WHO IS THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGE OF HUMANISTS:

Independent international association of humanists -- noteworthy individuals from all continents, eminent scientists, cultural and public workers, religious dignitaries and other peacemakers who by their action build peace, trust and democracy.

The history of the International League of Humanists (ILH) began in Dubrovnik, (Republic of Croatia) in 1974. At that time in history, it was becoming clearer that only the advocacy of proclaimed goals of a moral renaissance for all people could produce a turnover in the wilderness of global politics. Most of the people on this jeopardized Planet Earth isolated themselves, having lost confidence that they could change anything. The International League of Humanists was established when humanism turned on the beacons of hope on all continents. Notable peacemakers, including Philip Noel-Baker (the first President of the UN Disarmament Committee and Nobel Prize winner for peace) Ave and Lines Paling (twice the Nobel Prize winners for peace and chemistry; Aureole Peck (President of the Rome Club), Sophia Wadia (Indian author), and Academician Ivan Supek, President of the University of Zagreb, held a meeting at the Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia in 1974. They were there to present their views on the present situation and about a new world of peace, freedom and welfare. The meeting was convened on the occasion of the 200 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia that established a democracy in the U.S.A. on the principles of freedom and equality. Following a week of active discussions, a document was drafted and unanimously accepted. It was named the Dubrovnik-Philadelphia Statement.