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PEACE BOAT - Voyage 49 Regarding the maintenance of international peace, there is great debate aroundGermanys role in the decisionmaking body of international peace bureau http://www.peaceboat.org/english/voyg/49/spe/050715/
Extractions: Special Report LAST UPDATE August 2, 2005 site design imagesparkle.com July 15, 2005 site design imagesparkle.com David, Kristen and Emily (from left) advertise the German IS workshop The German IS prepare for a lecture The German IS engaged in many discussions with participants Gedanken sind frei was sung together by the German IS team http://www.friedenspaedagogik.de NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
Extractions: Mr. President, On behalf of the Philippine Delegation, I would like to extend warmest congratulations to you and the members of the bureau on your election to the leadership of the Fifty-Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The past twelve months were a most difficult and challenging period for the United Nations since its establishment 58 years ago. A community of cynicism has formed on the ability of the United Nations to rise from the morass of disunity and disruptive competition among major powers to fulfill its catalytic role for international peace and security, and development. But while it is undeniable that the United Nations has struggled over the last twelve months, its predicted decline is greatly exaggerated. Economic linkages among nations have widened and deepened in many sectors. The interconnectedness of the global village continues to infringe traditional political boundaries.
STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE COORDINATING BUREAU OF THE NON The Ministers, noting the interconnectedness between peace and security and the Charter or in international law, and requested the Coordinating bureau http://www.un.int/malaysia/NAM/nam210605.html
Extractions: STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE COORDINATING BUREAU OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AT THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE PLENARY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING THE DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT OF THE HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DELIVERED BY H.E. AMBASSADOR RADZI RAHMAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. OF THE PERMANENT MISSION OF MALAYSIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK TUESDAY, 21 JUNE 2005 Please check against delivery Mr. President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Member Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). 4. The Special Meeting in Doha had provided the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NAM the opportunity to review preparations for the High-Level Plenary Meeting, discuss issues relevant to the event and reform of the United Nations, and had provided the necessary guidance for the NAM Coordinating Bureau and NAM Member Countries to proceed in the preparatory work. The Ministers reiterated the Movement's commitment to be engaged constructively in the continuing preparatory process. In this context, they have instructed their delegations to participate in the consultations and negotiations on the draft outcome document. The Declaration adopted by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NAM in Doha provides the basis for the Non-Aligned Movement to be engaged. I should like to take this opportunity to highlight important points as contained in the Declaration, as follows:- (a) Objective and outcome of the High-Level Plenary Meeting
Links: Peace international peace bureau Many informative articles and links. War ResistersLeague Resources and action ideas. peace Action http://www.campusaction.net/links/links_peace.htm
PCA - Documents: The international bureau is available at all times to provide information and The peace Palace also provides accommodation to the international Court of http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/pca/introbdenglish.htm
Extractions: Introduction to the Basic Documents The Basic Documents of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) are presented here in a single volume: its conventions, procedural rules, model clauses and other important documents. It is hoped that this compilation will be of interest and use to the international community. The 'Decade of International Law,' proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, has proven to be a decade of intensive revitalization for the PCA, and the fruits of this revitalization constitute the bulk of this volume of basic documents. Now, on the eve of the PCA's centennial, its two constitutive Conventions are accom-panied by no fewer than six sets of optional procedural rules for international dispute resolution, all adopted in the period from 1992-1997. Establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration The PCA was established by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of Inter-national Disputes, concluded at The Hague in 1899 during the first Hague Peace Conference. The Conference was convened at the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 'with the object of seeking the most effective means of ensuring to all peoples the benefits of a real and lasting peace, and above all, of limiting the progressive develop-ment of existing armaments.' The most important achievement of this Conference was the establishment of the PCA: the first global mechanism for the settlement of inter-State disputes. The 1899 Convention, which provided the legal basis for the PCA, was revised at the second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.
