Upholding International Humanitarian Law in Times of Armed
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens GENEVA (IDN) – The entry of Turkish troops into what they call a “safe zone” on the frontier of Turkey and northeast […]
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Protecting the Planet: An Ethical Imperative
The U.N. Climate Action Summit on 23 September 2019 has focused on the need for ecologically-sound development. There must be development as there are still some one billion people who live […]
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Iran Crisis: Dangers and Opportunities
It has often been mentioned that the Chinese characters for “crisis” is a combination of the characters for “danger” and for “opportunity”. Thus it is today for the Iran Crisis. […]
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The Amazon Rain Forest – A 30+ Year Catastrophe in the Making
The Earth Concert 1989 1700 hectares of rain forest was being burned in 1989 when we started a global telethon to raise awareness. Jean Hudon, a Canadian, launched the project […]
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Humanitarian Law
12 August is the anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Protocols Additional are central instruments of International Humanitarian Law. The Geneva […]
