Scriptorium

Conseil International des Sciences Sociales CISS

• The social and behavioural sciences are those disciplines that develop and test models and interpretations of individuals and society in order to explain how humans behave and change in interaction with each other and with the natural world.
• The mission of the ISSC is to advance the social sciences – their quality, novelty and utility – in all parts of the world.
• The ISSC works: … (full text Mission).

Homepage;
Governance; Activities; Resources; Report; Calendar; Membership; Internship; Forum; Partners; Links;
Address: ISSC/CISS, UNESCO House, 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France;
Contact.

About ISSC: The International Social Science Council ( ISSC ) is an international non-profit-making scientific organisation with headquarters at UNESCO House in Paris. It is the primary international body representing the social and behavioural sciences at a global level. Continuer la lecture de « International Social Science Council ISSC »

• The environmental movement has been described as the largest and most influential social phenomenon in modern history. From relative obscurity just a few decades ago it has spawned thousands of organisations and claims millions of committed activists. Reading the newspaper today it is hard to imagine a time when global warming, resource depletion, environmental catastrophes and ‘saving the planet’ were barely mentioned. They now rank among the top priorities on the social, political and economic global agenda.
• Environmental awareness is considered to be the mark of any good honest decent citizen … (Global Revolution).

Homepage;
Turning Point; Global Revolution; Great Shift; Earth Charter; Sustainable Development; Gaia Hypothesis; Carbon Currency; New Economy; Links;  Watchman’s Post;
Contact.

Global Consciousness: In my previous article, the Green Web, I discussed various organizations that have been directly founded by Club of Rome members. Continuer la lecture de « Green Agenda »

• Market Anarchism is the doctrine that the legislative, adjudicative, and protective functions unjustly and inefficiently monopolised by the coercive State should be entirely turned over to the voluntary, consensual forces of market society … (about Market Anarchism 1/2).
• … not to be confused with either our sister organisation, the Institut Économique Molinari in Belgium, or our daughter organisation, the Molinari Society, affiliated with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. Visit them all (inkl. Roderick T. Long’s Praxeology.net).

english Homepage;
Anti Copyright; Dissent (Radical Library); News; Industrial Radical; Discussion Groups; Get Involved; Donate / Shop;
Address /Contact: Molinari Institute, 402 Martin Avenue, Auburn, AL 3683,| USA.

About Market Anarchism 2/2: … As Thomas Paine wrote in The Rights of Man (1792): Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It has its origin in the principles of society and the natural constitution of man.  Continuer la lecture de « Molinari Institute »

Building Peace and Security Partnerships – in english and french

Linked on these blogs with Conference on Disarmament CD – 3 and 13 December 2010;

• A Joint Initiative of the Quaker United Nations Office QUNO, Geneva, of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UNDIR, and of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding CCDP of the Graduate Institute.
• Our overarching objective is to contribute to international peace and security by building partnerships among and between governments, international organisations and NGOs on disarmament and arms control issues of common concern … (Homepage 1/2).

All pages of this website have the same URL. Click on the links in the left column, as: in English, in French, About Us, Partners, Donors, Activities, Resources, Calendar, Media Guide, Vacancies, Internships, Contacts.

Address and map: The Geneva Forum, Pavillon Rigot, Avenue de la Paix 11a, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.

Homepage 2/2: … The work of the Geneva Forum comprises three main tracks:  Continuer la lecture de « Geneva Forum »

also in french – Linked with A week in Kabul.

• MISSION: War Child works with children all over the world to reduce poverty, to provide education and to defend their rights. We work tirelessly to help children whose lives have been torn apart by conflict, providing them with the means to build a brighter future.
• VISION: A world where no child knows war.
• … (full text about).

Homepage;
Programs; News; Features; Press; Get involved; FAQ; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 3): War Child Canada and War Child USA, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 204, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8, Canada;
Contact.

Report 2009 /What you need to know – What is War Child: Continuer la lecture de « War Child Canada »

ADD International is a UK-based development agency working as an ally to the disability movements in Africa and Asia. ADD works from a human rights perspective and since 1985 has played a key role in facilitating disabled people to come together to make decisions about their own lives and to campaign for their rights; basic rights that most people take for granted such as family life, means of earning a living, education, basic healthcare and respect from other members of the community … (who we are 1/2).

Homepage;
How; Where; News; Help; Jobs; History; FAQs; Links;
Addresse: ADD International, Vallis House, 57 Vallis Road, Frome,  Somerset, BA11 3EG, UK;
Contact.

Who we are 2/2: … ADD works in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Mali, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia with disabled people’s organisations ranging from small village groups to large national federations.  Continuer la lecture de « Action on Disability and Development ADD »