Peace treaty of Mindanao in Philippine that is accomplished by a representative of private organization

Mindanao island persistent wars during 40 years

Mindanao; it has a smaller area than South Korea  and has 20 millions population. 

originally it was island that Philippines Muslim lived.

During the America Colonial era the large numbers of  Filipinos believing in Christ fled to this island  and because of this indigenous people believing Islam were driven off into backwoods. 

This affair was the prologue, 

religious strife between both sides have caused  170000 casualties  up to this day.

Therefore we remember Mindanao, it reminds us of zone like nightmare due to ceaseless religious war between both sides rather than the beautiful island .

Peace treaty that is achieved by representative of private organization

Last 24, the representative  of Peace organization and Messenger of Peace  visited Mindanao . They carried out the Walk for Peace and Restoration with the teenagers in area and about 1000 religious leaders who transcend their own religion own faction.

And this day , the ceremony  of peace agreement was held in the  hotel conference room which  is located downtown  of General  Santo in Southernmost part of Philippine.

representative of catholic who is Frenando Capalla , representative of Islam  who is Esmael and Maguindanao who is governor of Islam autonomous region , both of all attended and agreed to an end to the war and to consent world peace treaty.

Because of this treaty,  government of Philippine  recognized  the right of autonomy of Islam in Mindanao and Moro national  Liberation  Front made a compact for disarmament gradually.

 This treaty was decisive catalyst for last annex,  and they put a period  to the war of 40 years. 

Peace treaty of Mindanao which was lasted  war for 40 years , it was not easy work even for president of Philippine. 

A representative of  private  organization accompanied big deal like this

The fact that Representative Lee  is Korean  made world frightened.

The reason why representative  Lee is trying to fulfill world peace,  he was a veteran of Korean war .

Because of this, he knows better than  anyone about grief  and pain of war.

All men can exclaim peace without difficulty

However  it is not easy work to run in the interest of peace.

Added to that , the man who devote not only Republic of Korea but also for world  peace , Mr. Lee  will be the first.  

His step was truly an inspiration to us all and he achieved a wonderful  thing  to be praised. 

I really  want to come along gorgeous work like this and as soon as possible  the world peace  is accomplished  in our world.  

I desire that people suffering from  wars no longer come  up and exist.

As a person like Korean,  I would like to give a big hand to peace organization who achieved  a tremendous  goal.

Tratado de paz de Mindanao en Filipinas que se lleva a cabo por un representante de la organización privada

(Spanish)
Isla Mindanao guerras persistentes durante 40 años

Mindanao , sino que tiene un área más pequeña que la de Corea del Sur y tiene 20 millones de habitantes .
originalmente era isla que vivía Filipinas musulmán.

Durante la época Colonial América el gran número de filipinos que creen en Cristo huyeron a esta isla y debido a esto los indígenas creen Islam fueron expulsados ​​en la selva virgen .

Este asunto fue el prólogo,
las luchas religiosas entre ambas partes han causado 170.000 víctimas hasta el día de hoy .

Por lo tanto recordamos Mindanao , nos recuerda de la zona como pesadilla debido a la incesante guerra religiosa entre los dos lados en lugar de la hermosa isla .

Tratado de paz que se logra por el representante de la organización privada

El pasado 24 , el representante de la organización de la paz y el Mensajero de la Paz visitó Mindanao. Llevaron a cabo la Caminata por la Paz y la Restauración de los adolescentes en la zona y cerca de 1.000 líderes religiosos que trascienden su propia religión propia facción .

Y este día , se llevó a cabo la ceremonia del acuerdo de paz en la sala de conferencias del hotel, que está situado en el centro del general Santo en parte más al sur de Filipinas.

representante católico que es Frenando Capalla , representante del Islam que es Esmael y Maguindanao , que es gobernador de la región autónoma del Islam , tanto de todos asistieron y acordaron poner fin a la guerra y dar su consentimiento tratado de paz mundial.

A causa de este tratado , el gobierno de Filipinas reconoció el derecho de autonomía del Islam en Mindanao y el Frente Moro de Liberación Nacional hizo un pacto de desarme gradual.
Este tratado fue catalizador decisivo para el último anexo, y pusieron un período de la guerra de 40 años.

Tratado de paz de Mindanao , que se prolongó la guerra durante 40 años , no era un trabajo fácil, incluso a la presidencia de Filipinas.

Un representante de la organización privada acompañada gran cosa como ésta

El hecho de que el Representante Lee es coreano mundo hecho asustó.

La razón por Lee representante está tratando de cumplir con la paz mundial , era un veterano de la guerra de Corea.
Debido a esto, él sabe mejor que nadie sobre el duelo y el dolor de la guerra.

Todos los hombres pueden exclamar paz sin dificultad

Sin embargo, no es un trabajo fácil para funcionar en interés de la paz.
Añadido a esto , el hombre que se dedican no sólo República de Corea, sino también para la paz mundial , el Sr. Lee será el primero .

Su paso fue una verdadera inspiración para todos nosotros y que logró una cosa maravillosa de ser alabado .

Tengo muchas ganas de venir magnífica obra como ésta y tan pronto como sea posible la paz en el mundo se lleva a cabo en nuestro mundo.
Deseo que las personas que sufren de las guerras ya no vienen y existo.

Como una persona como coreano, me gustaría dar un gran aplauso a la organización de la paz que alcanzó una enorme meta.

U.S. blocks Christian governor from Nigeria peace talks

The United States Institute for Peace recently brought together the governors of Nigeria’s mostly Muslim northern states for a conference in the U.S., but the State Department blocked the visa of the region’s only Christian governor, an ordained minister, citing “administrative” problems.

The visa of Plateau State Gov. Jonah David Jang, has been held up by the Obama administration for more than a year, according to Ann Buwalda of the Jubilee Project, which focuses on Nigerian human rights.

Of the 19 states northern states, 12 have implemented Islamic law, or Shariah, noted Buwalda.

Jang’s visa has been tied up in security background checks described as “administrative processing” since July 2012,” she said.

“This is despite the fact that he has never violated the terms of his visa,” Buwalda said.

The USIP confirmed that all 19 northern governors were invited, but the organization did not respond to requests for comments on holding the talks without the region’s only Christian governor.

Emmanuel Ogebe, a human rights lawyer and counsel for the U.S. Nigeria law group, said the Christian governor’s “visa problems” are because of bias in the U.S. government.

“The U.S. insists that Muslims are the primary victims of Boko Haram. It also claims that Christians discriminate against Muslims in Plateau, which is one of the few Christian majority states in the north. After the [governor] told them that they were ignoring the 12 Shariah states who institutionalized persecution … he suddenly developed visa problems,” he said.

While the State Department confirmed that the USIP conference took place, the federal bureaucracy there had no comment regarding Jang’s visa issues, citing confidentiality rules.

Buwalda said it’s not unusual for the U.S. government to exclude Christians in Nigeria discussions and meetings.

“My personal observation and view is that some staff within the [State Department] have an unbalanced perception that somehow raising the persecution of Christians minimizes the persecution of Muslims or even favors Christians over Muslims,” she said.

Buwalda said that in the State Department’s “current mandate to limit reporting to ‘trends,’ a distortion results in that the ongoing violence against Christians is underreported or not reported because it is not a new trend.”

“Another contributing factor is the reporting efforts by some groups, including Western human rights reporting groups, to report only on acts of violence against Muslim communities often based on anecdotal information while whitewashing or ignoring the acts of violence perpetrated on the Christian minority community,” she said.

She said she’s found “in meetings that there is often a shallow or a distorted understanding of the dynamics on the ground relying on sources of information which are dubious and unreliable.”

“It is our goal to provide accurate and factual reporting which truthfully describes acts of violence, the religious identity of the victims, and root causes which does not shy away from referencing the declarations of the persecutors as to why they are carrying out the acts of violence.”

Center for Security Policy Senior Fellow Clare Lopez said that based on the administration’s actions regarding Islamic issues, exclusion of the Christian governor is not a surprise.

“Remember how long it took for the State Department to add Boko Haram to the Foreign Terrorism Organizations list? This is despite evidence of its relationships with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and al-Shabaab,” Lopez said.

She said the State Department “is steadfastly refusing to admit, even now, that Boko Haram’s rampages against Christian communities in Nigeria have anything whatsoever to do with Islam.”

Lopez said the Obama administration effectively is complicit with Islamic law.

“This [administration] knowingly and deliberately has subordinated its decision-making to the Islamic jihad and Shariah narrative,” she said. “We know that all training that would educate DoS (DHS, DoD, DoJ, etc.) officials and employees on down to local law enforcement about the threat from Islamic jihad and Shariah systematically has been purged from the … curriculum. Trainers and instructors who formerly taught such subjects are blacklisted,” Lopez said.

Lopez emphasized that the administration’s actions are deliberate and an abrogation of members’ oaths of office, adding: “It may well be prosecutable – material support to terrorism as well as aiding and abetting the enemy in time of war.”

The White House has not responded to WND’s request for comment.

Buwalda said the U.S. government blames the Christians for the violence.

“In fact, unrelated to the governor’s visa issue, three of our Nigerian colleagues including a former congresswoman from Plateau State and I participated in a Department of State meeting with high level officials last year in May or June [who] very bluntly declared how the governor of Plateau State was to blame for unrest in his state,” Buwalda said.

“I was shocked at the hostility.”

Ogebe wrote in his blog, “Justice for Jos,” that Boko Haram has made clear that it will not attack mosques.

“Boko Haram has gone out of its way to emphasize that it does not attack Islamic places of worship. However it does assassinate Muslim critics after worship when they are vulnerable. Boko Haram’s first attack inside a mosque in the five-year insurgency occurred in 2013. Their targets were Muslims who had cooperated with the authorities against the terrorists. It was not a random attack on Christians as has been the case,” Ogebe wrote.

Ogebe said there are specific circumstances for Boko Haram to attack a Muslim.

“Recently, Boko Haram acknowledged killing a Muslim cleric who had been critical of them. It is likely the terrorists’ first claim of responsibility for the killing of a fellow Muslim,” Ogebe said. “The question remains – why is the U.S. downplaying or denying the attacks against Christians?”

To support the claim, Ogebe cites the executive summary of the State Department Human Rights report, which referenced Boko Haram violence but neglected to mention the victims’ religious identity, except for the reference to a mosque attack.

“Throughout much of the country, Boko Haram perpetrated numerous killings and attacks, often directly targeting civilians,” he wrote.

“During the year, the sect, which recruited child soldiers, claimed responsibility for coordinated assaults on social and transportation hubs in Kano; an attack on the town of Baga; multiple attacks on schools and mosques; an attack on the town of Benesheik; and the killing of government, religious, and traditional figures.”

On Feb. 17, the terrorist group Ansaru, believed to be a Boko Haram faction, kidnapped seven foreigners in Bauchi State, he pointed out.

Ogebe noted the other attacks listed were all against Christian targets.

<Reference>

http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/u-s-blocks-christian-governor-from-nigeria-peace-talks/

Gov’t-MILF peace pact makes history

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Pakistan Begins Peace Talks With Taliban

The meeting will be the first direct contact between the militants and government since they began inching toward negotiations in February; the government is aiming for a ceasefire but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has indicated military action may be used if talks fail

Pakistani government representatives arrived in the volatile area of North Waziristan on Wednesday to begin peace talks with the Taliban.

The meeting will be the first direct contact the two sides have had since a move toward peace negotiations began in February, reports the BBC. The government team arrived by helicopter and are set to meet with representatives from the Taliban in an unidentified location.

The talks were announced earlier this year by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after a series of violent attacks in North Waziristan. Militant rebels from the group Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTP) have been conducting a violent insurgency in the area since 2007, which has resulted in the deaths of thousands of people.

The group’s aim is to extend their deeply conservative interpretation of Sharia law across the country. Although the government has said it aims to negotiate a one-month ceasefire, outside observers predict they will be unsuccessful. Sharif has indicated that military action might be used if the talks fail.

<Reference>
http://time.com/38328/pakistan-begins-peace-talks-with-taliban/

Israelis, Palestinians Endorse Arab Peace Plan

A newly formed group of Israeli and Palestinian politicians on Monday urged the Arab League to renew a comprehensive peace offer to Israel, saying such a gesture would give a much-needed boost to troubled U.S.-backed peace talks.

The group called on the Arab League to make a bold statement at its summit in Kuwait this week, saying this would pressure negotiators to consider the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative. The landmark plan offered Israel peace with dozens of Arab and Muslim countries in exchange for a withdrawal from all territories captured in the 1967 Mideast war.

In a letter released Monday, the group said the initiative "provides the fundamental foundation for a just, comprehensive and lasting peace."

Known as the Prague Forum, the group consists of Israelis, Palestinians and other Arab parliamentarians. It was unveiled after over 40 politicians and leaders began secret meetings in Prague in February.

Hilik Bar, chair of the Knesset Caucus for the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, praised the new coalition for its efforts.

"It's one thing to have a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine," said Bar, a member of the opposition Labor Party. "It's another thing to have Israel and Palestine as a joint partner in a much bigger neighborhood."

Israel and the Palestinians relaunched peace talks last July, agreeing to talk for nine months. The current round of peace talks brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have faced daunting challenges as both sides spar over the drawing of future borders, the status of Palestinian refugees, security arrangements and Israel's demand that it be recognized as a Jewish state. After months of deadlock, Kerry has given up hopes of brokering a deal and is scrambling to persuade the sides to agree to extend talks beyond his original April deadline.

The Palestinians seek the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip — territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — for a future state. They have demanded that a future border with Israel be based on the pre-1967 lines.

The Arab initiative could theoretically provide a way out of the deadlock. Last year, shortly before peace talks resumed, Kerry persuaded the Arab League to renew its offer and sweeten it by saying Israel and the Palestinians could modify their final border away from the 1967 lines through mutually agreed land swaps.

Kerry praised the gesture at the time. But Israel has never formally responded.

Mohammed al-Madani, who heads an official governmental committee in charge of outreach to Israel, accused the Israeli government of "foot-dragging" and "wasting time" while diminishing the prospect of a feasible agreement. "We continue to speak of a just peace," he said, "but we don't see it."

<Reference>

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israelis-palestinians-endorse-arab-peace-plan-23035306

Nigeria: Abuja Rotarians March for Peace

Rotarians in Abuja staged a walk at the weekend to canvass peace, especially in parts of Nigeria with security challenges, days after International Women's Day.

The Rotary Club of Abuja, Maitama billed February its "understanding and peace month", which came on the heels of the International Women's Day, said its president Evelyn Onyilo.

"One of the six areas of rotary is to ensure there is peace throughout the world," Onyilo said. "We want wars to cease, and you know the situation we have in Nigeria-insurgency and kidnapping."

Women make an absolute majority of the club, chartered in Abuja's Maitama district two years ago.

Said Onyilo: "So from the perspective of womanhood, we are naturally peace lovers, peace promoters. [The coincidence of International Women's Day] goes to show that our club being a gender sensitive club is celebrating by advocating for peace worldwide and especially in Nigeria and in the Northeast region."

Rotary at international level has campaigned for health fund, and is among the biggest donors to immunisation programmes globally.

"Polio eradication is one of our biggest projects. Each and every rotarian is involved in this fight. You know that Nigeria is one of the three polio-endemic countries in the world but we are working towards changing it."

Its district club in Maitama has included poverty allevation on its agenda to ensure maternal and child health issues are brought to the fore and improved upon.

Janet Okolo, who convened the "peace walk" said the club hoped to being giving out grants to women.

"In every crisis situation, women and children are the worst hit. By and large, they become widows and helpless and have to fend for themselves and the economy does not help matters. So we intend to give them micro grants to ease hardship so they can engage in small scale businesses to uplift themselves," Okolo said.

<Reference>

http://allafrica.com/stories/201403171567.html

Pacifism

Pacifism is opposition to war and violence. The word pacifism was coined by the French peace campaigner Émile Arnaud (1864–1921) and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress in Glasgow in 1901. A related term is ahimsa (to do no harm), which is a core philosophy in Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. While modern connotations are recent, having been explicated since the 19th century, ancient references abound.

In Western religion, Jesus Christ's injunction to "love thy neighbour" and asking for forgiveness for his crucifiers "for they know not what they do" have been interpreted as calling for pacifism. In modern times, interest was revived by Leo Tolstoy in his late works, particularly in "The Kingdom of God Is Within You." Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948) propounded the practice of steadfast nonviolent opposition which he called "satyagraha", instrumental in its role in the Indian Independence Movement. Its effectiveness served as inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr., James Lawson, James Bevel,^[3] and many others in the 1950s and 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. Pacifism was widely associated with the much publicized image of Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 with the "Tank Man", where one protester stood in nonviolent opposition to a column of tanks.

Definition

Pacifism covers a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force, rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals, the obliteration of force except in cases where it is absolutely necessary to advance the cause of peace, and opposition to violence under any circumstance, even defence of self and others. Historians of pacifism Peter Brock and Thomas Paul Socknat define pacifism "in the sense generally accepted in English-speaking areas" as "an unconditional rejection of all forms of warfare". Philosopher Jenny Teichman defines the main form of pacifism as "anti-warism", the rejection of all forms of warfare. Teichman's beliefs have been summarized by Brian Orend as "...A pacifist rejects war and believes there are no moral grounds which can justify resorting to war. War, for the pacifist, is always wrong." In a sense the philosophy is based on the idea that the ends do not justify the means.

UN document on equality for women approved

The document says equality, empowerment and human rights for women are essential to economic development

Liberal and conservative countries have approved a United Nations document to promote equality for women that reaffirms the sexual and reproductive rights of all women and endorses sex education for adolescents.

The 24-page final declaration approved by consensus on Saturday by the 45-member Commission on the Status of Women expressed deep concern that overall progress towards the UN goal of gender equality and empowerment of

women remained "slow and uneven''.

The commission said "the feminisation of poverty persists'' and reaffirmed that equality for women was essential for sustained economic development.

The document called for equality, empowerment and human rights for women to be a major plank in new UN development goals expected to be adopted next year.

Some of the more progressive countries expressed relief that there was no back-pedalling on international recognition of women's reproductive and sexual rights and access to health services in the final document.

The document calls for "universally accessible and available quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services, information and education''.

This should include `"safe and effective methods of modern contraception, emergency contraception, prevention programmes for adolescent pregnancy ... (and) safe abortion where such services are permitted by national law,'' the document said.

Conservatism 'against women'

Egyptian minister and women's rights activist Mervat Tallawy, who led the country's delegation, said the final document reaffirmed all the gains women made at the 1994 UN population conference in Cairo and the 1995 UN women's conference in Beijing.

"We will never give in to the prevailing web of conservatism against women in all regions of the world,'' Tallawy said.

"We shall not allow fundamentalists and extreme groups to disarm women from their rights.''

Delegates said the final vote was delayed because Russia at the last minute tried to insert a reference to sovereignty. It did not succeed.

Conservative countries succeeded in blocking references to different forms of the family, or to problems that women faced because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The document recognises the family as a contributor to the development of girls and women.

On the sensitive issue of sex education, the document called for the development and implementation of educational programs for human sexuality, "based on full and accurate information, for all adolescents and youth ... with the appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians''.

Among the countries expressing reservations about sex education after the document was approved were Qatar, Malta, the Holy See and Pakistan.

The commission also called for an end to early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Qatar asked for a definition of "early".

<Reference>

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/03/un-document-equality-women-approved-201432284734263531.html

Christina Aguilera - Make The World Move (Feat. Cee Lo Green)

Fight the darkness
Sing the song
Fight the darkness
Sing the song
Fight the darkness
Sing the song

If one smile could erase a frown
Imagine what two could do
Turn it up hey
And if one voice
could change a heart
Imagine what two could do
Turn it up hey

The time is now
No time to wait
Turn up the love
Turn down the hate
Turn up the love
Turn down the hate
Keep dancing too
Let the record play
The time is now
No need to wait
Turn up the love say
Cause I'm free
No time to wait hey 

Make the world move
Come on and make the world move
Spinning faster
Round and round
Let me hear that future sound 

If you and I can compromise
Imagine what a few could do
Turn it up ha yeah
Don't listen to the point of view
And haters ain't fooling you
Turn it up yeah 

The time is now
No time to wait
Turn up the love
Turn down the hate
Turn up the love
Turn down the hate
Keep dancing too
Let the record play
The time is now
No need to wait
Turn up the love say
Cause I'm free
No time to wait hey 

Make the world move
Come on and make the world move
Spinning faster
Round and round
Let me hear that future sound
Starts with me and you
Make the world move 

Just think about it
Anybody
You love somebody oh oh oh
Cause if anybody
Can love somebody
So can everybody oh oh oh
Imma need somebody
To help somebody
Do ya need somebody oh oh oh
The time is now
No time to wait
Turn up the love
Turn down the hate
Turn up the love
Turn up the love
Turn up the love yeah 

Make the world move
Come on and make the world move
Spinning faster round and round
Let me hear that future sound
Starts with me and you
Make the world move

Peace talks at ‘impasse’ over Israel’s continued settlement building – Palestinians

A crane is seen next to homes in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have come to a stalemate, given that Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank is proceeding with over 2,000 more units planned, a Palestinian spokesman said on Thursday.

