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Human Rights in Larger Freedom
by Rene Wadlow


UN's landmark Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.

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DOCUMENTS FROM THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT
SEPTEMBER 2009

Millennium Development Goals
UN General Assembly presentation by Desmond Tutu

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Positive Radio Station Run By and For Palestinian Women

YOUTH

Girls Count: A Global Investment & Action Agenda for adolescent girls in developing countries

Iraqi Youth Refugees in Jordan

Middle East Youth Initiative: "The 100 Million Youth Challenge"

WOMEN

President Obama lifts stranglehold on women's health across the globe.

RIGHTS-US: Few Safety Nets for Women of Colour
By Dominique Haoson - UNITED NATIONS (IPS)

United Arab Emirates (UAE): Women's Participation is the Norm
By Meena Janardhan - DUBAI (IPS)

Q&A: 'We Were Told To Go To The Mortuary' - Joyce Mulama interviews EVELYN MUTIO, reproductive health practitioner - NAIROBI (IPS)

POLITICS: Malawi's Women Challenge For Top Posts
By Pilirani Semu-Banda - LILONGWE (IPS)

LABOUR: Women's Household Chores Unpaid, Unrecognised
By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS (IPS)

TRADE: Middle-aged Women Keeping Zimbabwean Economy Afloat
By Tonderai Kwidini - HARARE (IPS)

Q&A: "Women Leaders Have to Be Tougher and Stronger Than Men"
Nergui Manalsuren interviews RUBY DHALLA, Canadian MP - UNITED NATIONS (IPS)

Q&A: "Time Has Come for a New U.N. Women's Agency" - Nergui Manalsuren interviews STEPHEN LEWIS, AIDS and gender expert - UNITED NATIONS (IPS)

PAKISTAN/INDIA: Women Beat Unorthodox Paths to Peace
By Beena Sarwar - KARACHI (IPS)

LABOUR: Women At the Helm, Literally - Miren Gutierrez* interviews SARAH FINKE, of the International Transport Workers‚ Federation - ROME (IPS)

ZIMBABWE: New Cabinet Ignores Quota for Women
By Davison Makanga - HARARE (IPS)

LABOUR-MEXICO: "They First Asked if I Was Pregnant"
By Emilio Godoy - MEXICO CITY (IPS)

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Peace Deal With Taliban Setback For Women
By Zofeen Ebrahim - KARACHI (IPS)

DEVELOPMENT: Financial Crisis Threatens Women's Meagre Gains
By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS (IPS)

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Declaration 1.0

Committing to a Sustainable and People-centred World for All - Read & Sign

GLOBAL COMMUNITY


EARTHWEEK
A Diary of the Planet

AROUND THE WORLD


Global Photography

In 'March Toward Disaster,' World Hits 400 PPM Milestone
Levels of atmospheric CO2 have never been this high in human history; will 'rise in carbon be matched by rise in climate activism'?
- Andrea Germanos - Commom Dreams

Climate Change's 'Evil Twin': Ocean Acidification
New comprehensive study outlines rapidly acidifying Arctic Ocean caused by CO2 emissions
- Andrea Germanos - Commom Dreams

Moving Planet - 9-24-2011
Bold climate action in every corner of the earth: from the massive crowds at major cities throughout the USA to the human flood in Cairo, Egypt to bike parades and rallies and protests and teach-ins all over the world.

Online seminars to introduce the Earth Charter and Earth Charter Initiative

US PLANS INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE TESTON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
By David Krieger

Life and Peace Institute's Annual Report 2010

UN Parliamentary Assembly: FAQ

1000Kalema Photo Competition
Deadline: Sept. 21

Oil (Olive) for Peace

REMEMBRANCE, REFLECTION AND RESISTANCE
By David Krieger

Audit of the Federal Reserve Reveals $16 Trillion in Secret Bailouts
Other News

International Criminal Court (ICC) Update

In Praise of Elise Boulding
by Hazel Henderson

Al-Bashir and the International Criminal Court: The Shock of Responsibility

Israel and Palestine
One Voice Movement

Democratic Socialism Moves Forward in Venezuela
By Peter Phillips

As Politicians Stall, Grassroots Fills Void
By Stephen Leahy

LOOKING AHEAD: A New Global Order: Bretton Woods II, and San Francisco II - An open Democracy News Analysis

Local Government Making Accountability work at Grassroots Level, panel discussion.

AROUND THE WORLD

World Bank reports progress in battle against AIDS

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ENVIRONMENT

Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment
published by the New York Academy of Sciences

The Climate for Change
By AL GORE


Al Gore and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

Climate Change Requires Long-Term Global Response, Secretary-General of UN Tells Security Council

First Global Peace Index Ranks 121 Countries - Norway tops list, U.S. comes in at 96

Global Trade Unions Rising to Challenge of Climate Change

Ecology Videos prepared by Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. "Religion and a New Environmental Ethic" interviews Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim on religious worldviews and ecology. Other videos address climate change, environmental justice, design, industrial ecology, ecological, economics ...
http://environment.yale.edu/

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights 2013 Calendar

WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING

Ending war & stuff
Most of what needed to be invented to end war has been invented. Now what we need to do is to spread the knowledge of these developments and inspire even more people to join the ongoing work of changing the behavior of individuals and governments. (Shifferd, 2011, p. 11).
References

Shifferd, Kent D. (2011). From war to peace: A guide to the next hundred years. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
http://hastingsnonviolence.blogspot.com/
2011/03/ending-war-stuff.html

www.pathwaystopeace.org
www.internationaldayofpeace.org
www.cultureofpeace.org

Make Peace with Terrorism instead of War against Terrorism
By Dharam Ahuja
Berkeley, California

The United Nations: Challenges and Leadership
by René Wadlow

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3rd Inter-generational Model UN - San Francisco State University
Saturday, October 19th - 9am - 5:30pm
UNA-USA’s 70th Anniversary Reception (5:30-7:30pm)

International Meeting on a
UN Parliamentary Assembly 2013

Brussels, 16-17 October 2013
Organized by the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly in collaboration with the Union of European Federalists. Hosted by Jo Leinen MEP, Graham Watson MEP, and Elmar Brok MEP.

Breakthrough in U.S. Congress for UN Parliamentary Assembly
- Democratic World Federalists News
March 25, 2013

ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES by René Wadlow
President and Chief Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva of the Association of World Citizens.

Citizen Diplomacy : Russia and the Gorbachev Years (1985-1991) - 8-6-13

Garry Davis: « And Now the People Have The Floor » - 7-26-13

Korea : Challenge and Response - 4-19-13

Citizens of the World Welcome the Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures - 3-13-13

Earth Summit: Rio Plus 20
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
4-6 June 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Past Articles of Rene Wadlow

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Douglas Mattern, president of the Association of World Citizens, passed away July 20, 2011 in California.

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United Nations

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