QUOTES
The
end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction -- but not
the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this knowledge with the ideals
of justice, caring, and compassion summoned from our common human spiritual and
moral heritage, if we are to live in peace and serenity in the twenty-first century.
...Any
definition of a culture of peace must address the problem of achieving justice
for communities and individuals who do not have the means to compete or cope without
structured assistance and compassionate help.
As
we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the
standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace.
The
connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development
and peace is increasingly apparent.
Women,
who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation
of the kind of social capital that is conducive to development, peace, justice
and civility.
Women's
empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.
In
the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing
ethical systems.
We
have the ability to achieve, if we master the necessary goodwill, a common global
society blessed with a shared culture of peace that is nourished by the ethnic,
national and local diversities that enrich our lives.
