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March 8:International Day of Women: Women as Peacemakers
Rene Wadlow*

It is only when women start to organize in large numbers that we become a political force, and begin to move towards the possibility of a truly democratic society in which every human being can be brave, responsible, thinking and diligent in the struggle to live at once freely and unselfishly

March 8 is the International Day of Women and thus a time to analyse the specific role of women in bringing peace to areas of conflict… Continue

World Summit on Food Security: 16-18 November
Rene Wadlow*



Citizens of the World welcome the World Summit on Food Security of 16-18 November 2009 in Rome to address the root causes of the present food crisis and to work for the full implementation of the ‘Human Right to Food’. World citizens stress that there is a consensus that radical measures are needed to deal with the current world food crisis and that these measures will have to be taken in a wholistic way with actions going from the lo… Continue

Dear Colleagues,

I would be pleased if you can help in this effort to liberate a hostage on the Pakistan-Afghan frontier. Best wishes, Rene Wadlow





Citizens of the World call for the release of Greek scholar and aid worker among the Kalasha of Pakistan held by Taliban-related insurgents in the Nuristan area of Afghanistan







In a statement prepared for the UN Forum on Minority Issues, 12-13 November 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, Rene Wadlow, Chief Representative of the Association of Wo… Continue

I am pleased to present my appeal for serious discussion of the Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Gaza - often called the Goldstone Reort after the name of the chairman of the fact-finding mission. The appeal was sent by email to all the government Missions to the United Nations in New York on 2 November. The debate on the Report is to start, if all goes as planned, on 4 November.

The appeal does not deal with the content of the Report but rather with the importance of fact-… Continue

Women, Universal Responsibility and the Healing of Nations
Rene Wadlow*

We should begin to develop from the level of the individual through that of society to the world at large, what I call a sense of universal responsibility: a deep respect for every living being who lives on this one small planet and calls it home. The Dalai Lama

On 31 October 2002, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously Resolution 1325 urging “Member States to ensure increased representation of women at all decision-m… Continue