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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, Hunger, Poverty, Education, Violence, Human Rights, Our Shrinking Freedom

What must we overcome to achieve peace?: Prejudice

Can we change the world?: Definitely

More about me: The Peace Education Resource Centre, India (PERC, India) is a Peace Forum. It came into being as a result of the effort of the concerned students from University of Delhi endorsing “The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice in the 21st Century”.

During the time of endorsement in 1998, the group was named as Hague Appeal for Peace, Delhi University (HAP, DU).

HAP’DU was initially a voluntary students’ body based at University of Delhi campus. Gradually many like-minded people from various fields joined the body and renamed as PERC, India in July 2007 with the aim make the forum of wider and comprehensive participation and action and not limit to the University level.

PERC, India is a more formal and structured body India comprising of more than 30 members from different areas of interest, communities and faiths from various parts of the country.

Members of the PERC, India commit themselves to working together on the main objective of promoting and building a culture of Peace through Peace Education. We believe that Peace Education is a participatory holistic process that includes teaching for and about democracy and human rights, nonviolence, social and economic justice, gender equality, environmental sustainability, disarmament, traditional peace practices, international law and human security.

We live in an age of unprecedented violence: locally, nationally and globally. India being the largest democracy in the world, there is a need to make the democratic process present in every area of our lives. Peace in this effort is imperative and respect for human rights by all is the need of the hour. A culture of peace will be achieved when all citizens understand the problems, have the skills to resolve conflict constructively, know and live by international standards of human rights, gender and racial equality, appreciate cultural diversity, respect for individual differences, a sense of tolerance and respect for the integrity of the Earth. Such learning cannot be achieved without intentional, sustained and systematic education for peace.

The members of PERC, India have been actively involved in many activities since its inception in 1998. Community intervention for peaceful resolution of conflict, education for peace and inculcating peace values are some of the activities.

Apart from that, numerous talks and seminars have been conducted under its wing. More activities, documentations & trainings are being planned for the near future.

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At 8:12pm on June 19, 2010, Eva said…: Hello,

iPeace is deleted from David Califa the end of June. Here you can find a new home.

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You are cordially invited.

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At 10:29pm on April 15, 2009, Rene Wadlow said…: Sri Lanka Truce
By: Rene Wadlow Posted on: 4/14/2009

Kuan Yin : She who harkens to the cries of the world

Rene Wadlow*

Wise in using skilful means

In every corner of the world

She manifests her countless forms.

Sri Lanka Truce.

Over the past several months, there have been calls to the Sri Lankan government and to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a cease fire to allow the evacuation of civilians caught between the two opposing armed forces. The Secretary General of the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and non-governmental organizations such as the Association of World Citizens have made these pleas; Until now, compassion was overruled by military and political calculations.

Now, both sides have accepted a two-day truce, 12-13 April, to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. While the use of violence has been constant since the start of the current phase of the conflict in 1983, Sinhala and Tamil cultures have non-violent philosophies of life. Now that there has been a pause in their fighting, the pause may be extended so that more people reach safety. We recall that holy-days truces in the 1963-1975 war in Vietnam had been extended for humanitarian purposes. Unfortunately, the Vietnamese truces were never used to advance negotiations among the parties in conflict.

In the case of Sri Lanka, we can hope that the truce will be used to open real negotiations on the future of the State. In the long run, genuine dialogue is the only way to resolve even the most intransigent conflict.

The extension of the truce would be a sign that the compassion of Kuan Yin is at work.

* Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens.

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At 8:30am on September 10, 2008, Krishnakumar Sreekandath said…: Hi, Greetings from Calicut, Kerala. Would love to know more about your resource centre. A friend request is just sent. I look forward to interacting with you.
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Kris