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When it comes to peace, how would you describe yourself?
I am a born activist
What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?
Hunger, Education, Violence, Human Rights
What must we overcome to achieve peace?
Religion
Can we change the world?
Definitely
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Yes

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At 12:30am on June 9, 2010, Eva said…
iPeace closed by David Califa end of June! Here you can find a new home:

http://peaceformeandtheworld.ning.com/

Warm regards,
Eva
At 7:18pm on April 5, 2010, Ken Rich said…
Thanks for the add. Check this video, not what it seems at first - lol.

At 7:10am on October 8, 2009, MommaToldMeNotToCome said…
PEACE AND HARMONY *SMILE* NAMASTE! --CHRISTIE


At 1:50pm on September 16, 2009, Rene Wadlow said…
Dear Colleague,

For a number of years now, the UN has set 21 Sept as Peace Day. While we would like every day to be peace day, it is useful to have one common day during which many people and organizations reflect on a common theme. This 21 Sept the UN has set disarmament as the theme of the day. Also during Sept. the US President will chair a session of the UN Security Council devoted to disarmament which should attract some attention to the subject. Thus, I am sending my recent article on disarmament. While it says nothing new, it is up-to-date concerning UN negotiations. Thus, I thought that you could share it as a world citizen contribution with other groups marking the day. I am also sending it as an attachment as there are times when it is easier to copy an attachment. With all best wishes, Rene Wadlow

New Energy for a Nuclear-weapon-free World

Rene Wadlow*



Peace is the only battle worth waging. - Albert Camus



Almost from the moment that the first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico in July 1945, the menace of the nuclear age inspired visions of a world free of nuclear weapons. However, the efforts of Governments and popular anti-nuclear weapon movements have gone in cycles with some milestones such as the Russell-Einstein Manifesto in 1955, the 1970 ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the 1982 2nd UN General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament.



There have also been long periods when attention focused only on USA-USSR nuclear issues, with short periods of attention given to India-Pakistan nuclear tensions or more recently the nuclear potential of North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even in non-nuclear arms control, there have been long barren periods. The Vienna conventional-forces-reduction talks continued for 16 years from 1973 without results until an improvement in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States led to the conclusion of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe in late 1990.



For over a decade, the UN disarmament body, the Conference on Disarmament, has been inactive, starved of resources, attention and serious human capital. Since the end of the Cold War in 1990 and thus the end of the danger of a Soviet-American nuclear conflict, the arms control emphasis of Governments have been on non-proliferation and on the danger of nuclear arms in the hands of non-State enemies such as terrorists. However, on 29 May 2009, the Conference on Disarmament was able to adopt at least a programme of work for negotiations to ban fissile material production for nuclear weapons, security assurances for non-nuclear-weapon States, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space. While negotiations will be difficult and easily blocked by using the “rule of consensus”, the programme is an important step forward. The programme shows a certain shift in the attitudes of Governments. This shift is also seen in the relatively favourable atmosphere in the most recent preparatory meeting for the 2010 Review Conference on the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the joint disarmament statements made by Russia and the USA in July 2009. Taken together, these measures suggest that Governments are slowly building momentum toward real progress in a multi-State framework.



With these steps on the part of Governments, it is crucial that the broader civil society, as structured through non-governmental organizations (NGOs), devote new energies to the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free world. There have always been NGOs which have had nuclear disarmament or general and complete disarmament as an important part of their mandates. Many NGOs would meet at an annual world conference in August in Hiroshima, and many have participated in the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conferences starting in 1975.



Nevertheless, there has been relatively little impact of NGOs on the over-all strategic doctrines of Governments. The NGO impact has been most felt in the lead up to the Treaty banning anti-personnel mines and the convention on cluster munitions. In both these efforts, humanitarian and human rights organizations, largely absent from earlier arms control efforts, played important roles. The same holds true for efforts to control the “small arms” conventional arms trade as conventional arms often assist in the perpetration of serious violations of human rights such as torture, the excessive use of force by security personnel, extrajudicial executions, and disappearances.



Now, it is an appropriate time to build a broad coalition of people and organizations to develop a world security framework and to review the strategic and arms policy of each State in the light of a world security framework. The renewed efforts of the Conference on Disarmament and the 2010 NPT Review can provide a focus for new civil society energies for a nuclear-weapon-free world.



* Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens
At 2:35am on August 2, 2009, MommaToldMeNotToCome said…
Hello my friend! I've stopped by to wish you a peaceful and rewarding weekend filled with much love and laughter! Please forgive my absence lately and thank you for your understanding... I've been pretty tied up with several projects. Have a lovely day!! *smile* --Christie

At 1:32pm on July 28, 2009, Ole A. Seifert said…
Peace, Love & Joy from sunny Norway!

Ole
At 2:46am on July 22, 2009, Michael C. Dewey said…
Glad to see you here on IPeace. Every connection we make brings us closer to our dreams.
At 6:57pm on July 21, 2009, gerardo said…
tanks for the invitation to see the video i agreed totaly and is beatiful.you see i wonder whay peace not give de chance of see the material in spanish
many people waiting for this kaind information . my original language is español my inglish is not so well. tanks again love and peace
At 3:25pm on July 21, 2009, Nick Katona said…
Thank you fro the warm welcome and video I will post it on some of my other sites.
peace love and revolution
nick
At 1:05pm on July 21, 2009, St.Thomas SpreadingEagle said…

The Good News, and The Bad News.Peace can never be Achived based on Lies and Deciet.WE both know Violence and Domination never produces Peace.Religion Has become an Institution.The Spirit rather then be Organized and put in a Box left the Institutions a long time ago.What is realy interesting the Corporations and Politcal Government are not separate from Religist Institutions.All three have become one big happy Family.We have a Addictive Society.I am not Talking Cocaine or Heroin,The Trinity just mentioned are the Drug Pushers.The Candy Man.80% of America is a Addict and the Trinity Makes a lot of money on the Mass who are in a Co-Dependent Relationship.Its a Marriage made in Hell.Addicts and Drug pusher living happyly ever after.Excuse my sarercaism.To be a Addict and a Drug Pusher is to live a Lie and a Deception on the Highest Order.Given this as the Substance of Dellusion.It is Built on Quick Sand.Now the Good News anything based on Truth and Integrity is Rock Solid.A storm,Flood is comming.Its the Law of the Universe Karma.The House of Cards is commig Down.The only thing standing will be what Real.No more Smoking Mirrors.Everyone will see with there own eyes the Truth.You wont need CNN,NBC,ABC,or CBS to interpretate or Explane it to you.The Truth will set you Free.Its Time To choose where you are going to be.Like my Tibetan Lama said Awareness,will save you from Pain and Suffering.Its time to wake up and have some serious Enlightenment.Its like this I am Talking Life and Death,The wrong Choice and it is going to be very Painful and may result in Death.Those who very awake and aware will be very Happy and will have Peace.I LOVE THE DALAI LAMA.NAMSTE,OM MANI PADME HUM.
 
 
 

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