Rutelli francesco biography of mahatma
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Speech by G. Papandreou
New Delhi, India, 29 January
Address by George A. Papandreou at the Conference Peace, Nonviolence, Empowerment Gandhian philosophy in the 21st Century
Ms. Chairwoman, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, Gandhi has inspired my generation at a younger age and, as Francesco Rutelli said, this was something which we thought about as his image loomed large in many instances: how we fight against the Vietnam War, how we fight in my country against the dictatorship – would it be through the use of violence or would it be through the use of non-violence? But I see that his influence is now trickling down to the younger generation, and that is, I think, an optimistic point.
But today, as President of the Socialist International, I feel we have a special debt to Mahatma Gandhi. His views are pertinent for the democratic and socialist movement I represent. Although his views developed in a context of the struggle in South Africa
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Italy, India differ on UNSC reform
Italy is not specifically opposed to India or any country's inclusion as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, but does not seek what it calls a "proliferation of permanent members." Unhappy about the formation of the group of four (G-4), which includes Brazil, Germany, Japan and India, Italy feels it too has a right to a permanent seat on the UNSC.
In a freewheeling conversation exclusively with the Hindustan Times, Francesco Rutelli, Deputy Prime Minister in the Italian Government, discussed differences of opinion on the issue, while speaking of the relevance of Gandhian philosophy in today's world. In India on his first ever visit to this country to attend the Satyagraha Conference, commemmorating the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's propagation of this philosophy, Rutelli's visit is part of Italy's increasing high-level engagement with India. And for any Italian visitor, the Sonia Gandhi phenomenon is "fascinating."
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