by Dr. Menno Aden, Essen /Ruhr

Point of Departure

 Besides the medical effects of the Covid 19 pandemic, which are not to be discussed here, the pandemic has the social and political effect of isolating people from each other and, the longer the epidemic lasts, making them strangers to each other. In the economy, supply chains are interrupted because the people involved are not interacting personally, which, despite digital communication channels, is still the basis of economic transactions based on trust. In social life, there is no longer an exchange of economic goods and thoughts, and at the extreme end, the human being dies separated from his closest confidant in an isolated room and he is buried, again outside any community.

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Institute of International Peace Leaders Introduction: IIPL Peace and Cultural Award Who we are? Institute of International Peace Leaders – IIPL established in October, 2019 is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-political, and non-religious think tank to promote peace, awareness of sustainable development goals and human rights, climate change, and inter religious harmony. About the Award: Through its affiliated programs, the IIPL Prize fosters excellence by recognizing and encouraging promising Professionals and researchers and Scholars as well as Peace activists. We recognize the cultural work of Artists and historians, art historians, archaeologists, digital humanists, curators, documentary filmmakers, women leaders, Religious scholars, Peace activists and all those who deepen our knowledge and understanding of the modern today. IIPL Peace and Cultural Award is an international award presented annually to honor individuals and organizations in various fields that have made outstanding contribution toward the realization of a peaceful and harmonious world. They are selected not only in recognition of their past achievements, but for their ongoing contribution to building a better future.

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