The idea of founding an international association for exploring major concerns of humanity in a nongovernmental context grew out of many conversations that took place among leading scientists and intellectuals in the years following World War II. Prominent among this group were people such as Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer who had played a part in the development of the atomic bomb and were deeply concerned about how it and other scientific advances might be used – or misused.

Senior European statesmen and women release the following statement to coincide with the Washington Summit
 
The recently signed arms control treaty between the United States and Russia brings welcome reductions in deployed nuclear warheads and an agreed ceiling on the number of delivery vehicles that each side may possess. We applaud the new agreement and the acts of political leadership required in both countries to bring it about. The breakthrough is all the more welcome, coming just weeks before both the Washington Summit on Nuclear Security and the Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Across Europe, and at this moment of diplomatic opportunity, we have joined together to declare our unequivocal support for President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons, to declare our desire to re-set the security relationship between Europe, the US and Russia, and to show strong European support for the measures necessary to deliver these goals.

by: John Scales Avery
H.C. Orsted Institute
University of Copenhagen

This book describes the links between the serious problems that are facing the world today - threats to the environment, growing population coupled with vanishing resources, intolerable economic inequality and the threat of nuclear war - and it proposes holistic solutions.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/document

Listen to an integral version of lecture by professor Andrea Fumagalli, who gave talk at June 11 at net.klub MAMA in Zagreb (http://boo.mi2.hr/~tom/Andrea_Fumagalli_Global_Economic_Crisis.mp3).
We believe that Fumagalli's lecture will be of interest to a wide audience of economists, political scientists, sociologists and other social scientists, as well as to activists. In the first part of the lecture Fumagalli provides...

10 statements
 
Paul Stubbs, 23.04.2009.
1. The crisis may represent a paradox in terms of the end of neo-liberal globalization AND the beginning of neo-liberal restructuring in the Western Balkans.

 
Three days prior to the gathering of world leaders in London to address the global financial crisis, politicians, academics and representatives of civil society organizations from 61 countries have issued a joint statement calling for the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. The proposal is in line with similar recommendations already passed by the European Parliament, the Pan-African Parliament, the Latin-American Parliament and the Senate of Argentina.
 

As we believe that this crisis cannot be solved without reforming the monetary and regulating the financial system, this page is to be updated with the latest developements in theese fields, so feel free to post any valuable resources below. Looking forward to G20 summit in London, we bring you reading that we find interesting.
In line with our "holistic approach", we present four documents calling for International Finacial System reform. First two were written for G20 Washington summit that took place in November 2008, whist the third is six years older, but is relevant as it reflects official G24 standpoints. Last document is something that we found accidentaly, a new formulation of an old Kenyes idea, introduction of world reserve currency - called Terra International Monetary Union.
We also recommend a book titled: The Future of Money - Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World , by WAAS member Bernard Lietaer.