In Congress, July 4, 1776,
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]
On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
In the past 15 years interest in promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights has grown. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, Governments and the judiciary are paying increasing attention to the protection of these rights in their programmes, policies and case [...]
A Bipartisan Statement on U.S. Middle East Peacemaking
The following recommendations for U.S. Middle East peacemaking were submitted to the administration of President Barack Obama by a bipartisan group of ten former senior government officials: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Chuck Hagel, Lee H. Hamilton, Carla Hills, Nancy Kassebaum-Baker, Thomas R. Pickering, Brent Scowcroft, Theodore C. Sorensen, Paul A. [...]
United States support for the partition of Palestine was crucial to the adoption of the UN partition plan and to the creation of the state of Israel. During World War II, the USA was anxious to maintain good relations with Saudi Arabia. President Roosevelt had promised King Saud that the USA would [...]
What it was, and what it is.
by Irving Kristol
The Weekly Standard
From the August 25, 2003 issue, Volume 008, Issue 47
“[President Bush is] an engaging person, but I think for some reason he’s been captured by the neoconservatives around him.”
–Howard Dean, U.S. News & World Report, August 11, 2003
WHAT EXACTLY IS NEOCONSERVATISM? [...]
A Report Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division, Library of CongressAuthor: Rex A. Hudson
Editor: Marilyn Majeska
Project Managers: Andrea M. Savada – Helen C. Metz
PREFACE
The purpose of this study is to focus attention on the types of individuals and groups that are prone to terrorism (see Glossary) in an effort to [...]
Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries
Foreword, team and table of contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1: Applying the concept of human security in the Arab countries
Chapter 2: The environment, resource pressures and human security in the Arab countries
Chapter 3: The Arab State and human security – performance and prospects
Chapter 4: The personal insecurity of vulnerable [...]
PREAMBLE
The States Parties to the present Covenant,
Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Recognizing that these rights derive [...]
Preamble
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world [...]
Lawrence of Arabia DVD:
Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1936):
Tribute to Lawrence of Arabia the final moment motorcycle Brough [...]