Rene Wadlow's Blog (4)

Anything To Keep Aung San Suu Kyi Out of Burma’s Electoral Process 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

The Day of Indigenous and Tribal 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

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

Kuan Yin : She who harkens to the cries of the world Rene Wadlow* 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