A Year of Peace and Justice – Claude Arpi
Thursday, March 9th, 2006A Year of Peace and Justice
Claude Arpi
New Indian Express – Sunday Magazine
9 March 2006
When I think of the Dalai Lama, two images come immediately to mind: First, his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg in June 1988. On that day the Dalai Lama elaborated on his earlier Five Point Peace Plan for Tibet, “We are living today in a very interdependent world. One nation’s problems can no longer be solved by itself. Without a sense of universal responsibility our very survival is in danger. I have, therefore, always believed in the need for better understanding, closer cooperation and greater respect among the various nations of the world.” Taking the example of Europe, he added, “Out of the chaos of war, those who were once enemies have, in a single generation, learned to co-exist and co-operate.”