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Protecting Human Rights while countering terrorism

UN action on human rights

 Early on, the UN established a Commission on Human Rights initially composed of nine core individual members. These individuals proposed that Commission members should act as independent experts rather than present the views of their governments. The governments themselves rejected this proposal. The UN member states decided that the Commission should comprise governmental representatives from 18 elected UN member states. This membership of government representatives was expanded to 32 in 1967, and later to 53 members. In 2006, the Commission was abolished and replaced with a 47-member Human Rights Council.

In modern Western culture addicted to materialism, workaholism, and speed, the battle cry has become "Time is money." Contrary to this popular belief perpetuated by the business world, time is not money. Time is worth a lot more than money. Time is life. Time is also happiness.

Not so long ago an acquaintance of mine was extremely concerned about a nasty rumor that supposedly was all about him. For months he was determined to find out who had started the cheap gossip so he could seek some sort of severe revenge. Months after everyone else had forgotten about the rumor, he kept reminding others about it. Revenge had become his obsession.

Davos 2015 - Forum Debate: A Multipolar World?

America's place in a multi-polar world

“Whatever happens, at some point in the next few decades, the size of the Chinese economy is likely to surpass that of the US economy, which has been the world’s largest since the 1870s. The average Chinese will continue to be poorer than the average American for generations. But a world economy in which America is number two will require a radical rethinking of American economic engagement with the rest of the world.”

Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States

Michael Lind

A China tornou-se num excepcional actor global nos campos político, económico e comercial. É uma certeza e não mais uma questão de opiniões, pelo que nenhum país do mundo pode ignorar esta realidade. A China e toda a Ásia são peças centrais da geoestratégia local e mundial, com independência de preconceitos e ideologias. Existe uma diversidade de opiniões sendo os Estados Unidos o primeiro a reconhecer e que concentra na região os seus esforços diplomáticos e militares, mesmo não sendo a superpotência única e hegemónica.