International Caux Conferences 2008: Addressing the Root Causes of Human Insecurity

Daunting challenges confront the 21st century, from economic under-development, bad governance and global warming to terrorism and cultural conflicts. Underlying these challenges is a deep human insecurity which is felt not only in the developing world. How do we understand this insecurity and how can we give content to the great aim of human security? How to articulate its foundations? How to give it practical expression? These are among the questions that motivate this first Caux Forum for Human Security. To find a preventive strategy that could tackle the root causes of insecurity and help manage conflicts and save millions of lives will require unprecedented trust and collaboration among all nations and actors. We need a truly global synergy that gives every person an opportunity to contribute to peace and human security. The conference will explore what it will take to create such synergy.