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1、NewIdeasforanOldDreamTHEYwillbeattheirswordsintoplowsharesandtheirspearsintopruninghooks.Nationwillnottakeupswordagainstnation,norwilltheylearnwaranymore.”ThisquoteadornsastonewallthatliesoutsidetheUNheadquartersinNewYorkand,thoughbiblicalinorigin,expressesauniversaldesireforpeacethat
2、wasthefundamentalinspirationforthecreationoftheUN.Yet,inspiteofthevastlydiminishedpossibilityofanotherworldwar,countries’insecuritiesareontheincrease.Theconstellationofinternationalorganizationsaremoreandmorebecomingmerelyplacestoexpressopinionsratherthanmechanismsbywhichtoaddressprac
3、ticalissues.Thisisparticularlyworryinginaglobalizedworldwherenocountrycancountsolelyonitselftosolveeveryconundrum.Changeisneeded,butwhatstandardsandprinciplesshouldcountriesfollowininternationalcooperationand13indealingwithproblemsinvolvingtheinterestsofothercountries?China’sfirstWorl
4、dPeaceForumisanattempttofindsolutionstotheseproblems.Itputtheeconomictopicsthathaverecentlydominatedinternationaldiscussionsonthebackburnerandfocuseditsattentiononinternationalsecurity.ConsensusViewsOrganizedbyTsinghuaUniversity,thisnon-governmentalforumwasheldinBeijinginlateJuly,2012
5、withattendeesthatincludedformerstateleaders,directorsofinternationalthinktanks,anddiplomatsfromallovertheworld.YanXuetong,deanoftheInstituteofModernInternationalRelationsofTsinghuaUniversityandheadofpreparations,saidtheforumaimedtoestablishaplatformforbothgovernmentpolicymakersandNGOa
6、ndthinktankexpertstoexchangeopinionsoninternationalsafetyissues.Headmittedthatissuesineconomicdevelopmentwereimportant,butinsistedthatrecentsafetyissueshavebecomemorecritical,demandurgent13solutions,andcouldspelldeadlyconsequencesfortheworldifaggravated.Theforumattractedpoliticalheavy
7、weightssuchasAbdullahAhmadBadawi,formerPrimeMinisterofMalaysia,ShaukatAziz,formerPrimeMinisterofPakistan,DominiqueDeVillepin,formerPrimeMinsterofFrance,YukioHatoyama,Japan’sformerPrimeMinister,IgorSergeyevichIvanov,formersecretaryoftheSecurityCouncilofRussia,andJavierSolana,whohasheld
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