In 1945, UNESCO was created in
order to respond to the firm belief of its member nations, forged by two world
wars in less than a generation, that political and economic agreements are not
enough to build a lasting peace. Peace must be established on the basis of
humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity. \
I
rina Bokova made the point:
"The United States is a founding member of UNESCO," Bokova explained to reporters. "The whole idea that you can build peace through education, science, culture and communication is basically an American idea."
American idea or not, it is now for the rest of us to take this idea forward and leave American to reflect on the nature of moral and intellectual solidarity. Or maybe we will see some vehement voices raised by US representatives of the worlds of:
Education
Science and
Culture
attempting to pull their nation back from the brink of the gulf of nationalistic phillistinism that Trump and his supporters so eagerly plunge towards.
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