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Geneva and the Alps: Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure
In the season of avalanches in the Alps and elsewhere, with its escalating toll of human tragedy and death, the work of Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Swiss physicist, geologist, meteorologist, and early Alpine explorer comes to the fore. He is described as the most renowned Genevese scholar of the eighteenth century, and the ’founder of climbing’. More than 200 years after his death he is also (...)
Helping Expatriates get off on the right foot
Relocating is about more than moving boxes and changing time zones. It’s about starting over. It’s about finding a new home, new school, new friends and learning to live in an unfamiliar environment. Crown Relocations understands this and its entire service range is aimed at one thing: making the expatriate’s transfer as smooth as possible.
"By offering our clients’ a range of relocation (...)
Reader’s letter – Courtesy
In response to the recent editorial in DIVA, I would like to make some comments, both from the angle of a male, and from the point of view that perhaps it is time to consider not just the loss of courtesy of men towards woman, but towards each other, including women towards men, in society today.
It is clear that in many parts of Europe and in the Anglo-Saxon countries, women are steadily (...)
Reader’s letter – Some reflections on the cong? maternelle and the Swiss mentality
Some time ago, Geneva introduced a fourteen-week cong? maternelle (maternity leave) to allow women who are giving birth to take a minimum of time off work while (hopefully) retaining their jobs and their salary benefits. This was considered a significant step for a Swiss canton, but not necessarily in the right direction according to the opinion of a large part of Swiss society. Issues (...)
Just ask for the time: Recollections of a journey
This is to greet friends old and new with the tale of a journey that took me far. It covered many miles and wondrous sights in Costa Rica, San Francisco, Hawai’i and New York. It is about lasting friendships that were made in Geneva. In part they date back more than thirty years; yet our meetings felt like yesterday.
It is also about the notion of the extended family and its particular (...)
A Century of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (1901-2005)
An impressive pictorial and documented exhibition entitled A Century of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (1901-2005): From Peace Movements to the United Nations, was on view in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, in 2006. It featured a selection of thirty-eight Nobel Peace Prize Laureates who strove to promote international peace through the development of organizations from the antecedents of the (...)
A ce Liban, a ce rêve
Il est de ceux qui se battent pour un idéal et qui sacrifient leurs vies. Il est de ceux, pour qui leur terre est sacrée Il est de ceux pour qui, le pays est synonyme de symbole, d’entité, de valeurs. Il est de ceux, qui nourrissent pendant toute une vie, un espoir
A ce Liban auquel je rêve, a ce Liban auquel j’aspire
Je voudrai par ces mots simples tenter de l’imaginer, Je voudrai par des mots (...)
Dr King: I Also Have a Dream
Every year in January we remember and honour Dr Martin Luther King, an untiring warrior against the brutality of racism. A man who dedicated his entire adult life to the fight for the elimination of racial discrimination, in particular, in the United States. A fight having such world-wide repercussions that, in any corner of the world where injustice exists, the name of Dr Martin Luther King (...)
Women, gender and equality: March towards progress
Principles of equality are fully enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 November 1948. Member countries publicize the Declaration which is disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other institutions regardless of the country or region’s political status.
The Declaration is available in hundreds (...)
ILO and Workers: Violence at Work
The International Labour Organization (ILO) was founded in 1919 to promote social justice and, thereby, to contribute to universal and lasting peace. Its tripartite structure is unique among agencies affiliated to the United Nations. The ILO’s Governing Body includes representatives of government, employers’ and workers’ organizations. Its International Labour Conference meets annually to (...)
Toxic! Book review by Andrew Pickens
My parents have friends who date well before my birth. Some are actually making a difference in the next generation’s quality of life. One of them is like an intellectual god-father of sorts. His name is Mark Schapiro and he’s based in San Francisco. He has written a book that will make a BIG difference. It’s entitled: "Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for (...)
All are needed when pandemics strike!
During my recent visit to Taiwan I had an excellent opportunity to see the system whereby Health Authorities in Taiwan cope with the danger of communicable diseases. In this regard, the infrastructure in the country is truly impressive as there is close surveillance of all incoming passengers through the airports; this includes an up to date registration of the most important diseases that (...)
