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Zurich, 13 November 2002

ETH Zurich
Laboratorium Fur Physikalische Chemie
ETH Honggerberg HCI
8083 Zurich, Switzerland

International Laws are Our Most Precious Goods!

International laws and their strict enforcement are likely our most precious treasures, paving the future pathway of society through a swamp of human deficiencies. It is unfortunate that the most powerful states on the globe envision their unlimited power in breaking as many international laws as they please, and, in the first place, rejecting their ratification. This happened, unfortunately, in the case of the Convention on Rights of the Child which was ratified by 191 countries, but not by the United States (and Somalia), one of the numerous crimes against humanity. Obviously, our children are directly affected by such irresponsibility. All too often, justification seems to be more important than justice. Let us work against injustice on all levels and on a global scale !

Prof. Dr. Richard R. Ernst
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1991

{ Received by email on 13th November 2002 }