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POSITION PAPERS

2007

  • CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL
    Statement by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
    United Nations, New York
    September 5-7, 2006
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  • VALUES-BASED EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE
    Presented by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the UN Food and Agriculture Association (FAO)
    Rome, Italy June 6,2007
    FAO's, Sustainable Development Department and UNESCO are inviting member countries, international agencies and civil society to join the partnership on Education for Rural People (ERP) which is part of the International Alliance Against Hunger and of the Education for All (EFA) initiative.
  • METHODS FOR STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
    Talking paper for the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the 7TH GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT:
    BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT
    United Nations, Vienna, Austria
    June 26-29, 2007

2006

2005

  • THE STRENGTH AND SUSTENANCE OF DECENT WORK
    Paper by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    presented at a Roundtable on the theme of
    PHILOSOPHICAL AND SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVES ON DECENT WORK organized by the ILO Headquarters and held under the auspices of the International Institute for Labour Studies (ILS) and co-sponsored by the Bureau of External Relations and Partnerships of the ILO(EXREL) November 16, 2005

  • <>HUMAN RIGHTS = INNER RIGHTS
    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, 61ST SESSION
    Geneva, Switzerland, March/April, 2005.

2004

2003

2002

  • PHILOSOPHICAL AND SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVES ON DECENT WORK
    Contribution of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    for the meeting on the Decent Work Agenda jointly Sponsored by the International Labour Office and the World Council of Churches,
    Geneva, Switzerland, February 2002
    later published in a book by ILO

2001

  • SPIRITUALITY: DEVELOPMENT'S FORGOTTEN SOUL
    Statement, of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to UNCATD -- CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE ON CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
    BEING ADDRESSED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
    Geneva, Switzerland, December 2001

  • HEALING HUMANITY'S SOUL
    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,
    XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
    Durban, South Africa, August/September 2001

  • <>QUALITY EDUCATION AND VALUES EDUCATION
    Statement, Written and Oral, of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE ON
    SCHOOL EDUCATION IN RELATION WITH FREDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF,
    TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
    Madrid, Spain, April 2001

2000

  • IN SEARCH OF THE HUMAN FACE OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION
    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly
    WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOICAL DEVELOPMENT AND BEYOND:
    ACHIEVING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD
    Geneva, Switzerland, June, 2000.
  • RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
    Oral Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the Commission on Human Rights, 56th Session Geneva, Switzerland, April 11, 2000.
  • THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
    Oral Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the Commission on Human Rights, 56th Session Geneva, Switzerland, March, 2000.

  • HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN VALUES
    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-1998

1999

  • EDUCATION AND VALUES
    Oral Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY REGIONAL HEARING - "THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
    organized by the UN Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, July, 1999.

1998

1997

  • REBUILDING THE COMMUNITY AROUND CHILDREN
    Submitted to the NGO Committee on "The Rights of the Child"
    Geneva, Switzerland, December 1997
  • THE FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    Presentation by the Brahma Kumaris at the Meeting of the NGO Committee on the Family
    Vienna International Center, United Nations,
    Vienna, Austria, November 28, 1997
  • WISDOM KEEPERS ADDRESS
    Of Dadi Janki, Co-Administrative Head of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat 11
    Istanbul, June 1996.

  • THE SPIRIT OF HABITAT
    Oral Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat 11
    Istanbul, Monday, June 10, 1996.

  • THE SPIRIT OF HABITAT: What is a city but its people?
    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat 11
    Istanbul, June 1996.

  • "YOUNG WOMEN OF WISDOM"
    Statement by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    Economic and Social Council E/ICEF/1996/NGO/2.
    22 January 1996,
    UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, Executive Board at its First Regualr Sesssion of 1996.

1996

1995

  • WISDOM IN ACTION
    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the United Nations' Fourth Conference on Women,
    Beijing, September 1995.

  • THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY:
    GLOBAL ISSUES; GLOBAL ACTYORS; GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY.

    Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
    to the United Nations' NGO/DPI 48th Annual Conference,
    New York, September, 1995.
    • A WORLD IN TRANSITION
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      for the World Summit for Social Develoment
      Copenhagen, March 1995.

    1994

    • PARTNERSHIP: HUMAN BEING AND NATURE
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      to the United Nations Global Conference on the
      Sustatinable Development of Small Islands Developing States
      Barbados, May 1994.

    1993

    • THE FOURTH PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      Geneva, Switzerland, 19-30, April 1993

    • ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS -- A QUESTION OF MORALITY
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      Nalishha Meta, Aged 16
      Eco-Ed Conference
      Toronto, Canada, October, 1992.

    1992

    • WHEN WE CHANGE THE WORLD CHANGES
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      to the United Nations' Conference on Environment and Development
      Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1992.

    • <>PEACE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      Meeting of Peace Messenger Organizations
      Dagomys, USSR 10-14 June 1991

    1991

    1990

    • LEARNING TO ACHIVE "EDUCATION FOR ALL"
      Statement by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University;
      Economic and Social Council E/ICEF/1990/NGO/9. 5 September 1990, UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, Executive Board Special session.

    1989

    • ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PEACE
      Letter dated 22 September 1989
      from the Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations addressed to the Secrtary-General and its annex:
      The MT. ABU DECLARATION.
      General Assebly A/44/549
      Forthy-fourth session, Item 21 of the provisional agenda.

    1988

    • ACUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME-RELATED BEHAVIOUR IN YOUTH
      Economic and Social Council E/ICEF/1988/NGO/6. 21 April 1998,
      UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, Executive Board 1988 session.

    • THE PROPER FOCUS FOR REAL SECURITY
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      A/CONF.130/NGO/16. 17 August, 1987
      International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development
      United Nations, New York, USA, 24 August-11 September 1987

    1987

    • REHABILITATION -- A HOLISTIC APROACH
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      Annex III A/CONF.133/NGO 11 June 1987
      International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
      Vienna, Austria, 17-26 June 1987

    1983

    • SECOND WORLD CONFERENCE TO COMBAT RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
      Statement of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
      Geneva, Switzerland, 11-2 August, 1983

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