PUBLICATIONS
Papers
Papers since 2000. For earlier publications please contact us.
2012 Conference on Sustainable Development.pdf
Statement for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, convening Heads of State, UN Agencies and 9 Major Groups to realise the ‘future we want’.
2012 Commission on the Status of Women- Fifty-Sixth Session (Spanish).pdf
Statement for the Commission on the Status of Women, Fifty-sixth session, 27 February – 9 March 2012. Potenciar el papel de la mujer rural en las nuevas perspectivas de desarrollo climática y socialmente inteligentes.
2010 Consciousness and Climate Change: The Confluence of Two Living Systems II.pdf
Statement for the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) November 29 to December 20, 2010, Cancun, Mexico
2009 Consciousness and Climate Change: The Confluence of Two Living Systems 1.pdf
Statement for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-15), December 7-18, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 – Experiments in Values (overview).pdf
A Call for Experiments with Values: The Subtle Dynamic of Deep Change
2007 Methods for Strengthening Public Confidence.pdf
Statement for the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Building Trust in Government, June 26 – 29, 2007, Vienna, Austria
2007 Values-based Education for Rural People.pdf
Statement to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Association (FAO), June 6, 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
2005 Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnership and Renewal.pdf
Statement for the United Nations 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, September 7 – 9, 2005, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
2005 Informed Individuals: Spiritual Societies.pdf
Statement for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), November, 2005, Tunis, Tunisia
2005 The Strength and Sustenance of Decent Work
Paper presented at a Roundtable on the theme ‘Philosophical and Spiritual Perspectives on Decent Work’ held under the auspices of the International Institute for Labour Studies (ILS) and co-sponsored by the Bureau for External Relations and Partnerships of the ILO (EXREL) November 16, 2005, ILO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
2004 Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action.pdf
Statement for the United Nations 57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference September, 2004, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
2003 Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the United Nations Promise.pdf
Statement for the United Nations 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, September 8 – 10, 2003, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
2003 An Inclusive Information Society: Wisdom, Vision and Values.pdf
Statement for the World Summit on the Information Society, December, 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
2003 Inclusive Information WSIS Geneva (French).pdf
Une Société de l’Information ouverte à tous: sagesse, vision et valeurs, Déclaration de Brahma Kumaris Université spirituelle mondiale à la Session spéciale de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies Sommet mondial sur la Société de l’Information, Genève, Suisse 10-12, décembre 2003
2002 Spirituality – the Heart of Sustainable Development.pdf
Statement for the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, August 26 – September 4, 2002, South Africa, Johannesburg
2002 Aging with Dignity and Spirituality.pdf
Statement for the United Nations Second World Assembly on Aging, April, 2002, Madrid, Spain
Statement for the Decent Work Agenda jointly Sponsored by the International Labour Office and the World Council of Churches, February, 2002, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 Healing Humanity’s Soul.pdf
Statement to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, August 31 – September 7, 2001, Durban, South Africa
2001 Values, Education and the Development of Human Resources.pdf
Statement to the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), May 2001, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Human Rights Commission (Geneva).pdf
NGO Joint Vision Statement to the 57th Session of the Human Rights Commission, Agenda Item 6: Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and All Forms of Discrimination, 2001, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 Spirituality: Development’s Forgotten Soul.pdf
Statement for the UNCTAD – Civil Society Dialogue on Critical Development Issues being addressed by The United Nations System, December 10, 2001, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 In Search of the Human Face of Social Integration.pdf
Statement to the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for all in a Globalizing World, June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Rights of the Child (Geneva).pdf
Statement to the 56th Commission on Human Rights, Item 13: Rights of the Child, April 11, 2000, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Right to Development (Geneva).pdf
Oral Statement to the 56th Commission on Human Rights, Item 7: The Right to Development, March 2000, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Statement to the 56th Commission on Human Rights, Item 6: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination, March 24, 2000, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 The Reduction of Human and Societal Tensions through the Elimination of Poverty.pdf
Statement for the The Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, August 2000, New York, USA