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Stéphane Hessel

A veteran of the Resistance deported during WWII, Stéphane Hessel was a French diplomat at the UN. He is a member of the Ethic, scientific and politics International Collegium.

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“Three challenges to achieve a fair world”

by Stéphane Hessel

23 September 2005

We should wonder about the meaning of the UN Summit and the commitments that could or should be made in it. The world has changed since the moment this organization was founded 60 years ago. On September 11 we were shocked by the extremely irrational attack targeted against the heart of what (...)