tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post6293788829209399801..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Holiday Fun Covenant Competition — Calling all Historians!Bishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-64675022093950743932007-08-23T21:07:00.000+01:002007-08-23T21:07:00.000+01:00Thanks, Sarah. This is a real heaveyweight, I see....Thanks, Sarah. This is a real heaveyweight, I see. It's also highly idealistic. It's certainly closer to a covenant promoting unity than my original four. I see there's some controversy about its application to the murderer of Stephen Lawrence, but, Fleet St being Flet St they're blaming it all on ERurope, rather than the UN. I see the USA hasn't got round to ratifying it, though Jimmy Carter (whom I was rather impressed by at the Leadership Summit in Chiocago this year) did sign it. I will be searching out a suitable prize!<BR/><BR/>But I think the search goes on as well —Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-10600502051133168052007-08-23T16:43:00.000+01:002007-08-23T16:43:00.000+01:00First thoughts were ... er... um... then...Not THA...First thoughts were ... er... um... then...<BR/><BR/>Not THAT historical but - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights started in 1966 - still not completed!?<BR/><BR/>http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm<BR/><BR/>Though maybe these rights could be argued to have promoted division not unity in some places!Sarah Brushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236968235027502431noreply@blogger.com