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.
« There is no doubt that Mankind is once more on the move. The very foundations have been shakened and loosened, and things are again fluid. The tents have been struck, and the great caravan of Humanity is once more on the march. »
Jan Christian Smuts at the end of the 1914-1918 World War
Featured Image: The famous Independence Square in Kiev on a sunny day. Photo by Euan Cameron on Unsplash. There has been of late a good deal of sabre-rattling along the Russian-Ukrainian frontier. There…
Featured Image: Photo by Ilja Nedilko on Unsplash. “The struggle against the nuclear weapon cult and threats it poses to international peace, security and development, like all struggles against belief systems which have…
Featured Image by Steve Evans from Citizen of the World, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. By Rene Wadlow. The Imburi are spirits that are said to inhabit the…
Featured Image Photo by Shinobu in Pexels. By Rene Wadlow. In 1993, the then Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali wrote: “From the outset of my mandate, I have been convinced…
Featured Image: South Sudan’s presidential guard await the arrival of foreign dignitaries invited to participate in the country’s official independence celebrations in the capital city of Juba. By Steve Evans,…
Featured Image: Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Photo by Mesfin Tesfaye on Unsplash. The Association of World Citizens (AWC) reiterates its urgent Appeal for an immediate ceasefire and the start of negotiations in good…
Featured Image Photo by Anthony Beck in Pexels. The Association of World Citizens strives to respond to situations in this turbulent and frequently violent world by making proposals for the resolution…
Sakya Monastery, Tibet. Sakya Monastery was founded in 1073, by Konchok Gyelpo and is situated about 130 km west of Shigatse on the road to Tingri. By I, Luca Galuzzi,…
Featued Image: A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4C-22-MC Phantom II aircraft (s/n 64-0727) releasing a B83 nucelar bomb at Edwards Air Force Base during the last flight of the B83…
