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JANUARY 1 - DAY OF UNIVERSAL CONFRATERNIZATION AND WORLD PEACE

The first day of the year according to the Common Era calendar was chosen by the United Nations to promote universal brotherhood. At this moment, there are no reasons to celebrate the Day of Universal Fraternization and World Peace on January 1, 2024 because humanity is faced with two focus of war such as the one between Russia and Ukraine and between Israel and the Palestinian people that can trigger the 3rd World War with disastrous consequences for humanity. The time has come for humanity to resolve, not only the current international conflicts such as those between Russia and Ukraine and the State of Israel and the Palestinians of Hamas, but also in the world, within the framework of Civilization. It is unacceptable to live in a world where, in the last 6,000 years of human history, there have been only 292 years of relative peace between people. The situation humanity has reached with the prevalence of barbarism over the values of civilization is regrettable. Given the dark history of attacks committed against humanity and their dark prospects, it is urgent to attack the evil of barbarism at its root with the construction of a new civilized world order to replace the dominant order that generates attacks on Civilization in all quadrants of the Earth that have been recorded for more than 6,000 years. To definitively ward off new risks of a new world war and to achieve perpetual peace on our planet, it would be necessary to reform the current international system because it is increasingly evident that the current international system with the ineffectiveness of the UN does not have the capacity to mediate international conflicts and is incapable of guaranteeing world peace.

Human solidarity – the ultimate victory of good-will, understanding, knowledge and peace

Whether we are fighting a pandemic, financial or climate crisis, it is evident that we need solidarity, science, and decisive solutions. The recovery from the currently corona pandemic must guarantee a sustainable future for coming generations on a solidarity basis. The global vaccination plan, Covax brings together countries, companies, international organizations, and financial institutions, but nations must fight for its vaccine, only a 2 percent of the population started getting vaccinated. Most people in low- and middle-income countries still must wait. In this article, we examine how social solidarity can appear in the regulatory work of a nation or on a higher international level and, vice-versa, how law affects social solidarity. Our fundamental principle is that solidarity protects society from lawlessness, injustice, isolation, vulnerability and above all from disintegration.

Reflecting on the Measure of Our Humanity: Revisiting the Imperative of Human Solidarity

2021

ABSTRACT: This article addresses the intersections of the COVID-19 pandemic and the imperative of human solidarity based of a shared humanity. It expands on the justification of human solidarity, our understanding of what it means to be human foundationally, and it allows creative envisioning of the imperative of human solidarity. It provides a deeper framework of the issue of justice. Justice not only in vaccines distributions but also in the right to be treated as full human beings. As such, justice becomes inseparable from equality and equity, dignity and freedom. All human beings are seen as possessing infinite value. No hierarchicalism and ontological stratification of society between superiors and inferiors. KEYWORDS: COVID-19, human solidarity, dignity, freedom, sacred identity

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development May 21, 2022

Archnet.org, 2022

"On this Day, UNESCO would like to call upon everyone to celebrate cultural diversity, through which we will be able to build the intellectual and moral solidarity of humankind."-Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO Two decades ago, at a time when many leaders and academics were promoting the concept of a "Clash of Civilizations" between the "Western" and "Non-Western" world, Archnet.org went online, freely accessible at anyone anywhere who had access to an Internet connection. Archnet is intended to fulfill multiple purposes, one of which was to expand Western understanding of Muslim societies. More than 20 years later, we continue to advance that goal.

A Case Study in Global Solidarity

Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, 2008

(GSP) between the Dioceses of St. Cloud and Homa Bay, Kenya. With the help of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the diocesan partnership has been functioning since 1999. One of the unique characteristics of the partnership is the involvement of the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University (CSB/SJU), a Benedictine institution that is the only Catholic college in the diocese. i In this essay we will discuss the structure and activities of the partnership at the diocesan level, and then look specifically at the participation of CSB/SJU, one of the diocesan constituent groups in the partnership. We will also look at some of the factors that are important for a strong Global Solidarity Partnership. Our goal is not only to give an analytical account but to present findings that may be of use to those considering or already involved in such partnerships. While we make use of some documents in the writing of this essay, much of the information comes from participant observation by the authors, each of whom have been actively involved in the partnership for a number of years. ii Mutuality: A Key Global Solidarity Principle Global Solidarity in Catholic Social Teaching is discussed in depth elsewhere in this volume. In this section we will focus briefly on mutuality, a key principle for Global Solidarity Partnerships that underlies the structures and practices of the St. Cloud-Homa Bay partnership. The importance of mutuality, and the efforts to practice it, will be seen in the case study below. In their report on their 2005 conference on Global Solidarity Partnerships, CRS (2005, p. 8) wrote: [Mutuality] means that each partner affects the other. Mutuality can take the form of face-to-face interaction that includes caring, loving, cooperation , empathy, respect, and communication. It is most directly manifest through the sharing of gifts. This requires valuing the gifts each brings to the partnership. The CRS report then goes on to make an important observation: We have become accustomed to seeing the world through the divisions of rich and poor; the 'haves' and the 'have nots.' Mutuality is unthinkable as long as the world remains divided by labels and distinctions.... We must be able to recognize our strengths and places where we are wounded or lacking. We must also recognize other forms of riches and the strengths of others around us.... Give +Take = Mutuality." The view of the world as being composed of "haves" and "have nots," as the "gifted Global North" and the "needy Global South," can prevent the development of true mutuality and solidarity. According to Pakisa Tshmika and Tim Lind, this view divides us in two and creates deep-rooted complexes of superiority and inferiority. It makes some of us feel that we don't need others at all, and it makes others of us feel that we can do nothing without the initiative of others. It causes some of us to think we have no gifts worthy of sharing. It gives great honor to certain gifts, such as material wealth and power and particular professions, while dishonoring and cheapening gifts such as hospitality, certain less lofty skills, and reliance on others (Tshmika and Lind, 2003, p. 20).