Droits de l’Homme : vision, application
Il y a soixante ans, le 10 d?cembre 1948 pr?cis?ment, les Nations Unies adopt?rent, ? l’issue de n?gociations tr?s difficiles, la D?claration Universelle des droits de l’homme. Il s’agissait d’un compromis d?licat entre deux conceptions sur les droits humains : d’une part, celle qui donnait la pr?pond?rance aux droits civiques et politiques, h?riti?re historique desprincipes gr?co-romains et (...)
LA GUINEE PERSPECTIVES ET DEFITS DU 21EME SIECLE
La Guin?e est un pays de r?ve, un des mieux irrigu?s en Afrique de l’ouest avec ses 1200 cours d’eau. Il pleut 7 mois de l’ann?e, quant au sous-sol il regorge de mati?res premi?res telles que : la bauxite dont il d?tient les 2/3 des r?serves mondiales, l’or, le diamant, le fer (meilleure teneur), l’uranium et bient?t le p?trole. Le manque d’eau potable, d’?nergie ?lectrique, des moyens de (...)
Peace Through Trade
It is my great pleasure to add my thoughts on Peace Through Trade to my colleagues in the World Trade Centers Association who have worked with me over the last 38 years. The concept of the idea of Peace Through Trade has been a guiding beacon for me as steward of the WTCA. It has shaped basic WTCA policies and programs and has been largely responsible for the remarkable growth of World Trade (...)
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
On 10 December 2008 we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Together with the United Nations Charter this remarkable Declaration is indeed the constitution of our planet.
We remember that just one day before the proclamation of the UDHR, the General Assembly adopted another important human rights (...)
Nuclear Weapons Convention ASAP
Our futures are revealing themselves to be far more intertwined than we had expected. For example, we are all threatened by dramatic man made changes to the climate and we will have to cooperate to protect this aspect of the global commons. Our economic and environmental security requires cooperation and trust. The integration of our security must now be reflected and codified in our system (...)
CRISE MONDIALE ET AFRIQUE
Malgr? les nombreux d?mentis et les divers propos r?-assurants publi?s au d?but de la crise, et visant ? la limiter aux seules institutions financi?res, ? pr?voir sa fin dans les plus brefs d?lais gr?ce aux mesures financi?res spectaculaires prises pour la juguler, la cruelle r?alit? a vite oblig? les dirigeants des plus grandes puissances de la plan?te et les responsables des plus grandes (...)
What indigenous place names tell us by Alfred de Zayas, UHCHR retired
Alabama, Alaska, Algonquin, Allegheny, Apache, Apalachee, Appalachian, Appomattox, Arizona, Arkansas, Biloxi, Calumet, Calusa, Canada, Caribou, Cayuga, Chatanooga, Chautauqua, Chepanoc, Cherokee, Chesapeake, Cheyenne, Chicago, Chickasaw, Clatsop, Colusa, Comanche, Connecticut, Cree, Dakota, Delaware, Detroit, Erie, Hialeah, Hiawatha, Hopi, Huron, Idaho, Illinois, Inyo, Iowa, Iroquois, Kansas, (...)
What indigenous place names tell us by Alfred de Zayas, UHCHR retired
Alabama, Alaska, Algonquin, Allegheny, Apache, Apalachee, Appalachian, Appomattox, Arizona, Arkansas, Biloxi, Calumet, Calusa, Canada, Caribou, Cayuga, Chatanooga, Chautauqua, Chepanoc, Cherokee, Chesapeake, Cheyenne, Chicago, Chickasaw, Clatsop, Colusa, Comanche, Connecticut, Cree, Dakota, Delaware, Detroit, Erie, Hialeah, Hiawatha, Hopi, Huron, Idaho, Illinois, Inyo, Iowa, Iroquois, Kansas, (...)
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In a chronology of Irish history, the first accurate census of Ireland in 1841 records a population of 8,175,124. It coincides with the gigantic goodbye signed by 160,000 people and presented to the popular Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Morpeth, when he left Dublin in 1841. On the first sheet the testimonial contains the names of nobility, first being that of the Duke of Leinster and the rest of the organising committee. Most of the signatories were from the aristocracy, gentry and professional and merchant classes. Further research may show that other socio-economic groups were also (...)
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