Rotary and The United Nations
By Brad Jenkins Rotary and the United Nations share a history of working together toward world understanding and peace. After World II, we made our first serious attempt at a peaceful union of the peoples with the League of Nations. It failed for a variety of reasons, including the over-reaching of [...]
UN Recognizes Role of Journalists in Preventing Conflict
By Edith M. Lederer, May 27, 2015, published in ABCnews The U.N. Security Council recognized the role journalists can play in preventing deadly crises in a resolution adopted unanimously Wednesday that condemns escalating attacks on the media and demands that perpetrators face justice. The resolution expressed concern over growing threat to the [...]
A Nuclear Weapons Ban Emerging
By Robert Dodge, May 26, 2015, published in Common Dreams Every moment of every day, all of humanity is held hostage by the nuclear nine. The nine nuclear nations are made up of the P5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and their illegitimate nuclear wannabes Israel, North [...]
Rohinga Emergency – Letter from RAGFP Member
Toward a good strategy for Rotarian involvement in the maritime migration of persecuted and otherwise abandoned mothers, fathers and children seeking safety, security and other human rights. This letter was sent to us by Ann Frisch, a Senior Adviser to Nonviolent Peaceforce and an Incoming Rotarian Action Group for Peace [...]
Rotary Peace Fellows Are Helping Refugees Start Over
By Brad Webber, Adapted from a story in the February issue of The Rotarian, March 12, 2015. Every 10 minutes, a baby is born without a state – without citizenship in any country. The crisis in Syria and conflicts in South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and many other nations are producing [...]
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Please take notice that the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Rotarian Action Group for Peace will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the IPE Branco Room of the Parque Anhembi Holiday Inn hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The agenda for the [...]