PCA - Documents: 1899 English Sharing the opinion of the august initiator of the international peace Conferencethat The international bureau at The Hague is authorized to place its http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/pca/1899english.htm
Extractions: List of Contracting States Animated by a strong desire to work for the maintenance of general peace; Resolved to promote by their best efforts the friendly settlement of international disputes; Recognizing the solidarity uniting the members of the society of civilized nations; Desirous of extending the empire of law, and of strengthening the appreciation of international justice; Convinced that the permanent institution of a tribunal of arbitration, accessible to all, in the midst of the independent Powers, will contribute effectively to this result; Having regard to the advantages attending the general and regular organization of the procedure of arbitration; Sharing the opinion of the august initiator of the International Peace Conference that it is expedient to record in an international agreement the principles of equity and right on which are based the security of States and the welfare of peoples; Being desirous of concluding a Convention to this effect, have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit: (Here follow the names of plenipotentiaries.)
International Organisations For Peace the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, the permanent Court of World War prompted a campaign for an international body to promote peace. http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/pamphlets/InternationalHistory/InternationalHistory
Extractions: Home Help Search Site index ... LSE for You You are here - Welcome to LSE Library Collections Printed collections ... International History Pamphlets International arbitration League of Nations United Nations There are pamphlets on international arbitration and world peace from the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Law Association, the Hague Academy of International Law, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Arbitration Association and the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace. Some of these organisations were publishing material in the 19th century. Organisations such as the American Society for the Settlement of Juridicial Settlement of International Disputes and the Grotius Society called for the establishment of a world court. The Library holds many publications on the League of Nations, published by organisations such as the League of Nations Society, the League of Nations Union in London, the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association in New York, the Association Francaise pour la Societe des Nations,and the League of Free Nations Association. World War prompted a campaign for an international body to promote peace. Some of the earliest pamphlets predate the establishment of the League of Nations, for example-"Functions of a League of Nations", edited by R. Unwin in 1917, (E(I)/120), M(PAMPHLETS 199) and "World wide support for a League of Nations", published by the League of Nations Society, in 1918, (E(I)/122), M(PAMPHLETS 199).
Al-Siyassa Al-Dawliya The Security Council consists of five permanent members and 10 of aninternational commission for the establishment of peace and a bureau under the http://www.siyassa.org.eg/esiyassa/ahram/2005/7/1/REPO10.HTM
Extractions: red = new Image(16, 19); red.src = "../../../Standard/red.gif"; THE UN AND THE BUILDING OF PEACE Dr Monir Zahran The preamble expresses the will of UN members to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, with the memory of the first two world wars still fresh. Though there has not been a third world war, the regional wars that have erupted since the establishment of the UN have left in their wake millions of victims. Ironically, the US was the first to use atomic weapons, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, causing the death of thousands of people, just as the final touches were being made to the UN charter ahead of its signing in San Francisco by 50 states. The failure of the Security Council to fulfil its responsibilities with regard to the Korean war in the early 1960s led to a resolution giving the General Assembly the authority to pass any resolution, with majority support, to confront any threat to international peace and security. Yet several resolutions were not implemented, such as General Assembly resolution 194 of 1949 on refugees, Resolution 242 of 1967 and Resolution 338 of 1973. The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination continued to be denied. The collective security system created by the UN charter remains linked to economic and social progress and development. The preamble of the charter asserts that endeavours must be made to generate human social development, enhance living standards and direct the world order towards the fostering of economic and social development by means of mobilisation of all peoples in order to maintain international peace and security. There is an international agreement on the relation binding security and development, human rights and basic freedoms, which acknowledges that collective security is threatened by poverty, epidemic diseases and environmental deterioration.
