The Cercle de Réflexion des Nations : an evolving decade, 1994 - 2004
The Cercle de Réflexion has deeply evolved since its inauguration to adopt the status of an intergovernmental organization (IO).
The main evolution points are the following :
The initial activity :
At the beginning, the Cercle de Réflexion was inaugurated at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 25 th July 1994 to facilitate the mutual recognition of diploma among nations and the free circulation of intellectuals throughout the world.
Since this issue is fundamentally linked to peace, different kinds of projects arose progressively from the same philosophy, gathering people from different background and countries, willing to work together for peace.
1995 : introduction of the hospital ship concept at the United Nations
1998 : presentation of the peace pyramid project
2000 : inauguration of the training center of the "Leaders without Borders"
2002 : starting of the doctoral training on the Internet (« Dag Hammarskjöld » class)
2004 :
Evolution of the organization status
During its inauguration in 1994 at the United Nations, the Cercle de Réflexion was a non governemental organization, adopting a first Charter based on equivalence of diploma matter.
41 countries attended general assemblies (see 1st GA; 2nd GA) and different commissions of the Cercle de Réflexion : Algeria, Australia, Bengladesh, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cyprus, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fidji, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Lao Peoples's Democratic Republic, Leshoto, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, Vietnam, Zambia.
Since 1999, eleven governements have officially nominated representatives to the Selection Committee for the "Leaders without Borders" and the Health and Security Committee of the hospital ship "l'Humanité 1", one of them as a permanent representative to the Cercle de Réflexion des Nations. Then the CRN became an organization with governemental participation.
In 2003, the Cercle de Réflexion proposes a new Charter to the Nations, transforming its current status into an Intergovernemental Organization and will request the status of Observer member to the United Nations.
Evolution of Logo and Name
After several provisional logos, the current logo represents the human being, standing with his opened arms, embracing and protecting the earth and the universe. This image focus on Man as the principle and the finality of the CRN's actions.
Since its inauguration at the United Nations, the organization was called "United Nations Cercle de Réflexion", referring to an opened platform to all nations willing to work on concrete projects for peace. In 2004, the organization has definitively adopted the name of "Cercle de Réflexion des Nations".