SYRIA – a voice of hope after 10 years of war
SYRIA – a voice of hope after 10 years of war
Myriam Dessaivre
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.” (Excerpt from the Preamble of the UNESCO Constitution) Tribute to Myriam Dessaivre (1994-2020), a young French girl killed in Niger on August 9, 2020. Master in "International Affairs and Development specialized in peace processes and conflict resolution".
Orlando Lovera
A good person, committed and challenged by his people. A leader who gave his all. He was Mayor of Cerrito from 1999 to 2015 and then town councillor until his death in January 2017. (Vanina Grinovero, his wife) Lovera's life as an experience of Fraternity and Unity
Tommaso Sorgi
Custodian of a great knowledge experienced in political commitment and study [...]. Among the first to join the Focolare Movement. Great connoisseur of social Catholicism and biographer of Igino Giordani. Edited by Redazione Città Nuova
FOR NEW HUMANITY NGO THE TIME FOR PEACE IS NOW
Reports of the Corona Virus pandemic infection are chasing each other, highlighting that we are one race, with the same genetic heritage, the same way of getting sick, one humanity. However, we are not all the same when faced with ...
UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’
The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on everyone to “act together to lessen the blow to people”. “The new coronavirus disease is attacking societies at their core, ...
Letter for UN Secretary-General: support for the March 23 appeal
Rome, March 25, 2020 Your Excellency, Dear Secretary-General Guterres, We are writing to you to express our strongest support and commitment to the goals that were expressed in the Appeal you launched on Monday March 23, 2020, reacting to the ...
COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’
In an appeal issued on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged warring parties across the world to lay down their weapons in support of the bigger battle against COVID-19: the common enemy that is now threatening all of humankind. “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war”, he said. “That is why ...
The Fragility of the Individual and the Ethics of Sacrifice
Camilla Pagani
REFUGEE CRISIS IN GREECE: RESTORE THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM FOR REFUGEES
NEW HUMANITY AND MPPU APPEAL FOR WORTHY AND COURAGEOUS CHOICES so that, whilecombating the coronavirus emergency, we do not forget a tragic situation that deserves to beaddressed and resolved through better and higher quality international relations, and policiesthat look to ...
Europe, Brexit and our future
By Michal Siewniak
Migration from the southern shore of the Mediterranean
What is the vision from North Africa of the migration towards Europe phenomenon? How is it possible to make it person centred, thus moving from a purely economic to a human vision of migration? Interview with Pasquale Ferrara, Italian ambassador ...
Participants in “Together for a New Africa” Forum Share Impact of Training
The nine-day training that brought together 100 participants from seven African countries under the theme “African Identity and Leadership for Unity,” which concluded Sunday, January 5 had a significant impact on the young African leaders who were part of the program, ACI ...
SAY NO TO WAR, TO EVERY ACT OF WAR
The immediate establishment of a high-level trilateral committee between specialrepresentatives of the United States, the European Union and Iran, with a mandate to re-establish dialogue between the USA and Iran. The Movement promoting Politics and Policies for Unity expresses its ...
Fostering African Identity, Leadership Focus of Planned “Together for a New Africa” Forum
NAIROBI , 19 December, 2019 As African countries strive to achieve the aspiration of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063 on good governance and democracy, a planned forum bringing together some 100 participants under the initiative, “Together For a New Africa”, the second ...