50 Years For Education P.56 The international bureau of Education (IBE) is an information and documentation Conference on Education, Work and peace, University of Geneva, 1928 http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/50y/brochure/unintwo/56.htm
Extractions: However, the First World War was to intervene. The development of the Institutes international action and the creation of the International Bureau of Education was postponed until 1923 when Henri Bergson, in his capacity as President of the League of Nations Commission for Intellectual Co-operation, was requested by the International League for New Education to recommend the setting up in Geneva of an International Bureau of Education. A grant of $5,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation made it possible for the Governing Board of the Institute J.-J. Rousseau to create IBE in 1925. Pierre Bovet was appointed Director with Adolphe Ferrière and Elizabeth Rotten as his deputies. IBE was born. (1)
WILPF And Small Arms Women s international League for peace and Freedom the World Council ofChurches and the international peace bureau in March 2000 in proposing the http://www.wilpf.int.ch/disarmament/wilpfsmallarms.htm
Extractions: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF and Small Arms Background WILPF can utilise the presence of its offices and Sections at international, regional and local levels to examine and document the experiences of women in both supply and demand countries and mobilise around particular concerns and issues. This opportunity is particularly pertinent in the lead up to the first-ever UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects to be held from 9-20 July 2001, in New York Problem Statement In the absence of comprehensive peace and human security, small arms proliferation is undermining personal security, good governance, contributing to human rights violations and obstructing social justice and peacebuilding all over the world. In the last century over 200 million people have been killed in 250 wars. More than 6 million people have died as a result of armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Civilian populations are now the greatest majority of victims of war and the largest sector of these have died as a result of the use of small arms and light weapons. The term small arms is used to encompass small arms, light weapons, ammunition and explosives which can be operated by one or two persons, are easily transportable, require low maintenance, and minimal training to operate. Small arms are relatively low in cost in comparison with other conventional weapons making them affordable to state and non-state actors of all descriptions. An estimated 500 million of these weapons are in global circulation.
WISE NC: WORLD COURT TO RULE ON LEGALITY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS The cofounding organizations are the international peace bureau (IPB), Theinternational Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/443/4381.html
Extractions: published by WISE News Communique on November 24, 1995 Fifty years after atomic bombs devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the International Court of Justice, is preparing to make a landmark, though non-binding, pronouncement on the legality of nuclear weapons. As the United Nations' main judicial body, the court has been asked by the World Health Organization and the U.N. General Assembly to deliver an advisory opinion on the issue. (443.4381) Colin Archer - This is supported by the World Court Project, which is an international alliance of citizens' groups. It was founded in 1992 with the aim of bringing the legality of nuclear weapons before the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The co-founding organizations are the International Peace Bureau (IPB), The International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). The Court is now considering whether the threat or use of nuclear weapons is permitted under international law. It is expected to make its ruling early in 1996. Peter Weiss, one of the lawyers working with the World Court Project, believes that nothing but good can come from this historic hearing: "If a majority of the Court says that nuclear weapons are not totally illegal, there will be a tremendous push to get a convention outlawing them like the treaties abolishing chemical and biological weapons. If a majority say they are totally illegal, as they should, there will be an equally strong movement for such a convention to implement the Court's opinion."
Extractions: Report of Mr. White, Mr. Low, and Mr. Holls, to the American Commission to the International Conference at the Hague, Regarding the Work of the Third Committee of the Conference Previous Document Contents THE HAGUE, JULY 31, 1899. COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE HAGUE Gentlemen: The undersigned members of the Third Commission of the Conference, to which was referred the matter of Arbitration and Mediation, have the honor of submitting the following report regarding the work of that Committee: On July 7, 1899, the Comite d'Examen presented to the full Committee the project for the peaceable settlement of international disputes , which, after discussion in the full Committee and in the Conference, was, on the 25th of July, unanimously adopted. A copy of this convention is annexed to this report. It consists of sixty-one articles, of which the first contains a general declaration regarding the maintenance of peace. Articles 2 to 8 inclusive relate to good offices and mediation; Articles 9 to 14, to international commissions of inquiry; Articles 15 to 20, o arbitral justice in general; Articles 30 to 57, to the procedure before the said court; and Articles 58 to 61, to the ratification of the convention and the like. All of these articles and the considerations which led to their adoption have been carefully discussed, on behalf of the Committee, by its reporter, M. Descamps, whose report is annexed hereto.
