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The fact mother Teresa is one of the signatories suggests either that this is a very old message or that the list of signatories has been creatively edited, given that she died in 1997!!! best wishes, Abi > > > FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD > > Today, in every single country throughout the world, there are many > children silently suffering the effects and consequences of violence. > > This violence takes many different forms : between children on streets, > at school, in family life and in the community. There is physical violence, > psychological violence, socio-economic violence, environmental violence and > political violence. Many children - too many children - live in a "culture > of violence". > > We wish to contribute to reduce their suffering. We believe that each > child can discover, by himself, that violence is not inevitable. We can > offer hope, not only to the children of the world, but to all of humanity, > by beginning to create, and build, a new Culture of Nonviolence. > > For this reason, we address this solemn appeal to all Heads of States, > of all member countries of the General Assembly of the United nations, for > the UN General Assembly to declare: > > That the first decade of the new millennium, the years 2001-2010, be > declared the "Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence"; > > That at the start of the decade the year 2000 be declared the "Year of > Education for Nonviolence"; > > That nonviolence be taught at every level in our societies during this > decade, to make the children of the world aware of the real, practical > meaning and benefits of nonviolence in their daily lives, in order to > reduce the violence, and consequent suffering, perpetrated against them and > humanity in general. > > Together, we can build a new culture of nonviolence for humankind which > will give hope to all humanity, and in particular, to the children of our > world. > > > With deepest respect, > > The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates > > > > Signed by : Mairead Maguire Corrigan, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, > Aung San Suu Kyi, The 14th Dalaď Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), Mikhail Sergeyevich > Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Mgr. Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Adolfo Pérez > Esquivel, Yasser Arafat, Mgr. Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta, > Norman Borlaug, Oscar Arias Sánchez, UNICEF, Frederik Willem de Klerk, > Betty Williams, Lech Walesa, Joseph Rotblat, Henry Kissinger, Jody > Williams, John Hume, David Trimble, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and the American > Friends Society > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq > For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: > http://welcome.to/casi > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq > For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: > http://welcome.to/casi > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi