Extract taken from the report  ”In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all,” published by the United Nations on March 21st 2005. By Kofi Annan 

The values of peace, freedom, social progress, equal rights and human dignity, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are no less valid today than when, over half a century ago, those documents were drafted by representatives of many different nations and cultures. By Kofi Annan

On the occasion of the Einstein-Year 2005 Hans-Peter Dürr, J. Daniel Dahm and Rudolf zur Lippe composed the Potsdam Manifesto 2005 ”We have to learn to think in a new way” and its mother-script, the Potsdam ‘Denkschrift’ 2005.

Prof. Dr. Hans Küng is a Catholic theologian and journalist from Switzerland. He is also the initiator and president of the ”Global Ethic Foundation.” The pioneer in things concerning the dialogue of cultures shows in his books and articles that without a dialogue with the Islam a world in peace is not possible.

Prof. Dr. Hassan Hanafi has been professor for philosophy in Kairo since 1967, also he was visiting professor at different universities all over the world. Hanafi works as a counselor of the InterActionCouncil, a union of 26 former heads of state, who created the Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities.

Creating peace obviously has to do with reducing violence (cure) and avoiding violence (prevention). And violence means harming and/or hurting. By Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung

“What we need is a new world domestic policy, a global system of policy creation. In first place, this means strengthening the United Nations. The contempt, which is present in the US and Germany, is totally inappropriate and expresses a lack of appreciation what the meaning of ‘democracy’ has to be today, too.” Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bartosch

In consequence of the economic globalization and technical revolution the global economic system has largely separated from national legal frameworks.The primacy of politics has disappeared, since political core structures still remain national or continental but have not become global. By Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher

The world needs balance. The extremes harm us. We need balance between rich and poor, ecology and economy, order and freedom, and public goods and private wealth. By Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

The world health report 2007 focuses on building a safer future.