– In 1950, the average armed conflict killed 38,000 people; in 2002 the figure was 600, a 98% decline.
– The number of armed conflicts around the world has declined by more than 40% since the early 1990s.
– The number of genocides and politicides plummeted by 80% between 1988 and 2001.
– There were just 25 armed secessionist conflicts under way in 2004, the lowest number since 1976.
– The dollar value of major international arms transfers fell by 33% between 1990 and 2003.
– The number of refugees dropped by some 45% between 1992 and 2003, as more and more wars came to an end.
dijous, 20 d’octubre del 2005
Adéu a les armes?
L'Oxford University Press acaba de publicar el primer Informe sobre la Seguretat Humana. Un informe que, segons destaca Johan Norberg, mostra la millora radical de la seguretat al món en les últimes dècades. Aquest informe és un altre cop pels catastrofistes militants.