Extractions: International Grass Roots Groups to Hold People's War Crimes Tribunal against U.S. Military's Wartime Massacres in Korea Below is an appeal and call to action from the Korea Truth Commission on U.S. Military Massacres of Civilians. We urge you to endorse the important people's war crimes Tribunal to be held June 23, 2001, in New York City. The co-sponsors are (1) The Korea Truth Commission (KTC) which is international as well as Korean. (In south Korea, The Korea Truth Commission includes a wide based coalition made up of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), along with organizations of students, youth, farmers, and religions, etc.); (2) the International Action Center (IAC); and (3) Veterans for Peace (VFP), which is U.S. based. The growing list of endorsers includes such organizations as: The list of International jurists includes: Henry Alleg, well-known writer and former co-editor of L'Humanite (Algeria); Edith Ballantyne, former International President of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF); Dave Dellinger, co-chair, Toward Freedom (USA); Ambassador Benjamin Dupuy, Haiti Progres (Haiti); Ishmael Guadalupe, Committee for Rescue and Development of Vieques (Puerto Rico); Thomas Gumbleton, Bishop, Detroit Diocese of the Catholic Church of USA; George Hage, Member of Parliament, French National Parliament; Angeles Maestro, Spanish National Parliament; Anselmo Lee, Pax Christi (Korea); Michel Maertens, Federal Parliament of Belgium -Senate; Elmar Schmaehling, former German Navy Admiral, PDS (Germany); Karen Talbot, International Center for Peace and Justice; Lucius Walker, Pastors for Peace (USA); Brian Willson, Veterans for Peace (USA), among others.
The Albert Einstein Institution The international peace bureau. http//www.ipb.org/web/index.php. The internationalpeace bureau is the worlds oldest and most comprehensive international http://www.stfx.ca/coady-library/certpeace.htm
Extractions: Certificate in Community-Based Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Links The Albert Einstein Institution http://www.aeinstein.org/ The Albert Einstein Institution is a non-profit organization advancing the study and use of strategic non-violent action in conflicts throughout the world. We are committed to the defence of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through the use of non-violent action. Our goals are to understand the dynamics of non-violent action in conflicts, to explore its policy potential, and to communicate this through print and other media, translations, conferences, consultations, and workshops. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.ceip.org/ The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States . Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results. Through research, publishing, convening, and on occasion, creating new institutions and international networks, Endowment associates shape fresh policy approaches. Their interests span geographic regions and the relations among governments, business, international organizations and civil society, focusing on the economic, political, and technological forces driving global change. The Endowment publishes Foreign Policy , one of the world's leading magazines of international politics and economics which
Issue Action: Hague Appeal Campaigns in Geneva (at the international peace bureau) and in The Hague (at IALANA) . The first (Hague) international peace Conference was convened by 26 http://www.wfm.org/ACTION/action_hap.html
Extractions: Summer 1999 "This Congress calls upon the WFM... to continue as a matter of priority its work providing leadership for the Hague Appeal for Peace civil society conference and follow-up programs." [Introduction] [ Suggested Actions Background to Hague Appeal "Time to abolish war. Peace is a Human Right," the slogans of the Hague Appeal for Peace, have been the mantras of WFM for the past few months. The Hague Appeal for Peace is one of the boldest projects the World Federalist Movement has ever undertaken. The Hague Appeal for Peace is a campaign and a conference built around the most important themes related to peace and justice in the 21st Century. As one of the four coordinating committee organizations and the main secretariat for the Hague Appeal for Peace, WFM's leadership is key to the success of this effort. The goals of the Hague Appeal for Peace fall squarely within the World Federalist general vision, namely: to strengthen international humanitarian and human rights laws and institutions; to advance the prevention, peaceful resolution, and transformation of violent conflict;
Extractions: In addition to these situations involving the preparation and adoption of an institution's own rules, UNCITRAL has noted the willingness of a number of arbitral institutions to act as appointing authority and to provide administrative services in arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. In 1982, UNCITRAL issued 'Recommendations to Assist Arbitral Institutions and Other Interested Bodies with Regard to Arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules', in order to assist institutions both in adapting the UNCITRAL Rules, and in offering to provide administrative and appointing authority services. The International Bureau will also provide administrative services within The Netherlands to help parties and arbitrators conduct cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Acting as Appointing Authority