"Israel's settlement activity caused the negotiations to fail and led them to an impasse," Nabil Abu Rudeina, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, told AFP.

Rudeina’s statement came in response to a decision by an Israeli Defense Ministry committee to proceed with plans to build 2,269 new West Bank homes, further complicating the US-backed peace talks ahead of the April 29 deadline for all negotiations.

A Defense Ministry spokesman said in February that the committee approved 1,015 housing units in Leshem, Beit El, and Almog, only needing Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s approval to go forward.

The committee also approved 1,254 units in Ariel, Shvut Rachel, and Shavei Shomron. These projects will be up for public comment before the committee will again consider them.

The peace talks are on life support, as Washington attempts to compel both sides to agree to a framework to extend negotiations.

Palestinians have turned away from any extension thus far, mainly over Israel’s insistence on further settlement construction, which has not ceased since talks resumed last July.

On Wednesday, a municipal committee gave final approval for plans to construct 186 new homes in annexed Arab East Jerusalem.

Israeli anti-settlement advocacy group Peace Now said the new units further destabilize any chance of a two-state solution, and that they are more proof that Israel has "no intention to reach a peace agreement and was doing everything it could to force Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas out of the process.”

The release of Palestinian prisoners also looms over any extension of the talks. Israel has warned that should the Palestinians not agree to an extension of peace talks, it will not release the fourth and final group of inmates on March 29.

In July, when discussions began again, Israel agreed to release a total of 104 prisoners.

Abbas said earlier this month that Palestinians would not agree to any extension until Israel releases more prisoners. He echoed this in talks with US President Barack Obama on Monday, saying key Palestinian prisoners must be set free soon.

In particular, Abbas referred to Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Ahmad Saadat, former Palestinian Liberation Organization finance official Fuad Shubaki, and Marwan Barghuti, who was instrumental in the 2000 intifada.

A European Union parliamentary delegation urged Israel on Thursday to release long-held Palestinian prisoners, for the sake of advancing the peace talks. 

Hillary Clinton on Iran peace talks: Status quo unsustainable

Hillary Clinton speaking at AJCongress gala event, March 20, 2014.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that nuclear negotiations with Iran should be given a chance and warned Congress against imposing new sanctions.

Clinton, speaking Wednesday night at an American Jewish Congress gala in New York after receving a lifetime achievement award, credited international sanctions that she worked to implement with bringing Iran to the negotiating table. She stressed the importance of pursuing the current multinational talks aimed at reaching an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.

“Now, the odds of reaching that comprehensive agreement are not good. President Obama has said that,” Clinton said at the dinner, where she was presented with AJCongress’ Stephen S. Wise Award. “I’m also personally skeptical that the Iranians would follow through and deliver. I have seen their behavior over years. But this is a development that is worth testing.”

Clinton, who is considered a likely 2016 presidential frontrunner, focused her speech on the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. On both fronts, she said, “the status quo is unsustainable.”

In her half-hour address, Clinton pointed to her experience as secretary of state in building international support for Iran sanctions and in bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together.

“It was clear to me that Prime Minister Netanyahu had a deep commitment to testing whether it was possible to create the conditions for peace,” she said, referring to her meetings with the Israeli leader. “He made some unprecedented moves during my four years which convinced me that he was willing to have the substantive conversations that are required for such a difficult undertaking.”

She praised her successor, Secretary of State John Kerry, as a “forceful advocate” for the peace process.

Clinton reiterated her support for the Obama administration’s stance that Congress should refrain from imposing new sanctions on Iran while nuclear talks are underway.

“If the world judges, fairly or unfairly, that negotiations have collapsed because of actions by our Congress, even some of our closest partners will falter,” Clinton said.

