ifda dossier 74 - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
ifda dossier 74 - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
ifda dossier 74 - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
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and movement from below - that is subversion - on the agenda of<br />
anticipation.<br />
Nothing less is required to enable the human species to maintain its<br />
integrity, that is its existence ç such. This is possible (the very existence<br />
of the problem as we tried to define it indicates that the material<br />
conditions are present); it is a moral duty of those are in, beginning<br />
with the members of the intelligentsia, to try and listen to the yet<br />
unheard voices and to share with those who are out. Yet, it remains<br />
incumbent upon those who are threatened to take action: only their<br />
alternatives, organisation and action will create the conditions of<br />
positive transformation. The trend is still negative, but the countermove-<br />
ment has started.<br />
Things look as if something, somewhere, somehow, had commenced to<br />
change in earnest. National sovereignty is no longer seen as paramount,<br />
and, through the redefinition of security, the need for global reconcilia-<br />
tion to preserve and enhance the chances of continuation of life on the<br />
planet is better apprehended. Much more is to be done to advance<br />
beyond the elimination of the scourge of war and that ecological death.<br />
The imperative is to overcome the social schism. Here are the challenge<br />
and the promises of the coming global civilization - if it is to be.<br />
The Kuropcan Association of DewInprnent Institutes (EADI) will hold its 6th General<br />
Conference in Oslo from 27 to .'SO June 1990 at the invitation of the Nonvegian Ittstin~te of<br />
International Affairs. The Conference will be concerned by ihe implications fur North-SoutIi<br />
cooperation of both 1/7e concept of :sii.~iainahIe development' and the changes taking place in<br />
Europe, especially the impact of glasnost and pcrcstroika it1 Eastern Europe and tln' ecot~otriic<br />
effects of 1W2 it1 Western Europe. These issues will he addressed iti plenary, and discussed<br />
iii wo parallcl sessions. There will he working groups and special sessions orpnizcd by the<br />
vurioiis task forces of the Associuiion. (FOR 272, 1211 C/eneva 21, Switzerland).
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