The World in the twentieth century

Jan. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- There are many people who have helped to improve the conditions of their community, their country, or world in the twentieth century. This report should contribute to some of the most important supporters in humanitarian and civil Asia, Middle East and North Africa, whose influence was internationally recognized in the twentieth century.

Eisaku Sato served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. It is recognized globally for its diplomacy in an effort to strengthen the international relations of peace within Asia and between Japan and other parts of the world. In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his refusal to accept nuclear weapons, those actions led to the signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Sun Yat-sen (Dr. Sun Yixian) was a Chinese revolutionary leader whose political plan was to overthrow the Qing dynasty in China and establish a republic. His goal also included the large-scale industrialization of China. In 1911 occupied the post of interim president of the Republic of China and later presidenziò China from 1923 to 1925. Many consider him the father of modern China.

Bstan-rgya-mtsho-'dzin was elected fourteenth Dalai Lama in Tibet in 1940 just five years. In 1959 he fled to India after the failed uprising of the Tibetan people against Chinese rule and established a government in exile in the Himalayan mountains. In 1989 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his nonviolent methods of protest against Chinese domination in Tibet.

In 1991, the Nobel Committee recognized Aung San Suu Kyi for the Prize for Peace, an antiwar protester in defense of democracy and human rights in Myanmar, then called Burma. For those actions was held under arrest family for six years (1989-1995). He received the Nobel Prize during its isolation.

An astute political leader Golda Meir devoted his life to Israel and his addiction. Assumed the post of prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. During this period he was recognized for its efforts in maintaining peace in the Middle East. Only after his death in 1978, was made public during the twelve years before his death he suffered from leucaemia.

Anwar el-Sadat, an Egyptian army officer, retained the office of President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981. He worked with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin with the goal of establishing peaceful alliance between the two nations. Both heads of state were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 for these negotiations. The peace was reached between the two nations in 1979.

Mohandas Gandhi of India (commonly called Mahatma Gandhi) received international acclaim for his method of passive resistance and nonviolent protest against British supremacy in India. His campaigns on human rights inspired and touched the world and brought hope to many, including Albert Einstein, who hoped that his promotion of non-violence could prevent violence made possible by the atomic bomb.

Some of these characters in modern history can now be familiar. In any event, we hope to have contributed to the discovery of something new!

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