ROBERT KARL POPA

Monday, 6 May 2013

THE 1948 UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

THE 1948 UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

PREAMBLE:

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

Article 1.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2.

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6.

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7.

All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8.

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10.

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11.

(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14.

(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15.

(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

Article 16.

(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17.

(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21.

(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22.

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

Article 24.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26.

(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27.

(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Article 28.

Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29.

(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

FAMOUS QUOTES ON LOVE, MUSIC AND HUMANITY

“GOD is LOVE; and they that dwelleth in LOVE dwelleth in GOD, and GOD dwelleth in them for all eternity”. (N.T. 1 JOHN 4:16)

"HUMANITY CAN USE KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY TO LITERALLY CREATE HEAVEN ON EARTH BY IMPROVING LIFE ON OUR PLANET IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND AT ALL LEVELS OF EXISTENCE, [i.e. ENSURING SPIRITUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH UNTIL AT LEAST 100 - 200 YEARS OF AGE FOR ALL MEN AND WOMEN; HUMANE AND SAFE BIRTH CONTROL; EQUAL ACCESS TO OUR PLANET'S NATURAL RESOURCES FOR ALL NATIONS; AN HONEST AND SIMPLE WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC SYSTEM; FREE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION FOR ALL PEOPLE; THE COMPLETE AND UTTER REPLACEMENT OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF PROSTITUTION WITH THE DICTATORSHIP OF MERITOCRACY IN EVERY DOMAIN OF SOCIAL LIFE; THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-DESIGN HIGH TECHNOLOGIES; GENUINE CARE AND RESPECT FOR OUR PLANET, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR ALL THE OTHER LIVING SPECIES; COMMENCING REAL SOCIAL JUSTICE REFORMS; THE PROMULGATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL VIOLENT CRIMES; ENFORCING A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW AND ORDER; THE IMPOSE OF ETHICAL AND MORAL CREATION; IMPROVING HUMAN NORMAL AND PARANORMAL CAPABILITIES (e.g. TELEPATHY, TELEKINESIS, TELEHYPNOSIS, CLAIRVOYANCE, EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION, REMOTE VIEWING, PSYCHOKINESIS, PSYCHOMETRY, PSYCHOSCOPY, MIND READING, RETROCOGNITION, PRECOGNITION, SELF-HYPNOSIS, AUTOSUGGESTION, LEVITATION, SELF REGENERATION OF TRAUMATISED ELEMENTS OF THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY, THE ABSOLUTE ETHICAL CONTROL OVER ALL NATURAL ELEMENTS OF OUR PLANET, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT CONNECTION WITH THE SPIRITUAL WORLD OF OUR ANCESTORS AND OF OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS VIA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, CLONING OUR MULTICELLULAR BODIES, AND EVEN THE ULTIMATE DEFEAT OF DEATH BY THE CONSCIOUS ACCESS TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD ONCE THE LIVING TIME OF OUR BIOLOGICAL BODIES WILL HAVE ENDED); TERRAFORMING PLANET MARS AND PLANET VENUS; USING THE ENERGY OF OUR SUN, INSTEAD OF THE ENERGY OF OUR PLANET FOR PERSONAL, TRANSPORTATION, AND INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION PURPOSES; DESIGNING SPHERE-SHAPED AND DISC-SHAPED SPACECRAFT MADE OF METAMATERIALS AND PLASMONICS, POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY AND ANTIMATTER, AND DRIVEN BY ANTI-GRAVITY - FLYING SAUCER SHAPED SPACE SHIPS THAT WILL MAKE US THE MASTERS OF OUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM; FORGING SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND ECONOMIC ALLIANCES WITH MORE ADVANCED EXTRATERRESTRIAL HUMAN CIVILISATIONS etc.]; OR WE, THE VERY SAME HUMAN BEINGS, CAN BE MASS AMORAL, AND DANGEROUS TO OURSELVES, AND TO OUR HOME PLANET TERRA, BY BEING INFINITELY IMMORAL CREATORS OF WEAPONS OF CONVENTIONAL, ECONOMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, METEOROLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHOTRONIC, ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR WAR; EVIL INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS (e.g. DE LUXE AUTOMOBILES, HIGH SPEED MOTORCYCLES AND DANGEROUS POWER BOATS); HARMFUL POWER PLANTS AND INDUSTRIES; USELESS JEWELRY; AND LUXURY AND LEVITY BRANDS, (FOR INSTANCE GARMENTS MUST ALWAYS REPRESENT HUMAN DIGNITY; THEREFORE THEY MUST NEVER REPRESENT NEITHER HUMAN MISERY, NOR HUMAN VANITY!)". (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“THE NATIONS THAT DO NOT RESPECT THEIR HUMAN VALUES DO NOT DESERVE TO BE A PART OF HUMANITY!” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

