Two wonderful things happened this week in NYC:
Today The United Nations Security Council resolved
unanimously to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters across borders, allowing Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, in his address to the Council, to note how “enemies of
faith…brutalize women and girls” and “target and slaughter minorities.” He also said, “Eliminating terrorism
requires international solidarity …[W]e must also tackle the underlying
conditions…The biggest threat to
terrorists is not the power of missiles. It is the politics of inclusion…and
respect for human rights…Missiles may
kill terrorists, but good governance kills terrorism…societies… free from
suffering, oppression and occupation.”
And Melinda Gates highlighted the pressing need for gender
equality (e.g. in education and health) around the world. [Despite the gender
inequality unaddressed] in the Civil Rights movement, the tenet that ‘no one is
free until we are all free’ still rings
true, and women and girls have waited a long time for equality. Perhaps the wait is approaching closer its end.
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