United Nations
Today, the United Nations is at the center of efforts for cooperative action, for advancing human dignity, and for the creation of a world community.
Conflict resolution, human rights and a higher standard of living in larger freedom – the three pillars of the UN- are advancing together with equal strength.
The challenge to the United Nations is to create resilient, responsive organizational structures which nourish the human spirit.
Cooperative ventures of all sizes are on the increase. Non-governmental organizations, such as the Association of World Citizens, play an increasingly important role in this common world effort.
La Société des Nations et son armée de la paix inutilisée.
Image en vedette : Stanley Bruce présidant le Conseil de la Société des Nations en 1936. Joachim von Ribbentrop s’adresse au conseil. Par Commonwealth d’Australie, domaine public, via Wikimedia Commons…
Non-governmental Organizations in the United Nation: The Voices of the Future.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) written just after the end of the destructive Second World War states that: “since wars…
Genocide Convention: 9 December 1948.
Featured Image: Photo by Pixabay on Pexels By Dr. Rene Wadlow. Genocide Convention: 9 December 1948.An Unused but not Forgotten Standard of World Law. Genocide is the most extreme consequence of racial discrimination…
The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces, Weak but Necessary.
Featured Picture: MONUSCO Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. I am confident that if we work together and champion truly bold reforms,the United Nations will emerge as a…
A Step Forward in the U.N.’s Efforts Against Rape as a Weapon of War.
Featured Image: Photo by Stewart Munro on Unsplash. On Tuesday, 23 April 2019; the United Nations Security Council voted for resolution N° 2467; concerning the use of rape as a weapon in times…
Louis B. Sohn, A World Citizen Pioneer for World Law.
Featured Image: Professor Louis B. Sohn in his office at Harvard University Law School, as it appears in the book Harvard Law School 1965. By Murray Tarr, CC BY-SA 4.0…
The League of Nations and its unused Peace Army.
Featured Image: Stanley Bruce chairing the League of Nations Council in 1936. Joachim von Ribbentrop is addressing the council. By Commonwealth of Australia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Rene Wadlow. 28…
The Protection of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
Featured Image: Big Pow-Wow with traditional costumes from East coast First Nations of Canada. By Marc-Lautenbacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. While both humanization and dehumanization are real…
Human Rights: The Foundation of World Law
Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in English), Lake Success, New York. November 1949. By FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via…
The United Nations as One
Featured Image: Photo by Brandi Alexandra on Unsplash. By Dr. Rene Wadlow. ” The outer message of the United Nations is peace.The inner message is Oneness.Peace – we strive to structure;Oneness – we…