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<p><em>Revised and expanded. Published for Cnx of Città Nuova and available online on this website . In September, the same edtion in English, French and Spanish </em></p> <p><strong>Time for the new "Atlas of universal fraternity. Realizing fraternity",</strong> the first report of acts of fraternity in the world recognized by the United World Project. Two months later, the first edition has already in a revised and expanded version. Available for the brand Cnx of Città Nuova and in online format for download on this site: July 3, in fact, the new updated version replaces the previous one published on 1 May. In September the same edition will be available in English, French and Spanish.</p> <p><strong>But in what is a new edition?</strong> First, an introduction signed by the young people from the five continents. Then in the Atlas we give space to analyze: the relationship bewteen globalization and united world with a piece of Chiara Lubich and "Sharing with Africa," the third stage of the United World Project.</p>
<p><em>A message commemorate<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI with the focus on how to avoid such tragedies in the future</span></em></p> <p><strong>Sarajevo, June 24</strong> (Xinhua) -- Sarajevo wants to send a message of peace and hope to the whole world on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, Sarajevo mayor Ivo Komsic said Tuesday.</p> <p><strong>In an interview with Xinhua</strong>, Komsic said the city will establish a new and more positive image.
<p><em>4 months in Italy, Greece or Portugal, focus on Med cooperation</em></p> <p>Brussels - <strong>Last days for the EU-funded project 'Capacity Building Relay Race'</strong> (CaBuReRa) call to young palestinians willing to have an experience abroad after studies.</p> <p><strong>CaBuReRa will offer 5 Palestinian youth workers</strong> (aged between 25 and 35) the opportunity to develop their professional skills during a 4-month period in Italy, Greece or Portugal in a comprehensive training in project cycle management and on issues related to Mediterranean cooperation.</p>
<p><em>The 23rd Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union – held June 20-27 – wrapped up in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Friday, June 27, with a number of advances announced.</em></p> <p><strong>Organized under the theme:</strong> “2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security”, the African leaders attending the Summit <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of the African Union, </span>were unanimous on the strategies needed to promote the continent’s agricultural development, a sector which, accounts for one third of Africa’s GDP and employs about 60 percent of the labor force. <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The 23rd Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union – held June 20-27 – wrapped up in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Friday, June 27, with a number of advances announced.
<p><em>A Report published on Wednesday 18 June in London</em> <em>has calculated it's <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mainly due to global increases in terrorist activity, the number of conflicts fought and the number of refugees and displaced people.</span></em></p> <p><strong>The GPI, <strong>founded by Mr. Steve Killelea </strong></strong>who is Executive Chairman and Founder, Institute for Economics and Peace launched its 2014 Report on Wednesday 18 June in London, is the world’s leading benchmark for measuring the peacefulness of nations - measures peace according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators identifying the most and least peaceful countries, tracks trends in violence and conflict, and calculates the economic impact of violence.</p> <p><strong>The Report found that world global average peace</strong> score deteriorated slightly since last year, mainly due to global increases in terrorist activity, the number of conflicts fought and the number of refugees and displaced people.
<p><em>US is the only member of Nato not to have signed an international treaty banning the use of anti-personnel landmines</em></p> <p><strong>The US announced today</strong> it would stop producing and buying anti-personnel landmines, the controversial weapons banned by all other Western nations.</p> <p><strong>The move is a major step</strong> towards allowing the US to finally join an international treaty, championed by Princess Diana, which bans the use of the small explosives.
<p><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It's<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> begun Sunday june 29, and Muslims around the world begin fasting for a month from sunrise until sunset.</span></span></em></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>In this photo a Muslim woman reads a copy</strong> of the Koran at the Istiqlal mosque during the second day of ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, on September 2, 2008. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><strong>Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar,</strong> has begun Sunday june 29, and Muslims around the world begin fasting for a month from sunrise until sunset.</p>
<p><em>Tweet and video message from pope Francis for the start of the World Championship of Football in Brazil: «Fair play» and respect for opponent</em></p> <p><strong>«</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>I wish you all a wonderful World Cup, played in a spirit of true brotherhood»</strong>. That is what Pope Francis wrote in a tweet launched on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the World Cup in Brazil. The “tweet” is added to a video message (...) in which the Pope hopes that the World Cup «will be take place in complete serenity and tranquility, always with mutual respect, solidarity and fraternity among men and women who acknowledge that they are members of one family». The Pope hopes that «in addition to a sports celebration» the World Cup in Brazil will become a «festival of solidarity between nations»</span></span></p>
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
More than 170 events across dozens of countries brought United World Week 2026 to life through initiatives, meetings, and concrete actions dedicated to peace, fraternity, and the building of a more united world.
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Active Citizenship & Politics
After thirty years spent in some of the world's most challenging environments, Marcoluigi Corsi, UNICEF Representative in Lebanon, reflects on child protection, hope and the humanity that endures even in the midst of war.
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Stefano Zaffino, author of Fraternità e Profezia (Fraternity and Prophecy): The Thought of Igino Giordani in the Wake of the Encyclical Fratelli tutti, reflects on fraternity as a response to the conflicts and divisions of the contemporary world.
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Anna Granata, professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, reminds us that teaching peace is not an abstract utopia. It is something that happens every day in Italian classrooms among children with diverse stories, languages, and backgrounds.
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