She said that if diplomacy ultimately fails, “then we can always — and we will — put on additional sanctions. And we will have the international support necessary to ensure enforcement. And, yes, we will explore every other option. And let’s be clear, every other option does remain on the table.”

Clinton was introduced at the gala by actress Julianna Margulies, star of CBS’ “The Good Wife,” and by AJCongress’ president, Jack Rosen.

AJCongress, a storied Jewish advocacy group, suspended its operations in 2010 after suffering massive losses from Bernard Madoff’s financial fraud. Over the past year, Rosen, a businessman, prominent political donor and longtime AJCongress leader, has worked with a board that includes his sons to reorganize the group. The reorganization has drawn criticism from some of the group’s past activists.

<Reference>

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.580964

Peaceful World

Scottish primary school children sing about peace in this original song written by California credentialed music teacher Randy Prichard.

All people want is: Peace

People want the world which peaceful and joyful.

In order to make the peace of the world, a great many people have been putting forth an effort through  many of the ages.

There are some people who make a little peace from out of view, and there are organizations or coordinations that are assembled by the people who want desperatly the peace.

Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela and so on many people who made history as of peace activists and  a peace movement

now are currently underway.

                         
                                  Mahatma Gandhi(left) Mother Teresa(right)

Martin Luther King (left) Nelson Mandela (right)

Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu kyi who are as of peace and non-violence received a Nobel Peace Prize, Bill Gates who is one of the wealthiest people of the world,and movie star in Hollywood Angelina Jolie have been loving because of their donations and voluntary services.

Recently Mark Zuckerberge who is founder of Facebook has been receiving a lot of attention .

Aung san suu kyi (left) Dalai lama (right) Bill Gates(right)

Angelina Jolie(Left) Mark Zuckerberge(Right)

As well,peace advocate Man hee Lee, even though he is 82 years old, he has been moving around  the world and has been working for carrying out the peace with all his heart  by devoting himself to making universal peace.

Peace advocate Man hee lee with buddhists and youth group in Thailand

Like this, regardless of age, gender, or occupation, people with warm heart  who desire world peace have made an effort to achieve it.

Our mind is even more gathered, the more the light becomes shiny and bright.

Likewise,the more light of the peace inside our mind is even more gathering, the more it becomes more and more bright.

If everybody's minds is focused on the light of the peace and if all of the people exert all the  endeavors in our power,that granted that will be the power to attain world peace.

(Spanish)
Toda la gente quiere decir : La paz

La gente quiere que el mundo pacífico y alegre.
Con el fin de hacer que la paz del mundo , un gran número de personas han estado poniendo adelante un esfuerzo a través de muchas de las edades.

Hay algunas personas que hacen un poco de paz de fuera de la vista , y hay organizaciones o coordinaciones que se ensamblan por las personas que quieren desesperadamente la paz.

Mahatma Gandhi , Madre Teresa , Martin Luther King y Nelson Mandela y así sucesivamente muchas personas que han hecho historia como de activistas por la paz y un movimiento por la paz
Ahora están actualmente en curso .

Dalai Lama y Aung San Suu Kyi, que son como de la paz y la no violencia recibieron el Premio Nobel de la Paz , Bill Gates, quien es una de las personas más ricas del mundo, y la estrella de cine de Hollywood Angelina Jolie han estado amando a causa de sus donaciones y servicios voluntarios .
Recientemente Marcos Zuckerberge quien es fundador de Facebook ha estado recibiendo mucha atención .

A su vez, defensor de la paz Man Hee Lee , a pesar de que tiene 82 años , él se ha estado moviendo en todo el mundo y ha estado trabajando para llevar a cabo la paz con todo su corazón por dedicarse a hacer la paz universal.

Así, independientemente de la edad , el sexo o la ocupación , las personas con corazón cálido que desean la paz mundial han hecho un esfuerzo para lograrlo.

Nuestra mente es aún más reunidos , más la luz se vuelve brillante y luminoso.
Del mismo modo , más luz de la paz en el interior de nuestra mente es aún más encuentro , más se vuelve más y más brillante.


