UN Charter : There is Path to Peace

UN exists for world peace

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WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED

  • to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
  • to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
  • to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
  • to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

AND FOR THESE ENDS

  • to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and
  • to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and
  • to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
  • to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,

HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS

Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations.

How do you read?

You’re feelings are really really important.

Isn’t it beautiful? This charter is really beautiful. But the reality is?

  • I want to ask you first. Did you know UN has that purpose? 
  • I want to ask people who work in UN.  Did you know UN has that purpose?
  • I want to ask people who lead UN. Did you know UN has that purpose?

Is it a hollow crys? Is it Only remains through words?

Would ‘PEACE’ touch your mind?

  • If you had seen a war, you must long for peace.
  • If you are a victim, you must long for peace.
  • If your people has died, you must long for peace.

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We need to press on a little bit more.

“Everything is lost in war. Everything is gained with peace”     – Pope Francis

The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 Nelson Mandela #3

Nobel Peace Prizes List

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1994

Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin

“for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East”

The Nobel Peace Prize 1993

Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk

“for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa”

The Nobel Peace Prize 1992

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

“in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples”

The Nobel Peace Prize 1991

Aung San Suu Kyi

“for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights”(www.nobelprize.org)

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Do you know Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela?

He is very famous person. Why? You already know the reason.

He is the first black president by a vote.

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Do you know that? He was in prison for a long time. How long?

26 years!!!!! It’s surprising!!!!

It’s sad.. And I have mixed feelings.

Why did he go to jail? Hmm… It’s mixed.

in 1961 Mandela, Sisulu, and Slovo co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”, abbreviated MK). Becoming chairman of the militant group, Mandela gained ideas from Marxist literature on guerilla warfare by Mao and Che Guevara as well as from the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz.(Wikipedia)

So he was captured in 1962. He gave his final testimony  in court. It is called Rivonia Trial Speech in 1964.

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I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to see realised. But if it needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” 

After 30 years later his inauguration took place in Pretoria on 1994.

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“We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for allLet there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world.” – Inaugural Speech in 1994

Now you read this essay…

What do you feel…?

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Your feeling is the most important thing for your sake. It is the most important thing that I think!!

 

I don’t know much about politics. I don’t know much about ideology.

So I can’t make a judgement that Nelson Mandela is good or bad.

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The purpose of this essay is just to share the enlightenment.

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“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

– Nelson Mandela

Letters to Me(After 10 years) #1

Hi. 🙂

Hmm… I feel a little awkward. What do you do?

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Hmm… How do you feel…? 

I’m a little worried and excited now. How about you?

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Hmm… I can’t hear you. It’s too bad..

I just want you to grow nice and not to avoid any more. That’s all.

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In fact, I want that you are a intelligent and successful lecturer.

But I know that I have to want you to be happy.

It’s ironic…

 

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Do I want to say more?

No. I will do my job.  I will live for today.

Waiting for me as a nice figure. Good Luck. 🙂

PS. I want to change as soon as possible.  Ah. Also don’t rationalize. OK?

Letters to Mom #1

Hi. Mom.

Your home is 8000 km away from here.

I don’t think we’re as far as it is..

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How’s the sky?    Is it blue as usual…? 🙂

I sometimes think you…..

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Mom, you had a hard life.

When I walk the street, it reminds me of old memories..


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We were walking hand in hand and talking together. And Its sky was yellow and red…

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Mom, don’t worry about me any more..

You know who your son really is…

Don’t worry….  Don’t worry too much…..  sob.. sob…

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Everything will be OK. I love you. 🙂