American priest Frank Buchman (left), founder of the Moral Rearmament movement, and one of his Swiss disciples Philippe Mottu (right) in Caux (undated photo).
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Sunil Mathur, head of Siemens India, at the forum for trust and integrity in business in 2015.
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Participants of a 2014 forum for children as actors of change.
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Konrad Adenauer (centre, first row), first post-war chancellor of Germany in the 1950s in Caux.
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Former UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, at a 2013 conference on trust and integrity in the global economy, organised by the Caux organisation.
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Si Bekkai (left), prime minister of the first government formed by the king of Morocco, with Mohamed Masmoudi, Tunisian ambassador to Paris in the 1950s, in Caux.
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Participants of a conference on good governance in 2015.
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Antoine Jaulmes (left), president of the Initiatives of Change Foundation, and Cornelio Sommaruga, who headed the foundation from 2000 onwards and gave it a new direction, in Caux in 2014,
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Vicar James Wuye (left) and imam Muhammad Mustafa of the Nigerian centre for interfaith dialogue in Caux, 2015.
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Robert Schuman (left) and Frank Buchman in Caux in 1953.
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2007 meeting in Caux with 40 leaders from Burundi.
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Since setting up shop in Caux, above Lake Geneva, in 1946, the Moral Rearmament movement has been working to rebuild Europe by bringing together old enemies and organising international conferences.
It intensified its fight against communism from 1953 onwards, launching a global campaign, and inviting leaders from former colonised countries to Caux.
Cornelio Sommaruga took over as head of the organisation in 2000, changing its name to the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation. It aims to be a force for intercultural dialogue, the promotion of peace and good governance.
(Images: Initiatives of Change; text: Frédéric Burnand)
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