Full Coverage: Peace

31.10.2005 An activist who asserted the right of Colombian citizens to live free from conflict was found dead last week, despite national and international attention following his disappearance at the hands of Colombian paramilitary troops on October 15.

31.10.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct 31 (OneWorld) - The murder of a well-known peace activist in Colombia has highlighted endemic violence in the Latin American country, and the vulnerability of people trying to resist it, despite high-profile steps toward ending civil war.

31.10.2005 Sarajevo joined Turin, Jerusalem and Rome and signed the Olympic Armistice Appeal. The official signing ceremony was held last Wednesday, October 26, at the Olympic Museum at “Zetra” sports Centre in Sarajevo.

31.10.2005 This book is a compendium of inspiration and information by international peace leaders, including a foreword by Walter Cronkite and articles by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President David Krieger, Jane Goodall, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, Soka Gakkai International President Daisaku Ikeda, Nobel Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, historian Howard Zinn, and many others.

26.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 26 (OneWorld) - A day after the two-thousandth U.S. soldier died in the Iraq war, much of the American public seems to have decided that disgruntled answers to surveys won't end the bloodshed.

25.10.2005 The U.N. Security Council has endorsed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's
decision to begin talks on the sensitive issue of the future of Kosovo.
Mr. Annan will name former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari to lead the
negotiations.

24.10.2005 The CIVIL Ngo for human rights and civil society development will organize the 6th Peace Unlimited Festival, October 25-30. This year’s edition of the Festival, organized under the auspices of CIVIL activities to reduce the number of guns in Macedonia is “The Sound of the City without Guns”.

21.10.2005 Lutfi Haziri, the Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Government, said on Wednesday that a protocol on sustainable return of displaced persons to be signed with the Government of Serbia.

21.10.2005 Despite being integral to the grassroots peace building process, women are all but excluded from formal negotiations and political decision making. There is no peace, security, or justice unless both genders are fully involved in all stages of the peace process, says researcher Elisabeth Porter.

20.10.2005 The “Ten Years of Dayton and Beyond” International Conference for Bosnia and Herzegovina started today at the International Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference will end tomorrow, October 21.

20.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 19 (OneWorld) - Alarmed by the kidnapping of a well-known peace activist in Colombia last weekend, international aid and refugee rights groups are urging the world community to ask the Colombian government to take action against the paramilitaries involved in the incident.

20.10.2005 Christian Aid has won the prestigious PRWeek Award 2005 (not-for-profit category) for its "Tree of Life" media campaign, based on a sculpture created from decommissioned weapons and currently on display in the British Museum.

18.10.2005 On the day after the 2,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq, the pro-peace majority will spring into action, telling Congress "Not one more death. Not one more dollar." There are currently 142 events planned in 34 states; find one near you or organize your own.

18.10.2005 Kosovo is often held up as a test case for the concept of “humanitarian” intervention. But as Iraq spirals into chaos, diplomats and leaders everywhere are again asking themselves if it is ever appropriate for alliances of nations or the international community as a whole to intervene when a sovereign country appears unable or unwilling to defend its citizens from genocide, war crimes, or ethnic cleansing.

18.10.2005 A young leader from the peace community of Curvaradó, where civilians have attempted to assert their right not to be drawn into the conflict by insisting that armed groups remain outside their living area, has been disappeared--apparently by paramilitaries--just days after beind denied a visa to travel to a peace conference in Chicago.

16.10.2005 The Bosnian women's organization Bosfam, a partner of the Advocacy Project (AP), has secured an order for 100 traditional Bosnian carpets (kilims) from the online company Worldstock, to be completed in time for the Christmas season.

14.10.2005 A conference to renew anti-Iraq war solidarity will be held in London on 10 December. The aim is "to issue a call for peace that will echo around the world".

12.10.2005 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in BiH today officially started the activities of destruction of additional 26.960 pieces of small arms by the end of 2005. This represents the first contingent of an estimated 190.000 small arms that will, as of January 1, 2006 require disposal as a result of the landmark defense reforms this country has undertaken over the past period. With these achievements BiH is making important steps towards successful implementation of the defense reform and Euro-Atlantic integrations.

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AFSC, Military Families Speak Out, and Gold Star Families for Peace are calling for people across the U.S. to stand up and say that the needless killing of U.S. troops and Iraqis must stop and that the resources funding this war are needed for other things. Events to mark the 2,000th reported U.S. military death will range from candlelight vigils to public actions that illustrate the size of the death toll. Here in our “No More Deaths, No More Dollars” campaign center, you will find supporting materials and suggestions for designing an event that meets the needs of your community.

07.10.2005 Come to a gathering of key players involved in setting up Ministries and Departments of Peace around the world, London, 19 October.