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393 Paul Grossreider, Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century: The Danger of a Setback Originally published in Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., ed., Basics of International Humanitarian Missions (New York: Fordham University Press, 2003), 3–17. 1. Christianity is understood here to refer to the religion and the sociological reality, and not to the Christian faith as the transcending religion. 2. As François Bugnion wrote in a 1991 ICRC memo: “The Cold War therefore weighed heavily on relation between the ICRC and the USSR, on the ICRC’s possibility to act in the conflicts stemming from rivalry between the two blocs, in particular in Korea, Indochina, and Afghanistan. . . . It was not until January 1992, after the break-up of the USSR, that the ICRC was authorized to contact the newly independent governments and offer them its services” (original in French). 3. Frantz Fanon, Les damnés de la terre (Paris, 1961); Samir Amin, Le développement inégal (Paris, 1973). 4. J.C. Rufin, Mondes rebelles (Paris: Michalon, 1996), p. xiii. Michel Veuthey, Humanitarian Ethical and Legal Standards Originally published in Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., ed., Basics of International Humanitarian Missions (New York: Fordham University Press, 2003), 113–141. 1. Yersu Kim, “Global Problems and Universal Values,” available at http://www.unesco.org/ opi2/philosophyandethics/pronpro.htm. “The last decade of our century is witness to a rising demand for a universal ethics. Against the backdrop of the positivistic abstinence on questions of value and of the relativism of values of the preceding decades, there is an increasing search for universal values and principles that could serve as the basis for collective efforts toward peace and development, as well as for peaceful and productive interaction among nations and societies. . . . In 1993, representatives of more than 120 religions of the world, meeting for the first time in one hundred years in the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, adopted a Declaration toward Global Ethics. . . . In 1996, some thirty former heads of state and government who constitute the InterAction Council made an appeal for a set of ‘Global Ethical Standards’ needed to deal with the global problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century.” Yersu Kim, Director, Division of Philosophy and Ethics, UNESCO. Notes CH33_Notes_2012_016_FUP_Cahill_p393-428.indd 393 CH33_Notes_2012_016_FUP_Cahill_p393-428.indd 393 2/15/13 11:44 PM 2/15/13 11:44 PM NOTES TO PAGES 26–27 394 2. Michael Renner, “Breaking the Link Between Resources And Repression,” chap. 7 in World Watch Institute State of the World 2002: Special World Summit Edition (New York: Norton, 2002). 3. Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 13 (New York: Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 1999), contributions from Thomas G. Weiss, Cornelio Sommaruga, Joelle Tanguy, Fiona Terry, David Rieff, and others; http://www.cceia.org/lib_volume13.html. 4. See H. E. J. Cowdrey, “The Peace and the Truce of God in the Eleventh Century,” Past and Present (1970): 42–67; Georges Duby, “The Laity and the Peace of God,” The Age of Chivalry, trans. Cynthia Postan (London: Edward Arnold, 1977); The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France Around 1000 A. D., ed. Thomas Head and Richard Landes (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995). See also http://www.mille.org/people/rlpages/paxdei.html. 5. SeeSemichon,LapaixetlatrevedeDieu(Paris,1869);Huberti,GottesundLandfrieden(Ansbach, 1892), The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 10. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen; see also http://www .hillsdale.edu/dept/History/Documents/War/Med/1063-peace.htm and http://www.bartleby.com/ 65/tr/truceGod.html. 6. New Testament Matt. 7:7–12; but also Muhammad 13e Hadiths de Nawawi; Mahavira: Yogashastra 2, 20; Bouddha Sutta Pitaka, Udanagavva 5, 18; Confucius; Analecta 15, 23; Mahabaharata 5: 15, 17; Talmud bab, Shabbat 31a; Baha’u’llah: Kitab-i-aqdas 148; Isocrate: Nicocles 61. Calendrier inter religieux 2001–2002 (Geneva: Enbiro Lausanne & Plate-Forme inter religieuse, 2000). 7. Platon, La Republique, trans. R. Baccon (Paris, 1966), pp. 224–227. See also Andre Bernand, Guerre et violence dans la Grece antique (Paris: Hachette, 1999); Pierre Ducrey, Le traitement des prisonniers de guerre dans la Grece antique (Paris, 1978); and Jacqueline de Romilly, La Grece antique contre la violence (Paris: Ed. De Fallois, 2000). 8. Frank Keitsch, Formen der Kriegfuhrung in Melanesien (Bamberg, 1967), p. 380. 9. Maurice R. Davie, La guerre dans les societies primitives. Son role et son evolution. Traduit de l’anglais par M. Guerin (Paris: Payot, 1931) (The Evolution of War: A Study of Its...

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