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- Favorite website
- http://www.peaceappeal.org
- When it comes to peace, how would you describe yourself?
- I'm just a peaceful person
- What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?
- War, Poverty, Our Planet, Human Rights
- What must we overcome to achieve peace?
- Greed
- More
- From my experience in the countries I've worked over the past two decades, it fundamentally starts with broken relationships, lack of respect and the violation of one-another's basic human needs.All the ones on your list are manifestations and core elements that are the result of this.
- Can we change the world?
- Definitely
- More about me
- As senior adviser for the UN in Lebanon, he is working on issues related to sustainable peace and constitutional reform. An international peace process and negotiations adviser and facilitator, Hannes has worked in many of the world’s most conflict-ridden societies. In South Africa he served as director in the National Peace Secretariat, the multi-party body mandated to implement its 1992 Peace Accord. Post-1994 he assisted the Special Presidential Task Force in key in-tractable conflicts, focusing on de-militarization of youth militia.
In Sri Lanka Hannes advised the country’s peace secretariats and facilitated the creation of the multi-party negotiations forum; in Nepal he co-facilitated and contributed to the drafting of key agreements – including the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, co-facilitated talks between the Nepal Army and the Maoist Army, facilitated the setting-up of the confidential dialogue process (NTTP), and advised the Peace Ministry; in the USA he facilitated talks between members from prominent Arab and Israeli think tanks; in the Balkans he worked on healing and reconciliation initiatives as part of the “Stability Pact Agreements”; and internationally he assisted several governments with the development of strategy and policy papers for peace and negotiations support initiatives, peacebuilding, conflict interventions, and looking at best practices worldwide.
With 5 Nobel Peace Laureates, he initiated the establishment of an international foundation in 2000 in support of their “Appeal for Peace and Non-Violence”; In 2001, as an associate and fellow at the Center for War, Peace and the News Media at NYU, he coordinated the West-Dar al Islam Media Dialogues program – facilitating dialogue between major media institutions in the West and Middle East; and in 2003 he developed Peace Tools, a comprehensive set of innovative tools for conflict transformation and negotiations processes.
- Promise to respect others and refrain from spamming?
- Yes
Hannes Siebert's Blog
Enemies...
Posted on July 11, 2009 at 8:34pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Creating real or perceived "enemies" to bolster a country's national unity is an unsustainable human and/or political enterprise. In a peace, dialogue or negotiations process our enemies slowly become our partners in a joint search for solutions that meet our shared and common interests & needs.
One of the most powerful instruments we posses as humans, is the ability to be merciful to our enemy.
Israel, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, USA, China, South Africa ... we should… Continue
One of the most powerful instruments we posses as humans, is the ability to be merciful to our enemy.
Israel, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, USA, China, South Africa ... we should… Continue
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I'm Aaditya from India
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