Speech to the congress of the Socialist International in Geneva, 26 November 1976
![Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahme Willy Brandts vor einem Rednerpult 1976. Im Hintergrund ist das Logo SI76 zu sehen.](https://www.willy-brandt-biography.com/wp-content/uploads//2017/09/1976_SI_Kongress_Genf_5093-750x500.jpg)
On 26 November 1976, Willy Brandt is elected president of the Socialist International (SI). In his inaugural address, he announces three offensives of the SI for peace and disarmament, for new North-South relations and for human rights. Moreover, Brandt wants to liberate the International from its “eurocentrism” and make it open to partners from the “Third World.”
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