InterAction Council

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The InterAction Council ( IAC for short ) is a loose association of former heads of state and government founded in 1983 by the late Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda . According to Loki Schmidt , Takeo Fukuda and the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt came up with and planned the InterAction Council.

purpose

The members, exclusively former holders of the highest government offices, should be able to pass on their experience and knowledge. International cooperation in the areas of peace and security, the global economy, and development and the environment is to be strengthened through problem analyzes and recommended solutions that are sent directly to high-ranking decision-makers. A meeting takes place annually, which draws up a final declaration.

In 1987, at Fukuda's suggestion, a meeting between political and religious leaders of the five major world religions took place in Rome for the first time. There the so-called statement on global issues was written, which drew four basic conclusions:

  1. The newly established contacts should be maintained,
  2. real peace can only be achieved through dialogue due to the common values,
  3. humanity should strive for a “balanced economic structure” to eradicate global poverty and
  4. the shared responsibility of women and men for development, the environment and family planning are emphasized.

In 1997 the InterAction Council proposed a “ Universal Declaration of Human Duties ” to supplement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . The design was formulated by Hans Küng in connection with his Global Ethic project . However, it did not find broad support. The western states in particular rejected this, sometimes categorically.

Members

Active members

Deceased members

  • Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (1912–2005), Prime Minister of Great Britain (1976–1979)
  • Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015), Honorary Chairman and Prime Minister of Australia (1975–1983)
  • Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995), founder and Prime Minister of Japan (1976–1978)
  • Kurt Furgler (1924–2008), Swiss Federal Councilor (1971–1986)
  • Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (1936–2019), President of Indonesia (1998–1999)
  • Gyula Horn (1932–2013), Prime Minister of Hungary (1994–1998)
  • Shin Hyeon-hwak (1920–2007), Prime Minister of South Korea (1979–1980)
  • Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015), Prime Minister of Singapore (1959–1990)
  • Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930–2004), Prime Minister of Portugal (1979–1980)
  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), President of South Africa (1994–1999)
  • Ketumile Masire (1925-2017), President of Botswana (1980-1998)
  • Kiichi Miyazawa (1919–2007), Honorary Chairman and Prime Minister of Japan (1991–1993)
  • Shimon Peres (1923–2016), Prime Minister of Israel (1984–1986, 1995–1996)
  • Yevgeny Primakov (1929–2015), Prime Minister of Russia (1998–1999)
  • Michel Rocard (1930–2016), Prime Minister of France (1988–1991)
  • Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), former honorary chairman of the IAC and Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1974–1982)
  • Kalevi Sorsa (1930–2004), Prime Minister of Finland (1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1987)
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979, 1980–1984)
  • Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015), Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984–1994)

literature

  • Küng, Hans (ed.), Documentation on the Global Ethic, Munich 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tell us about the past , Loki Schmidt in conversation with Reinhold Beckman, Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, 2008, p. 211, ISBN 978-3-455-50094-3
  2. ↑ Frühbauer, Johannes, "From the Declaration of Religions to the Declaration of Statesmen", in: Küng, Hans (ed.), Documentation on the Global Ethic, Munich 2002, 118f.
  3. ↑ Printed in: Küng, Hans (ed.), Documentation on the Global Ethic, Munich 2002, 98-104.
  4. ↑ Frühbauer, Johannes, “From the Declaration of Religions to the Declaration of Statesmen”, in: Ibid., 130.
  5. ↑ List of members of the InterAction Council . Retrieved August 5, 2020