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      Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

       A Note

       Sustaining Peace and Security; Inclusive International Commitment

      One of the characteristics of Iranian civilization is peace. Iranians have been well-known throughout history as a peaceable populace.

      Inquiring the adverse news of the world has confirmed that ominous phenomena such as terrorism, violence, war, racism, etc. are all the outcome of post-modern humanity.

      Mankind attempts to prove his identity by denying another's identity, and fathoms his existence only through the absence of another's. Why is the emphasis on one's identity still associated with the denial of another's identity in the third millennium? Will our societies remain forever plagued by deadly violence and bursts of suicide attacks, genocides and injustice, simply because of differences in religion, language, race, nationality, and the dogmas of the souls who live in it? Certainly, the role of oppressive and colonial governments in these circumstances cannot be disregarded. All these differences and turmoil in the world are due to the inability of human beings to reach a common understanding, rather than resulting from different points of view.

      Yet, first, one must reach a common language to reach a common understanding afterward; a common language from which everyone could grasp common and similar sentiments. Conversation occurs when there is a common language.

      Basically, human beings have endeavored to present their principles to others throughout history, and others have sometimes accepted these principles and sometimes not.

      Where mankind reached a common ground, consistent peace was established; where peace happened only because of the greater power of one side against the other, peace came into being but was inconsistent, and as soon as the strong side weakened or the weak side gained strength, another war broke out. The importance of human beings reaching common understanding and notions for achieving abiding peace is evident.

      Now, international peace and security are among the prerequisites for human rights. With the endangerment of international peace and security, all human rights and liberties are threatened; one could imagine the extent of it by considering that global warfare and threats not only disrupt international peace and security but also undermine civil, political, social and cultural rights, the right to development, and the rights upon the environment.

      In recent decades, measures have been implemented to maintain international peace and security, and various forms of it have emerged. The international community endeavors to establish an inclusive international commitment for peace and security by acknowledging living in peace as a fundamental human right.

      Finally, I would like to thank the Academy of Messengers of Peace and Civilization for presenting the Melody for Peace festival and for compiling this valuable book.

       Seyed Abbas Mousavi

      Former Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Azerbaijan

       A Melody Called Peace

      By Professor Sam Fischer

      Taste and see that the lord is good

      By probing the little nightingale singing in a wood;

      How easily she praises the glory

      She narrates the lord's story.

      May the God of hope fill you with all joy

      When you witness a little boy

      Who plays freely in the lands of the lord

      In the beginning was his mercy, was the word.

      And receive from him anything we ask

      For we shall spread honesty and unmask

      Ourselves in front of his holy presence;

      For he sees us all; he, the ultimate omnipresence.

      Fear not! For The Lord of hosts is with us

      On the earth, Jupiter or the planet Mars;

      There flies the everlasting spirit

      Who no entities can limit.

      This is a melody for peace which cease the unjust blood

      Scattered the earth; be there, for all things are possible with God;

      This is the literature of the holy spirit

      Reminding us of peace; the love we inherit.

       21st Century Peace Tune

      By Moonchild Diva, from Highland Park M

      My father made it home from the war with just a touch of insanity, married, made children, four including me and he never had to wonder if his brother made it out alive, his brother was shot, in the back, by the cops, in 1929, stealing coal off a train in Detroit.

      The war’s right here now, on the street now, at your door now, and every day you wonder about the ones you love, did they make it out alive? because everyone’s infected by the touch of insanity, where’s the peace He wanted us to have?

      If I don’t make it out alive, I’ll see you on the other side, in the quiet place He made for us and everyone will be there to enfold us in The Love, it sounds so good sometimes I just want to go NOW

      What did He say?

      He said love one another, everyone’s your brother, do unto others as you would have them do to you, he said Peace be with you… He said don’t worry about tomorrow, don’t hold on to sorrow, ask and it will be given, upon this rock I build my church, he said Peace be with you..

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       A Funky Stamp ‘N Go Shanty

      By David Harris, from Canada

      Get up! Start to feel the magic motion

      We stand and watch the masters of the ocean

      Last sup’! Must have been Davy Jones locker

      It was real wild it was a roller and a rocker.

      So we are coastin’ in and rovin’ out

      Hoist the mizzenmast, blowin’ out

      Jolly Roger flies like the good ol’ flaggy

      Keepin’ all the doggies really raggy

      Wailin’ and shoutin’ and simply boilin’ up

      The salty brine is overflowin’ the cup.

      Mermaids so beautiful and exotic

      Makin’ love so passionate and erotic

      Steamin’ so hot you’d swear it was demonic

      Pirates passin’ up a hidden treasure

      Irate and sick about their lack of leisure

      They abducted gypsies for their token pleasure.

      But it comes like a mournful tune

      From the bullhorn of our King Neptune

      Like a buoy ringin’ tellin’ us that soon

      Will be singin’ yellin’ our shipwrecked blues

      like a frustrated ol’ cow groans and moos.

      Life at sea can be adventurous indeed

      Sadly sometimes we can be constantly in need

      of a woman who can help us plant our seed.

      Up in the sky we’ll find north and south

      east and west, the stars be our guide.

      Rhythm and riddlin’ jester and joker

      will rattle their sticks

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