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	an article by		DISCUSSION There is no question yet associated with this article. * * * * * LATEST READER COMMENT: (The following is continued from the main article listed above.) UNESCO, the UN institution to “build peace in the mind of men” in order to “save the succeeding generations from the scourge of war”, will celebrate its 70th anniversary 16th of November this year. It deserves, with all its virtues and defects, successes and failures, a recognition for peace building worldwide. It is actually quite difficult to understand how UNESCO with its mandate and high level of activity in favor of peace has gone under the radar of the Norwegian Nobel Committee for so long. UNESCO’s as the intellectual and ethical body of the UN has deserved to get the Nobel Peace Prize on many occasions, for its work on international understanding, for its facilitation of an extensive cooperation between scientists, teachers, artists, cultural workers and journalists, for its focus on peace education in its broadest sense, for the safeguarding of different forms of our cultural heritage, for inspiring art and creativity, for its normative work in favor of humanistic ideals, and most of all for its extensive initiative for the culture of peace involving millions of people around the world. Other UN organizations, some perhaps with a more short-term humanitarian focus than a long-term humanistic one such as that of UNESCO, have received the Nobel Peace Prize. To-day, the UN is undermined in its function by lack of resources whilst global military expenditure continue to rise and bodies of the more affluent, such as the G6, G7, G20, the IMF and the World Bank, even NATO, dictate much of the world agenda. National security takes the lead over world peace and ideologies of short-term gains undermines the living conditions of both humanity and the planet. It is time to strengthen the global mandate of the UN, and especially honor UNESCO for its efforts in favor of “the people” and their needs and aspirations. Federico Mayor managed in an unprecedented way during his period as Director General of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999 to make a platform for the involvement of Governments, a large number of professional groups and civil society movements in reflection and action on the then new concept of a culture of peace. Since 2000, his devotion to the ideals of a culture of peace and his many initiatives have been expressed through different channels, not least the Foundation for a Culture of Peace based in Madrid. . ...more.
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