{"id":344469,"date":"2025-08-14T19:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344469"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:41:23","slug":"elders-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/elders-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Elders Group\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Elders, a global group of retired statespersons, for the first time described the situation in Gaza as an \u201cunfolding genocide,\u201d warning that Israel\u2019s ongoing obstruction of humanitarian aid has triggered a \u201cfamine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Elders Group\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Elders was<strong> founded in 2007<\/strong> by<strong> Nelson Mandela<\/strong> as an independent group of global leaders.<\/li>\n<li>The organisation works<strong> to promote peace, justice, human rights, and a sustainable planet.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vision:<\/strong> The Elders envision a world where all people live in peace, conscious of their common humanity and shared responsibilities for each other, the planet, and future generations. T<strong>hey aspire to a world with universal respect for human rights and the elimination of poverty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Elders are<strong> supported by members of the Advisory Council.<\/strong> These members <strong>contribute through donations and generous assistance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Areas of Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Elders focus on existential threats that require collective global action.<\/li>\n<li>Their priority issues include the climate crisis, pandemics, and the risks posed by nuclear weapons.<\/li>\n<li>They also address conflict, recognising it as both a direct threat and a factor that increases vulnerability to other crises.<\/li>\n<li>Through their work, they aim to build trust, promote dialogue, and foster long-term solutions that benefit humanity and the planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Elders, a global group of retired statespersons, for the first time described the situation in Gaza as an \u201cunfolding genocide,\u201d warning that Israel\u2019s ongoing obstruction of humanitarian aid has triggered a \u201cfamine.\u201d About Elders Group\u00a0 The Elders was founded in 2007 by Nelson Mandela as an independent group of global leaders. The organisation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/elders-group\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elders Group\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-344469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}