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| [GMW #842] Decide For Peace - When Humans Decide To Do Something They Can Do It
| Monday 19 December 2005, Editor: Easy | RobertMuller.org | Contact | Subscribe | Unsubscribe |
| Daily Blog: English | Portuguese I Spanish | | | Peace | | ~ Idea 195 ~ 21 January 1995
In the 19th century and early twentieth, one of the main forms of violence was workers' violence. It led to several revolutions and to communism. Today, of all forms of violence, labor violence is minimal, even non-existent in most countries. Why? Because in order to cope with the problem, in 1919 the International Labor Organization was created in which governments, employers and labor unions are represented and have developed a host of agreements, conventions, legislations, recourses, rights and methods to resolve labor conflicts and disputes in a peaceful, non-violent way. This example speaks highly for similar arrangements in the UN and in all its specialized agencies, namely a peoples' representation at the UN and professional representatives in all agencies.
Thanks to the UN, international conflicts have also been reduced to a minimum and could have been eliminated if it had not been for the cold war between the US and the USSR. The UN did a similar, remarkable job in decolonization and in reducing racial violence, especially apartheid.
Thanks to the UN Security Council which took up the question of aircraft highjacking, that form of violence has considerably diminished in the world while airtransport and airtravel have mushroomed to unprecedented levels.
Today, most violence is among ethnic groups, religions, youth, in cities and in the family. Would it not be beneficial to create an International Ethnic Organization, an International Religious Organization, an International Youth Organization and an International Family Organization on the pattern of the ILO? The cost would be minimal compared with the huge benefits gained. The miracles produced by the UN and the ILO should be repeated in other fields.
During my four decades at the UN I have noticed that when humans decide to do something, they can do it. From a pessimist I have become an optimist and a believer in the human species. I thank the UN for it.
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| | Robert's Golden Sayings | Do not compress, diminish or stifle your capacities and willingness to help your human brothers and sisters. On the contrary, help them flower, give them ground for growth and expansion. Never be pessimists or diminishers of life. If you cannot be positive, at least be silent.
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-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6 | Since the UN is dealing with the most difficult problems on Earth, do not encourage it to fail, but help it to succeed.
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