Coventry is the city of peace and reconciliation, but how can these issues be addressed in schools? The Coventry Schools Peace & Justice Forum has developed a database of resources to help teachers and others to introduce these themes in an educational … Continue reading →
On 13 April 2024, members of Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation joined Coventry Cathedral’s Director for Reconciliation Rev Canon Mary Gregory to welcome peace activist Rainer Frommann and members of his family who had travelled from Freiburg … Continue reading →
Introduction According to Wikipedia, the United Nation’s consideration of the culture of peace began in 1992 with the adoption by UNESCO of a Culture of Peace Programme. This work developed into the the UN General Assembly’s declaration of a Programme … Continue reading →
Standing Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. In the video US Senator Bernie Sanders meets two of the co-founders of Standing Together, Palestinian Israeli … Continue reading →
On 23 February, the day before the U.N. Security Council met to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told the General Assembly “At Ukraine’s request, we intend to organize by the summer … Continue reading →
In the last in the BBC radio 4 series The Failure of the Future in February 2024, writer and artist Johny Pitts and guests examined “A Promise of Peace”. In the horrific aftermath of the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →On United Nations International Day of Education, 24 January 2024, Durham University PhD student Anas N. Almassri ran a workshop with a theme of ‘learning for lasting peace’ exploring how Palestinians receiving scholarships are using these educational opportunities to build … Continue reading →
Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to … Continue reading →
On 20 September 2023 the UN Security Council held a high-level open debate on Ukraine. The meeting was entitled Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine Several heads … Continue reading →