthur Collins who is working with indigenous populations. Our idea is to do a "Six Degrees of Separation" event on Facebook to bring the principles of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights into people's awareness this year with a focus on reconciliation.
I would love to talk with you some more about this. Do you think this is something that you would be interested in collaborating on?
Blessings,
Elizabeth
Yes, That's what we need, Reconciliation! In Venezuela we need it badly! Unfortunately dialogue requires the compromise, or even the desire of both parties. When one of the parties considers the other as enemies to be erased or eliminated, no dialogue is possible... That's our sad truth! Nevertheless, those of us who dissent from the autocratic-militarist-neocommunist regimen in power will continue with the peaceful protests even when we are being repressed with tear bombs, rubber bullets, jail, death menaces, assaults by para-militarist groups working for the government....I hope the world will open its eyes to what is happening in this poor-rich country!
Sorry that I hadn't seen your comment until just now (December 5, 2008), but I wanted you to know that I went to the "Demonstration" we had here in San Jose, Costa Rica, on November 25th and have attended each and every year since my return to Costa Rica in 1998.
Before I returned to live here full-time, I lived in Colorado and worked on a "HOTLINE" for helping Battered Women and found it to be most rewarding work.
When I returned to live full-time here in Costa Rica, I worked with an organization called FUNDEFA, which also was set up to help battered women. Unfortunately, here in Costa Rica it is a very different culture and we had little or NO women coming to us for help -- they are too frightened by the consequences for speaking out against their boyfriends/husbands. Sad but true.
I want to thank you so much for reminding others of this very important date of November 25th!!!!
Peace and Love,
Kati
On behalf of All women, I send blessings of Gratitude for your caring and your work.
Merci
Helena
Are you aware of the Avaaz campaign to "Stand with the People of the Congo"? You can read about it here:
Blessings of Peace,
Gemma Grace
All we need in this World is Love Understanding, Peace, Harmony, Unity, Truth, Wisdom....and that transformation is the purpose of my life.
Love and Peace to you dear friend,
Helena
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