Full Coverage: Peace

26.05.2006 The Igman Initaitive, the Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights, and Res Publica production company will officially promote the "The Spoke Differently" TV series in Osijek, Wednesday, May 31, at 18:00 hours. The promotion will be held at the Javor Hall of Hotel "Osijek".

25.05.2006 Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Søren Jessen-Petersen today called on all concerned to refrain from propagating misinformation on the security situation in Kosovo particularly with respect to the Kosovo Serb community.

25.05.2006 Sri Lankan judge Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, former Vice-president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, was awarded on Wednesday the UNESCO annual prize for peace education, the UN's culture and science organisation said.

25.05.2006 LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, May 23 (OneWorld) - Africa Freedom Day, which falls on May 25th, is a day in which as Africans we observe the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and pay tribute to the Heads of State, who through a common vision of unity, decided to seek a joint African solution to the dichotomy facing Africa in the 1960s.

23.05.2006 At the press conference held earlier today, the Civil NGO from Skopje presented the campaign organized to mark the Global week of Action Against Arms (May 22-29). The Campaign will be implemented in cooperation with the UNDP's Partnership for Community Safety and Security; the Caritas France in Macedonia; Cair Municipality; Zgjohu! civil movement (Wake UP!), and "Esnaf" association of artizans and craftsmen from the Old Bazaar in Skopje.

19.05.2006 Peter Gantz's article suggesting a NATO force to arrest the Darfur genocide is one of the few concrete suggestions for actually defeating genocide. Sadly, the UN seems incapable of...

16.05.2006 NEW YORK, May 16 (OneWorld) - Peace groups in the United States are testing new ways to stop the U.S. war machinery in Iraq, Afghanistan, and places that might become new targets in the new future.

10.05.2006 The Ars Aevi Centre for Contemporary Arts from Sarajevo and the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) presented, last Monday, May 8, the series of appeal poster “Identify!” (Srebrenica: Podrinje Identification Project) in Dubrovnik, at the facilities of the Otok Gallery, ran by the Lazareti Art Workshop. The posters were created by the Ideology Creative Team from Sarajevo.

09.05.2006 The “Objection for Peace” Caravan 2006 visited Belgrade on Saturday, May 6.In downtown Belgrade, on the Terazije square, a performance was held from which anti-war and peace messages were send.

09.05.2006 Peacekeeping officials dealing with communications and information technology in a number of hotspots across the globe today completed a five-day meeting at the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), where gender concerns were addressed as part of overall planning.

09.05.2006 A senior UN official has begun talks with senior Nepalese officials to explore a possible UN role in the country's proposed peace process.

08.05.2006 I read your posting "Nepal's Dilemma: Amnesty for Maoists?". The Maoists are perpetrators of human rights [abuses]. They are responsible...

05.05.2006 A debate on the topic War Crimes Trials in the Context of the Need to Face the Past is scheduled to take place on May 16, 2006, at Osijek’s Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights (Zupanijska Street 7). The occastion will be used to present the new issue of the “Kultura mira” (Culture of Peace) magazine, completely dedicated to the subject of war crimes trials.

04.05.2006 The Regional Conscientious Objection Network «Objection for Peace» is a coalition of organizations that work on promotion of the right to conscientious objection in the region of Southeast Europe. It was established in February 2003, with the aim to achieve greater protection for the right to conscientious objection and its correct implementation in legislation and practice, in accordance with the valid legislation on regional level, through joint action.

04.05.2006 India and Pakistan have agreed to open the Line of Control (LoC) which divides Kashmir to trade by launching a truck service between the two sides.

04.05.2006 Nepal's interim government has declared a ceasefire in the 10-year conflict with Maoist insurgents. The indefinite ceasefire follows a three-month truce called by the rebels last week - after King Gyanendra ended direct rule and restored parliament.

02.05.2006 Normal people can resolve conflict in their own community, says the Dutch founder of the European Center for Conflict Prevention.