On the FFWPU calendar today, December 18th: The Summit Council for World Peace inauguration in 1981 At this link, Mr. Antonio Betancourt, the executive director of the Summit Council for World Peace, speaks with Mark Anderson about the founding of this council at the 5th summit in 1992. The message opens: Anderson: What is the Summit Council and your relationship to it? Betancourt: The Summit Council for World Peace is an association of former heads of state and former heads of government from around the world. It was initially founded in 1981 with the name of the Summit Club. It evolved into a more practical organization working on the issues of peace and development. Initially, it was an idea to bring together former heads of state and government from all countries of the world, to use their expertise and their experience and statesmanship to work on the issues of world peace and development. However, the Summit Club was constricted: how to work was not articulated. That came later on, when we discovered those areas in which the heads of state could put the best of their experience to work. Our first major Summit was in 1987, and this is the fifth Summit. I am the executive director, Im originally from Colombia, and have been a resident of the United States for 25 years. tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Betancrt/SUMMIT-C.htm
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:48:14 +0000
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