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| This is an evolving list of links to websites where information can be found about initiatives to reduce human suffering around the world. Suggested additions are welcome. SIUS EAST-WEST SYNTHESIS
--The US Army Quartermaster Corps appointed Ralph G.H. Siu to its Hall of Fame in 1999:
--A seminar of the International Society for Systems Sciences on holism--organized by Heiner Benking, of Berlin, Germany--focuses some special attention on the work of Ralph Siu: BUSINESS For an excellent site on Business ethics, go to: ENVIRONMENT
"Environmental Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Journal Dedicated to the Philosophical Aspects of Environmental Problems" can be reached at: ETHICS & VALUES
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
--WORLD AUDIT, based in the United Kingdom, provides global statistical and news reports on national standings in political rights, civil liberties, press freedom, rule of law, corruption, etc.:
-- Initiated by a multi-disciplinary group of faculty, the Human Rights Center at the University of Iowa emphasizes a diverse array of cross-disciplinary activities designed to consider, constructively and critically, the problems and prospects of human rights at home and abroad, now and in the future. These activities, emphasizing transdisciplinary collaboration, include scholarly commentary, educational innovation, artistic advocacy and expression, community outreach, and direct action. The Center makes many of the basic international human rights documents available from its site:
--Materials concerning human rights in Africa can be obtained from: LAW & ORDER
The Eisenhower Foundation took up the mantle of the 1967 Kerner Commission and has continued to try to find out "what works" to prevent inner city distress and urban riots:
--The Cato Institute has issued a report Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramiltarism in American Police Departments": MEDIA For direct reports from several hundred non-governmental organizations attempting to relieve human suffering: MEDICINE & HEALTH
--Those interested in medical assistance to parts of the world where there is little or no access to it can find out more about initiatives led by ISPs Secretary, Dr. Glenn Geelhoed, Director of International Medical Edication at the George Washington Medical Center, by going to:
--Nobel Prize-winning Doctors Without Borders can be reached through:
For comprehesive access to world health information and information about specific diseases and health issues, the World Health Organization provides a useful starting point for any search: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A practical starting point to find resources aboutethical challenges in egineering and science, go to WAR & PEACE
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has put some key issues on the table. The International Society for Panetics should use his "Millennium Report" as a centerpiece as it focuses its own attention this year on how "humanitarian interventions" should be carried out in order to accomplish their true objectives. To see the MILLENIUM REPORT, go to: |