Jayantha Dhanapala: In Memoriam
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the loved ones of Jayantha Dhanapala, former IPB Sean MacBride Prize Awardee 2007. In this challenging moment, we wish peace, comfort, bravery, and lots of love. Dhanapala is a former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and has served as Sri...
Mother’s Day Calls for an End to All Wars and the Protection of Peace, People and the Planet
IMA: The International Mothers Association launched on Mother’s Day Calls for an End to All Wars and Protection of Peace, People and Planet in Manipur, Ukraine, Sudan and Around the World “I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” – E.M...
EBCO Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe 2022/23
Press Release posted on 12th May, 2023 ➡️ Original post here: EBCO ANNUAL REPORT ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection published its Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe 2022/23, covering the region of Council...
Our 2021 Activity Report is out!
Did you know that IPB is the world’s oldest peace organizations? Are you curious about what IPB does to support peace in a nonviolent way? Then you can’t miss our 2021 Activity Report! You’ll read about our second World Peace Congress in Barcelona, where we presented our Action...
Military Spending in 2022 Shows the Precarity of the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape and the Flawed Logic of Militarism
Press Release – April 24th, 2023 The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) newest military expenditure data for 2022 shows yet another year of increase in global military spending, up 3.7 percent from 2021 to another all-time high of US$ 2240 billion. With the Russian...
Read the Appeal GDAMS 2023 – War costs us the Earth
The world’s militaries are responsible for roughly five percent of global Greenhouse Gas emissions, however, their carbon footprint, as well as the various other ways that they contribute to climate breakdown, are rarely scrutinized. Our governments currently spend more than US$2 trillion on...
How to get involved in GDAMS 2023 – War costs us the Earth
Original text at: https://demilitarize.org/ This year of war in Ukraine has meant a huge boost for militarism and military budgets across the world, especially in countries of the Global North. But at GCOMS we believe the response should be quite the opposite: we should drastically reduce military...
OBJECT WAR CAMPAIGN: Petition to support Conscientious Objectors and Deserters from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
Press Release posted on 21st September, 2022 ➡️ Original post here: INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 21st September, Connection e.V., the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the European Office for Conscientious...