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• Introduction - Background information     (English / Japanese)
• Members of the InterAction Council     (English / Japanese)
• Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities - Menu page
• Reports of the High-level Expert Group Meeting held in the past   (English / Japanese)
• Annual Plenary Sessions and Communiqués     (English / Japanese)
• Speeches and Articles by Members     (English / Japanese)

• Introduction    (English / Japanese)
• List of Annual Plenary Sessions     (English / Japanese)
• List of High-level Expert Group Meetings     (English / Japanese)
• List of Members    (English / Japanese)
• Proposals by the InterAction Council (English / Japanese):
  1) Reach Out    (English / Japanese)
  2) Accomplishments and Impact    (English / Japanese)
• Comments from World Leaders     (English / Japanese)
• Funding and Financial Aspects    (English only)   

• the late Takeo FUKUDA (1905-1995, Japan), Founder
• Helmut SCHMIDT (Germany), Honorary Chairman
• Malcolm FRASER (Australia), Chairman
• Anand PANYARACHUN (Thailand)
• Oscar ARIAS (Costa Rica)
• James BOLGER (New Zealand)
• Lord CALLAGHAN of Cardiff (United Kingdom)
• Ingvar CARLSSON (Sweden)
• Jimmy CARTER (United States)
• Miguel DE LA MADRID (Mexico)
• Vigdís FINNBOGADÓTTIR (Iceland)
• Kurt FURGLER (Switzerland)
• Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING (France)
• Felipe GONZÁLEZ (Spain)
• Mikhail GORBACHEV (Russia)
• Selim EL HOSS (Lebanon), on leave
• Kenneth KAUNDA (Zambia)
• Mostafa KHALIL (Egypt)
• LEE Kuan Yew (Singapore)
• Abdul Salam MAJALI (Jordan)
• John MAJOR (United Kingdom)
• Kiichi MIYAZAWA (Japan)
• Olusegun OBASANJO (Nigeria), on leave
• Shimon PERES (Israel)
• Maria de Lourdes PINTASILGO (Portugal)
• José SARNEY (Brazil)
• SHIN Hyon Hwak (Korea)
• Kalevi SORSA (Finland)
• Hanna SUCHOCKA (Poland)
• Gaston THORN (Luxembourg)
• Pierre Elliott TRUDEAU (Canada)
• Andries VAN AGT (The Netherlands)
• George VASSILIOU (Cyprus)
• Franz VRANITZKY (Austria)
• Isamu  MIYAZAKI (Japan), Secretary-General

IIIa. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RESPONSIBILITIES - LANGUAGES

• English Original Text
• Translations: 
  1) Arabic
  2) Chinese (Simplified)
  3) Chinese (Traditional)
  4) Finnish
  5) French
  6) German
  7) Greek
  8) Hindi
  9) Indonesian (Malay)
  10) Italian
  11) Japanese
  12) Korean
  13) Polish
  14) Portuguese
  15) Brazilian Portuguese
  16) Russian
  17) Spanish (Castellaño)
  18) Spanish
  19) Thai
  20) Turkish

• It is Time to Talk About Responsibility, by Chancellor Helmut SCHMIDT
  (Speech at Hansung University, Korea, October 1999)
• Towards a Universal Recognition of Environmental Responsibilities, by Dr. Arthur H.WESTING
  (Article submitted to Environmental Conservation, September 1999)
• Human Responsibilities Reinforce Human Rights: The Global Ethic Project, by Prof. Hans KÜNG
  (Article from Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, 1998)
• Rights and Responsibilities, by Dr. Kalevi SORSA
  (Speech at the International Press Institute World Congress in Moscow, May 1998)
• A Declaration on Human Responsibilities?, by Malcolm FRASER
  (Speech at the UNESCO Conference, March 1998)
• Don't Be Afraid of Ethics! Why we need to talk of responsibilities as well as rights,
  Prof. Hans KÜNG   English / Japanese
• Some Contributions to a Universal Declaration of Human Obligations, by Dr. Oscar ARIAS, April 1997

