By Olivier giscard d’estaing The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, on September 15th 2008, turned the American financial crisis into a global one. It came as a bad surprise as the management of this centenary bank had never been questioned. The collapse of the US housing industry reminded us of the one endured by Japan, in 1991,...

The Olympic Games, the universal symbol of peace and fraternity, are being put into jeopardy.
Human and citizen rights are flouted everyday, everywhere.
There are latent conflicts scattered all over the continents, and the war in Iraq seems never to end.
Blind terrorism is going beyond an already unbearable limit to impose its dogmas.
The world's economy is weakened every time a butterfly flaps its wings.
The pauperization of the Poor is aggravating, and the spectrum of the great famines has reappeared.
Animal and vegetal species are disappearing at a dreadful speed. Natural catastrophes are getting more and more violent and unpredictable every time.
The Planet is getting out of breath, and its generous contribution is getting rarer and rarer because of both the systematic looting and hazardous management of its resources.
The list is long, and unfortunately, every day brings all kinds of new desolations.

We are witnessing the birth of a new worldwide community The globalization of communications, of the economy, of techniques, strengthen the unity of the human race while increasing its inequalities. This very community has become the melting pot of fears, of uncertainty, of hope for people of the world, for their feelings,...