Full Coverage: Peace

31.05.2007 The first study to rank countries around the world according to their peacefulness and identify the drivers that create and sustain peace was released here today by Clyde McConaghy, president and CEO of the Global Peace Index.

28.05.2007 UNDP, KFOR and Kosovo Police Service started the destruction of confiscated illegal weapons on Friday, May 25, in an event organized in Camp Victoria in Ajvali, Prishtina.

28.05.2007 The city of Zadar, under the auspices of cooperation within NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and Croatian National Bureau for Protection and Rescue, hosted the 'IDASSA 007', May 21-24. Under the auspices of the project, a variety of catastrophic events and disasters were simulated, such as earthquakes, fires and terrorist attacks.

14.05.2007 The Nansen Dialogue Centre from Osijek and the European House Vukovar organize, on May 15, 2007, a public debate on the topic “Humanity Knows No Borders – Bosnia and Herzegovina Stories”. The Debate will take place at the European House Vukovar (Ljudevit Gaj str. 12), starting at 18:00 hours.

11.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (OneWorld) - Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

07.05.2007 Kosovo and Serbia are in a difficult position, because they have not come to terms with the past and the present political situation is uncertain. Both governments, together with Europe, need to find a solution that will not give rise to new conflicts. Curators, activists, and artists in Belgrade and Prishtina are already participating in joint projects and attempting to reach a better understanding of each others’ viewpoints.

03.05.2007 UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (OneWorld) - As the United States takes charge of the UN Security Council this month, calls for Washington to lead global efforts to secure peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur are on the rise.