The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday January 20th, 2022 – National Cheese Lovers Day
Ukraine-Donbas-Russian Frontier: Is a Non-govermental Interposition Peace Team a Possibility? by Rene Wadlow
Despite USA-Russian Federation discussions in Geneva and a full Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, there seems to be no advance toward a reduction of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops on the Ukrainian frontier. There are discussions at the U.N. Security Council in New York on what could be a U.S.- led response if there were a Russian intervention into Ukraine. While such a Russian intervention seems unlikely, the possibility of such an intervention is being seriously discussed in NATO government circles. Thus it is opportune for non-governmental organizations also to discuss possible measures to prevent conflict and reduce tensions.
One possibility, inspired by the efforts of the Shanti Sena (Peace Army) developed by followers of Mahatma Gandhi in India is to place some non-governmental teams on the frontier in order to provide an opportunity for all parties to “cool off” and negotiate. One such effort in which I was directly involved as the representative to the United Nations in Geneva of the Peace Brigades International (PBI) was the effort of a team of the newly created PBI in 1981 on the Nicaragua-Honduras frontier.
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“New World” #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“Someday they will say
That we lived in a world
Of desolation and strife,
Of empty cities and towns
Pandemic bomb days
Beheadings and protests.”
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Tang & Ram #026 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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