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2009 : The International Year of Reconciliation

Rene Wadlow



The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed in Resolution A/61/L22, the year 2009 as the International Year of Reconciliation “recognizing that reconciliation processes are particularly necessary and urgent in countries and regions of the world which have suffered or are suffering situations of conflict that have affected and divided societies in their various internal, national, and international facets.” The Resolution was introduced by Nicaragua’s representative who stated that “reconciliation between those estranged by conflicts was the only way to confront today’s challenges and heal wherever fraternity and justice were absent from human relations.”



Yet we need to ask how can genuine reconciliation take place between people and groups with bitterly held beliefs and a violent history? How can the needs for national healing be reconciled with the demands for justice by the victims of terrible violence?



The General Assembly resolution gives a partial answer by stressing that “dialogue among opponents from positions of respect and tolerance is an essential element of peace and reconciliation.”



For there to be a respectful dialogue among opponents, certain barriers that prevent negotiations must be dismantled as a sign of a willingness to enter into a process of negotiations. Some barriers are physical, some psychological, others ideological. These barriers must be overcome if we are to progress on the long road to reconciliation. Let us, with the New Year, start now both as individuals and as members of movements in the spirit of the historian Howard Zinn’s “People are Practical”



They want change but feel powerless, alone,

do not want to be the blade of grass that

sticks up above the others and is cut down.

They wait for a sign from someone else

who will make the first move, or the second.

And at certain times in history

there are certain intrepid people who take the risk

that if they make that first move others will follow

quickly enough to prevent their being cut down.

And if we understand this, we

might make that first move.



…And if we do act, in however small a way,

we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future.

The future is an infinite succession of presents,

and to live now as we think human beings should live,

in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself

a marvellous victory.



Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens

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Samuel Rodriguez

Tashi Delek Pema!
Greetings to you from New Hampshire.
Namaste'
Be Well and...
Peace!

Hello Karma Pema, have an peacefull meditative week!best wishes!!

Hi Karma Pema Yangsum,

Thanks for the kind welcome. I like your site here and the music.
I leave you with this message below.
Thanks,
john d

We need present in today's world a powerfully operating force of divine or inner love to pervade all areas of our lives and inundate our world with the effulgent light of love. It's the best way to conquer the darkness around us, and create a better world for all, and it all starts with one individual. See the video "Kymatica" at the following website http://www.talismanicidols.com to learn how you can do your part to make a difference in your/our world.

Hi Karma Pema Yangsum,

Thank you for your kind welcome. I was looking to build a website in the past few days but held off slightly and prayed over it and now I know this must be where the site should be, as it's sole objective is freedom and truth, and in order to achieve that you need the power of love, light, and peace .

We need present in today's world a powerfully operating force of divine or inner love to pervade all areas of our lives and inundate our world with the effulgent light of love. It's the best way to conquer the darkness around us, and create a better world for all, and it all starts with one individual. See the video "Kymatica" at the following website http://www.talismanicidols.com to learn more, and how you can do your part to make a difference in your/our world now and in the days which lie ahead of us.

Enjoyed visiting your nice site, and the beautiful music too!

Take care,

john d.

Namaste' Karma Pema!
Greetings to you from New Hamshire!
Be Well and...
Peace!!!

Hey karma!
it was on your "OM" site, that I linked to on ipeace! it said "Tibetan Monks OM".
Thanks!
Phil Void