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IPB VICE-PRESIDENT ALYN WARE WINS RIGHT LIVELIHOOD PRIZE IPB congratulates its Vice-President Alyn Ware on receiving the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, which was established in 1980 to honour and support those "offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today". It has become widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' and there are now 137 Laureates from 58 countries. Presented annually in Stockholm at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament, the Right Livelihood Award is usually shared by four recipients. One of them may receive an Honorary Award, given to a person or group whose work the Jury wishes to recognise but who is not primarily in need of monetary support. The others share the prize money, which, in 2009, will be EUR 150,000. The prize money is for ongoing successful work, never for personal use. Alyn's work has covered peace education, nuclear weapons abolition, the World Court Project and more recently the coordination of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament network. http://www.rightlivelihood.org/ware.html MORE>>>HERE |
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IPB calls on Obama to declare Nobel ceasefire Among the main outcomes of the IPB's annual conference held in the USA was the following Open Letter. Nov. 15, 2009, Washington DC. Dear Mr. President: We have two requests to make of you. In just a few weeks you will travel to Oslo to receive the world’s most distinguished award, the Nobel Peace Prize. In order to underline the solemn nature of this award and the responsibilities it implies, we call on you to declare the week devoted to the award ceremonies (Dec. 4 -11) a period of global cease-fire, initiated by the United States in Afghanistan and elsewhere. It would be an historic step, as was the ‘Christmas Truce’ in the First World War.>>>Read More. Version in Spanish |
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THE 10th NOBEL PEACE SUMMIT IN BERLIN - 2009 International Peace Bureau was represented at the 10th Nobel Peace Summit in Berlin 9-11 November 2009 by Urban Gibson and Reiner Braun. IPB Vice-President Alyn Ware also attended. The Summit, entitled “Breaking down new walls and building bridges to ensure a World of Human Rights and a World without violence” brought together Nobel laureates who have made a significant contribution in breaking down the walls of conflict, poverty and human rights violations – and building the bridges required for an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world. >>> READ MORE. Click here for a PHOTGALLERY of the Summit. |
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World March for Peace and Nonviolence arrives in Geneva - Nov. 9 IPB Secretary-General Colin Archer spoke at the rally organised to greet the arrival of the World March in Geneva on November 9. La Marche Mondiale invite les Suisses à se prononcer en faveur de l’interdiction d’exporter du matériel de guerre à l’étranger. Suisse Genève; November 09, 2009. La marche mondiale pour la paix et la non violence a fait halte lundi à Genève. Le maire de Genève, Rémy Pagani, a apporté son soutien à la marche, en dénonçant des dépenses militaires chiffrées à 1500 millliards de dollars dans le monde et l’hypocrisie de la Suisse. Dani Horowitz, a déclaré «Nous ne pouvons pas justifier la création d’emploi au détriment de la vie d’autrui» See the report (French).Worldmarch site: http://www.theworldmarch.org/index.php?secc=news&acc=verid&newsid=406 |
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PEACE BUREAU URGES STRONGER PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAEL’S GAZA WAR Geneva, January 14, 2009. Last weekend’s mass protests across the world against Israel’s savage (and illegal) attacks on the Gaza population were an important reminder to governments on all continents that this is an issue with global ramifications and one that ordinary citizens feel extremely angry about. >>>[English Version]; [version française] |
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Cluster Munition Treaty and Week of Action - ON NOW! 71 countries are taking part in the Global Week of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs. Find out about events and activities that are being planned to urge all governments to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the Oslo Signing Conference on December 3 2008, to promote awareness of the treaty. Also read about the events to be held in Geneva on Nov 3-14, 2008 >>> READ MORE |
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IPB Member Organisation in Georgia, the Human Rights Centre (HRIDC) in Tiblisi, has sent us the following (4) important messages regarding the current crisis including information about the 'Sorry Campaign', they launched earlier about Abkhazia. See www.apsni.org. ... > READ MORE |
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G8
: It's Time for Action on Militarism and Nuclear Weapons ! Geneva, July 2, 2008. The G8 leaders are confronted with a rising tide of global crises that they will have trouble resolving without looking at some fundamental questions. Two related questions in particular stand out: military spending and nuclear weapons. ... > READ MORE |
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Plans
Advance for Nato Summit 2009 : Civil Society Actions At a recent meeting in Hannover on Afghanistan, plans were drawn up for a major civil society programme of action at the time of NATO's 60th anniversary summit (Strasbourg-Kehl) in April/May 2009. See here for statements (NATO Commitment) ... > READ MORE |
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Japanese
Rainbow gathers tens of thousands to defend Article 9 Tokyo, 5 May 2008. By Frederic Durant, IPB representative. “It is simply the major peace event this year” a peace researcher told me, while discussing the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War which took place in Tokyo – with parallel meetings .... > READ MORE |
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NPT
: IPB Session (and new publication) on costs of nuclear weapons Geneva, on Monday 28 April 2008, IPB organised a meeting, together with the World Council of Churches, on the theme : Nuclear weapons at what price? An economic, moral and political assessment. This session was held within the ... > READ MORE |
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Pakistan
: IPB calls for Action to restore Democracy |
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Letter
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