EQUALITY AND FREEDOM : SOME THIRD WORLD PERSPECTIVES

 

The countries of the developing world are the inheritors of a vast and varied cultural tradition which could greatly enrich the entire world. Why does the developed world ignore this? Why are so many countries in the developing world experiencing so many problems? What are the legacies of colonisation they are struggling against? Read Equality and Freedom, the presentation made by Judge Weeramantry for the Third World at the American Bicentennial’s World Congress on Equality and Freedom in 1976.

 

Serialized in : Christian Science Monitor, Asiaweek and other journals.

 


Reader’s comments in Asiaweek.

‘I have never seen a more brilliant exposition of the Third World view of history than the three-part series by C.G.Weeramantry. It expresses with astonishing clarity the ideas and frustrations of citizens of developing counties. It ought to be compulsory reading for all Third World Leaders and students.”



P.Viajayaraghavan, Madras – Asiaweek, 26 April 1977

 

The three articles by Weeramantry constitute a Third World Magna Carta’

 

Sushil Gupte, New Delhi – Asiaweek, 26 April 1977