Mikhail S. Gorbachev

Manifesto for the Earth (eBook, ePUB)

Action Now for Peace, Global Justice and a Sustainable Future

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For more than a decade Mikhail Gorbachev has been engaged in working to protect the earth and its inhabitants via the organization he founded in 1992, Green Cross International. In an age when ecological crises, poverty and military conflicts are humanity's main challenges, Gorbachev urges us to stop regarding these problems in isolation. The man who changed the destiny of Russia, Europe and the world is now calling for a global and comprehensive Perestroika (reform) for the twenty-first century.

Based on his many years of experience in international politics, Gorbachev appeals for urgent action founded on a broad vision, including a strengthening of the UN and reforms to the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. To complement the Declaration on Human Rights and the Charter of the UN he has co-authored the remarkable Earth Charter that is based on four key principles: 1. Respect and Care for the Community of Life; 2. Ecological Integrity; 3. Social and Economic Justice; 4. Democracy, Nonviolence, and Peace.

Manifesto for the Earth is a courageous and thought-provoking work by a respected elder statesman. In a partisan and polarized world, this is a "manifesto" that does not compromise its integrity to political, ideological or national sympathies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Clairview Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781905570546
• Artikelnr.: 38363345

Autorenporträt

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, born in 1931, was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR from 1985 to 1991. As head of state he introduced the radical turnaround of his country's foreign and internal policies which led to a complete transformation of the Eastern Bloc and Europe. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, and in 1991 resigned as Head of State. He became President of the Gorbachev Foundation in 1992, and since 1993 he has been Chairman of Green Cross International. Mikhail Gorbachev also chairs the United Russian Social Democratic Party, established in March 2000. He is the recipient of numerous awards and the author of many publications including Memoirs and On My Country and the World.