"IF RELIGION, POLITICS, IMMORALITY, IGNORANCE, IDOLATRY, WORK SLAVERY, AND ABORTION ARE NOT EVIL, THEN NOTHING IS EVIL"! (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“THE VALUE OF HUMAN BEINGS DOES NOT STAND IN THEIR SEX, BUT IN THEIR PSYCHE, THAT REVEALS ITSELF THROUGH THE HUMAN MIND, AND THAT WORKS THROUGH THE HUMAN BRAIN DURING THEIR BIOLOGICAL LIFETIME; IF ONE THINKS THAT IF HAVING A PENIS MEANS THAT YOU DESERVE MORE RESPECT THAN HAVING A VAGINA, AND/OR VICEVERSA, THEN THAT ONE IS A REAL PSYCHOPATH WHO DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE A PART OF HUMANITY! FURTHERMORE, WE MUST NEVER PROMOTE MEN OR WOMEN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER MEN OR WOMEN, AND WE MUST ALWAYS PROMOTE TRUE HUMAN VALUES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR GENDER.” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“THE THREE GRAND HARLOTS THAT HAVE KEPT HUMANITY IN DARKNESS FOR MILLENIA ARE: RELIGION, POLITICS, AND THE EXTREME MILITARY WORLD; WHEN THESE THREE GREAT WHOREDOMS WILL HAVE DIED, HUMANITY WILL SHINE LIKE THE HOLY SUN!” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“ALL GOVERNMENTS THAT DEFY THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS MUST EVENTUALLY BE REMOVED BY FORCE, BY THEIR PEOPLES!” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT CREATION IS A MAJOR WASTE OF TIME, CREATION WITHOUT WISDOM IS IDOLATRY, WISDOM WITHOUT FAITH IS MADNESS, AND FAITH WITHOUT LOVE IS SPIRITUAL DEATH!” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“GARMENTS ALWAYS REPRESENT HUMAN DIGNITY; THEY MUST NEVER REPRESENT NEITHER HUMAN MISERY, NOR HUMAN PRIDE.” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“THE LAWS OF MANKIND ARE INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO THE LAWS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM; YET SOMETIMES, HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS INFINITELY INFERIOR TO ANIMAL BEHAVIOR.” (ROBERT KARL POPA)

“Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go”. (DALAI LAMA)

“The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest, it is as if we open an inner door. It reduces fear, boosts confidence and brings us inner strength. By reducing distrust, it opens us to others and brings us a sense of connection to others, and sense of purpose and meaning in life”. (DALAI LAMA)

“My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call education of the heart. Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness”. (DALAI LAMA)

“Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness. More important than being loved, therefore, is to love”. (DALAI LAMA)

“The basic foundation of humanity is compassion and love. This is why, if even a few individuals simply try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community”. (DALAI LAMA)

“More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource – when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually”. (DALAI LAMA)

“Great compassion is the root of altruistic action. It really is a source of wonder. There is no greater source of help and happiness. The capacity to devote yourself to the welfare of others yields otherwise unobtainable power and potential for good. Generate great compassion and you become a friend of the world and a companion of the warm-hearted”. (DALAI LAMA)

“In an increasingly interdependent world our own welfare and happiness depend on many other people. Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need. Many of our world’s problems and conflicts arise because we have lost sight of the basic humanity that binds us all together as a human family”. (DALAI LAMA)

"OUR KNOWLEDGRE IS BUT A DROP OF WATER, OUR IGNORANCE IS AN OCEAN". (WILLIAM JAMES)

“WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OR DIE TOGETHER AS FOOLS”. (MARTIN LUTHER KING jr.)

“A MAN WHO STANDS FOR NOTHING WILL FALL FOR EVERYTHING”. (MALCOM X)

“IF SLAVERY IS NOT EVIL, THEN NOTHING IS WRONEVIL”. (U.S.A. president ABRAHAM LINCOLN)

“LIFE WITHOUT MUSIC WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ERROR”. (FRIEDERICH NIETZSCHE)

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire: in the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable”. (Bruce Lee)

“A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it”. (Frank Clark)

“Where there is love there is life”. (Gandhi)

“There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved”. (George Sands)

“When you love you should not say, ‘God is in my heart’, but rather, ‘I am in the heart of God’; And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course”. (KAHLIL GIBRAN)

“Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he or she should be”. (Anton Chekhov)

“Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love”. (Lev Tolstoy)

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage”. (Lao Tze)

“Love is composed of a single spirit inhabiting two bodies”. (Aristotle)

“Though I could speak with the tongues of men and angels and yet had no LOVE I were even as a sounding brass or as a tynkling cymball. And though I could prophesy and understood all secretes and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith so that I could move mountains out of their places and yet had no LOVE I were nothing. And though I bestowed all my goods to feed the poor, and though I gave my body even that I burned and yet had no LOVE it profiteth me nothing. LOVE suffereth long and is corteous. LOVE envieth not. LOVE doth not frowardly, swelleth not, dealeth not dishonestly, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh not evil, rejoyseth not in iniquity, but rejoyseth in the truth, suffereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things and endureth in all things. Though that prophesying failed and all tonges shall cease, and knowledge vanyshed away, yet LOVE falleth never away. For our knowledge is unperfect and our prophesying is unperfect. But when that which is perfect shall come then that which is unperfect shall be done away. When I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a child I imagined as a child. But as soon as I was a man I put away childesness. Now we se in a glass, even in a dark speaking, but then shall we see face to face. Now I know unperfectly, but then shall I know even as I am known. Now abideth faith, hope and LOVE even these three, but the chief of these is LOVE”. (N.T. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13)

Monday, 6 May 2013

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THE 1948 UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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