IIIc. Opinion-editorial page in the Internation Herald Tribune
          The Council congratulates the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Monetary, Financial and Debt Issues, chaired by Helmut Schmidt (May 1984)
• Increased Assistance to Least Developed Countries, chaired by Ola Ullsten (December 1984)
• Military Expenditures by Developing Countries, chaired by Olusegun Obasanjo (March 1985)
• Nuclear Armaments and Arms Control Issues, chaired by Jacques Chaban-Delmas (May 1985)
• Interrelationship between Population, Environment and Development, chaired by Takeo Fukuda (December 1985)
• Unemployment, chaired by Jacques Chaban-Delmas (December 1985)
• Arms Control, chaired by Olusegun Obasanjo (February 1987)
• Consultative Meeting with Spiritual Leaders on Peace, Development, Population and the Environment,
  chaired by Takeo Fukuda (March 1987)    English / Japanese
• International Debt Questions, chaired by Kurt Furgler (September 1987)
• Global Deforestation Trends, chaired by Ola Ullsten (January 1988)
• Ecology and Energy Options, chaired by Pierre Elliott Trudeau (April 1989)
• Ecology and the Global Economy, chaired by Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (February 1990)
• Global Interdependence and National Sovereignty, chaired by Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (March 1990)
• Economies in Transformation: Limitations and Potential of the Transition Process
  chaired by Pierre Elliott Trudeau (April 1991)
• The Role of Central Banks in Globalized Financial Markets, chaired by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
  (April 1991)
• The Search for Global Order: The Problems of Survival, chaired by Helmut Schmidt (January 1992)  
• Crisis and Change in Latin America, chaired by Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (February 1992)  
• Bringing Africa Back to the Mainstream of the International System, chaired by Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (January 1993)    English / Japanese
• The Lessons of the German Unification Process for Korea, chaired by Helmut Schmidt (February 1993)  English / Japanese
• The Future Role of the Global Multilateral Organisations, chaired by Andries van Agt (May 1994)  English / Japanese
• The Challenge to Balance Population Growth with Food Supply, chaired by Malcolm Fraser
  (April 1995)    English / Spanish
• In Search of Global Ethical Standards, chaired by Helmut Schmidt (March 1996)  
  English / Japanese
• To Create a Stable International Financial System, chaired by Kurt Furgler (March 1996)  
  English / Japanese
• Opportunities and Risks of Globalization, chaired by Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (March 1997)
  English / Japanese
• What should be the Elements of a Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities,
  chaired by Helmut Schmidt (April 1997)    English / Japanese
• Media and Politics, chaired by Andries van Agt (April 1997)    English / Japanese
• Balance and Perspectives of the Political, Economic and Social Situation in Latin America:
  Progress, Difficulties and Challenges, chaired by Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (February 1998) English / Japanese
• Broader Dissemination of the Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities, chaired by Malcolm Fraser (March 1998)     English / Japanese
• The Insecurity of International Money, by Helmut Schmidt and Malcolm Fraser (April 1999)
  English / Arabic / Japanese
• The Religious Implications of the Middle East Peace Process, chaired by George Vassiliou
  (April/May 1999)    English / Arabic / Japanese

• First Session in VIENNA, Austria (1983)     English / Japanese
• Second Session in BRIONI, Yugoslavia (1984)     English / Japanese
• Third Session in PARIS, France (1985)     English / Japanese
• Fourth Session in TOKYO/HAKONE, Japan (1986)     English / Japanese
• Fifth Session in KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (1987)     English / Japanese
• Sixth Session in MOSCOW, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1988)    English / Japanese
• Seventh Session in WASHINGTON D.C./WESTFIELDS, Virginia, U.S.A. (1989)   
  English / Japanese
• Eighth Session in SEOUL, Republic of Korea (1990)     English / Japanese
• Ninth Session in PRAGUE, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (1991)    English / Japanese
• Tenth Session in QUERETARO, Mexico (1992)     English / Japanese
• Eleventh Session in SHANGHAI, People's Republic of China (1993)    English / Japanese
• Twelvth Session in DRESDEN, Federal Republic of Germany (1994)    English / Japanese
• Thirteenth Session in TOKYO, Japan (1995) No finalized Communiqué
• Fourteenth Session in VANCOUVER B.C., Canada (1996)     English / Japanese
• Fifteenth Session in NOORDWIJK, the Netherlands (1997)    English / Japanese
• Sixteenth Session in RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (1998)    
  English / Portuguese / Spanish / Japanese
• Seventeenth Session in CAIRO, Egypt (1999)
  English / French / Spanish /Arabic / Japanese

• It is Time to Talk About Responsibility, by Chancellor Helmut SCHMIDT
  (Speech at Hansung University, Korea, October 1999)
• On Certain Features and Tendencies of Development of the World Situation, by Mikhail GORBACHEV
  (Message to the InterAction Council 16th Plenary Session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 1998)
  English / Japanese
• Rights and Responsibilities, by Dr. Kalevi SORSA
  (Speech at the International Press Institute World Congress in Moscow, May 1998)
• A Declaration on Human Responsibilities?, by Malcolm FRASER
  (Speech at the UNESCO Conference, March 1998)
• Some Contributions to a Universal Declaration of Human Obligations, by Dr. Oscar ARIAS, April 1997