Full Coverage: Peace

31.01.2006 Dr. Ibrahim Rugova was the only political leader in former Yugoslavia who embraced nonviolence, says Transnational Foundation director Jan Oberg, who remains convinced that "had his nonviolent policy won the determined support of the international community in the early 1990s, many lives could have been saved and much suffering avoided."

27.01.2006 From the suffragettes and the garment workers who inspired the first International Women's Day to Rosa Parks and her allies in the civil rights movement, U.S. women have a long tradition of standing up for justice and peace, says CodePink founder Medea Benjamin. She calls on America's women to take a stand again and join CodePink's "Women Say No to War" campaign.

26.01.2006 International development and rights activist Walden Bello explains how military interventions for 'humanitarian reasons' can cause further human rights violations, be corrupted by political goals, and set a dangerous precedent for the disregard of national sovereignty.

25.01.2006 For over a year, the Citizens Advocacy Office has implemented a civil initiative for cooperation in process of drafting, promotion, advocating and lobbying for legislation against domestic violence in Albania.

24.01.2006 Al Santoli recently returned from a peace mediation trip to the Philippines' Sulu province, one of the country's poorest and home to two prominent armed movements. His photo reports shows that building peace is not just about negotiating with armed groups; the faces of smiling youngsters are everywhere.

20.01.2006 Actually...yes. History professor Lawrence Wittner takes a look back at history to determine what impact peace activism has had on public policy.

20.01.2006 In another milestone in India-Pakistan relations, the first bus from Lahore to Amritsar arrived at the Wagah border on Friday. There were 39 passengers on board the bus connecting the two Punjabs. Among those on the bus were renowned Pakistani folk singer Reshma's seven-member troupe and three Indians who had gone to Lahore to watch the first Pakistan-India Test.

18.01.2006 Ivory Coast's frail peace process came under sharp attack yesterday as protests by pro-government youth targeting the UN peacekeeping mission went into a second day and the ruling party announced it was quitting the government.

16.01.2006 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged discrimination and fought for peace during a time of division in the United States. His message is just as relevant today as it was then.

13.01.2006 A Campanha "As Mulheres dizem NÃO à guerra" é uma oportunidade para unir-se com mulheres de todo o mundo e contribuir para a finalização da guerra ilegal no Iraque. Pedimos adesões à proclamação, abaixo, que também pode ser consultada e divulgada a partir do site: http://www.womensaynotowar.org

12.01.2006 With more than 12,000 people killed and 100,000 displaced, Nepal's 10 year Maoist insurgency has not just had a human impact, it has also slowed the poor country's ailing economy, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

12.01.2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Lieutenant General Jasbir Singh Lidder of India the new force commander of the peacekeeping UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS).

11.01.2006 According to Glas Slavonije (Osijek based daily), the documentary film on the war in Vukovar, produced by B92, was completed last week. The screenplay was written by Drago Hedl, editor with Feral Tribune magazine, and was directed by Janko Baljak, film director from Belgrade.

07.01.2006 With the cost to the US of the Iraq war now put at $1-2 trillion, and the estimated civilian death toll up to 31,348, the timing of Martin Bell's TV polemic - in which he argues that war is no longer a justifiable method of resolving conflicts - looks particularly resonant.

06.01.2006 Two hundred prominent women from around the globe have crafted an 'Urgent Peace Plan' to end the war in Iraq. Three thousand women signed on before the campaign even launched and another 3,000 have done so in the 24 hours since. If you wish to sign, be patient--the Web site has been overloaded with users much of Friday already.