Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates Summits: Charter for a World Without Violence
CHARTER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE
Violence is a preventable disease.
No state or individual can be secure in an insecure world. The
values of nonviolence in intention, thought, and practice have
grown from an option to a necessity. These values are expressed in
their application between states, groups and individuals.
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Iran Turmoil May Cost Hezbollah, Hamas Amid Retreat
Bloomberg | By Ben Holland and Massoud A. Derhally | Posted:
July 21, 2009
July 21 (Bloomberg) -- The power struggle in Iran sparked by the
disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is weakening
the country’s ability to back Islamist groups Hamas and Hezbollah,
as well as Iraqi militants.
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Sudan Rivals Agree to Avert War
BBC News | Posted: July 17, 2009
Much of Abyei was left in ashes after last year's clashes Rival
parties from north and south Sudan have agreed new plans to prevent
conflict ahead of next week's ruling on their disputed border.
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UN Human Rights Chief Alarmed by ‘Major Tragedy’ in Western China
UN News Centre | Posted: July 7, 2009
The top United Nations human rights official today expressed her alarm at the high number of casualties sustained during this weekend’s rioting in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region, calling on all people to show restraint in the wake of the “major tragedy.”
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