In this period of world transformations, independent voices are needed, to warn, to highlight the need for cooperative action and to propose measures for the peaceful resolution of disputes. On behalf of world citizens, the Association of World Citizens, which has consultative status with the United Nations, issues Appeals for UN action and measures to be taken by individual governments, multilateral institutions and non-governmental organizations. These World Citizen Diplomacy Appeals aim to reduce violence, protect human rights, and to create bridges between cultures.
Featured Image: Photo by Kat J on Unsplash. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 19 June of each year…
Featured Picture: Photo by Alice Mourou on Unsplash. The people of the earth having agreed that the advancement of man in spiritual excellence and physical welfare is the common goal…
Photo by Dimitry Anikin on Unsplash. The Association of World Citizens (AWC) urges action to lift the blockade on Odessa and other Black Sea ports; so that grain and other food…
Featured Picture: Nepali girls working in brick factory. Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Child Labour. Your children are not your children;They are the sons and daughters…
Featured Image: Image by Ian Ingalula from Pixabay. The United Nations is preparing a Transforming Education Summit; to be held in New York on 19 September; during the General Assembly. A…
Featured Image: Photo by Marcelo Bermudez on Unsplash. The States Parties to the United Nations sponsored Treaty on Desertification have been meeting in Abidjan; Cote d’Ivoire from 9 to 20…
Featured Image: Official visit of the President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu to Kyiv, January 12, 2021. Meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi. By President.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>,…
Featured Image: Pro-government militia in Darfur. By Henry Ridgwell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. 24 April 2022; saw renewed violence in the Darfur Provence of Sudan between Arab militias and…
Featured Image: Richard Falk. By Iran Review, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Richard Falk has written an autobiographic account of the political issues; which have marked his life:…
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…