Si la mente de todos se centra en la luz de la paz y si todas las personas que hagan todos los esfuerzos a nuestro alcance , que otorgó ese será el poder para lograr la paz mundial

Crimea becomes more Russian by the hour

SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — Crimea set about transforming itself into a corner of Russia on Monday in ways profound and mundane, formally petitioning to join the Russian Federation, and deciding to adopt the ruble as its official currency and advance the clocks by two hours to be on Moscow time.

Acting on the same day that Russian President Vladi­mir Putin signed an order recognizing Crimea as an independent state, Crimean authorities passed a flurry of laws to scrap Ukrainian influence and pave the way for annexation to Russia.

Legislators in the renamed parliament, the State Council of the Republic of Crimea, nullified Ukrainian laws and nationalized all Ukrainian state property. On March 30, Crimea will switch time zones. And starting April 1, pensions will be paid in rubles, though the Ukrainian hryvnia will not be phased out until January 2016.

Coming just one day after a referendum in which almost 97 percent of voters supported breaking away from Ukraine, the rapid-fire changes left some Crimeans uneasy about what will happen next.

“All those people were out there waving flags in the streets last night, but the rest of us are just waiting — for what, we don’t know,” said Dimitry Kozimov, a cafe manager in the Crimean capital, Simferopol, who is worried because his supplies of fresh meat from Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, have stopped. He has more questions than answers. Will his liquor license cost more? Can he still commute between his home in Ukraine and his job in a new Russian territory? Will he be taxed twice? “The only thing I’m sure of is that this is going to be a very difficult time for us.”

The whirlwind of activity by lawmakers failed to quell a pervasive sense of limbo — among Ukrainian troops stationed at Crimean bases and the region’s minority Muslim Tatar population. As the complicated unwinding began, many wondered whether they fit in.

At a Ukrainian military base in Belbek, outside Sevastopol, troops said they would fight to the last man if ordered by their commanders in Kiev. But they may be offered a choice: to stay and serve in a reconfigured force under Russian control or head back to what’s left of Ukraine.

“Something is going to happen. But we don’t know what,” said a soldier at the base, where Russians control the airstrip and Ukrainians run the rest of the facility.

Nearby, at base A2991, relations are warmer. Russian and Ukrainian troops swap food and hot water, and Russian soldiers stationed across the road charge cellphones from an extension cord run over to them by the Ukrainians.

“This is friendship between Slavic people,” shouted a soldier plugging in his phone to the makeshift power supply. He gave his name as Pavel and said he is from central Russia.

Dmitri Kozackovich, the Ukrainian deputy commander at the base, shrugged.

“They’ve been camping out there for three weeks,” he said of the Russians.

At another base in the area, A2355, marooned officers said there is no sign of promised reinforcements and hinted at a sense of abandonment.

“Don’t forget we exist,” said a major who gave only his first name, Yuri.

Among the more anxious groups are the 300,000 Crimean Tatars, many of whose leaders boycotted the referendum and challenged its honesty.

“There is just no way these figures are right,” said Mustafa Abliazov, a member of the ­Simferopol council for Crimean Tatars. “It was clear they decided way ahead of time that everything would be falsified.

For Tatars, this is a big threat. We are an unarmed and law-abiding people, but how can we tolerate something like this?”

Simferopol streets that had been filled with celebratory throngs Sunday night after the vote were quiet Monday. Some Crimeans pondered their next steps.

“Some of my friends have already left. I’m going to wait and watch events and gather my courage,” said Dennis Matzola, 26, who had protested against the referendum and said he had found leaflets with his name and photograph pasted on neighborhood walls, telling people to report him as a traitor.

Yet many Crimeans remained jubilant at the referendum’s result.

In downtown Sevastopol, small groups huddled against an icy wind and shouted the name of Putin and sang the Russian national anthem — or at least what they knew of it.

Valentina Slavchenko, 58, said she woke up Monday at 6 a.m. in a joyous mood. She works at a hospital, where all the official paperwork and all the medication labels are written in Ukrainian, which she does not speak. She said she spent years doing her job with the help of a Russian-Ukrainian dictionary and translation pages on the Internet.

“We are all so happy now,” she said. “They should have made Ukraine a country with two official languages. If they had shown us more respect, we could have lived in Ukraine. Now I’m sure they regret it.” 

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/as-the-wheels-turn-toward-secession-crimea-left-in-limbo/2014/03/17/e8b67172-adc6-11e3-96dc-d6ea14c099f9_story.html