Promoting a Culture of Peaceand Non-Violence

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What’s the UN all about?

“To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” - UN Charter

Have you ever wondered if there’s a vaccine to prevent war? Let’s call it a culture of peace.

What is a Culture of Peace?

The UN says that a culture of peace is a set of values, attitudes, and ways of living that

reject violence,

prevent conflicts by uprooting their causes, and

solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals, groups and nations.

How is peace built?

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.” - UNESCO Constitution

Guess what? The ‘E’ in UNESCO means education. The men need lessons about peace … and also women and kids.

Manifesto for a Culture of Peace

People called the year 2000a new beginning

a new opportunity

to turn the culture of war and violence into a culture of peace and non-violence.

Manifesto for a Culture of Peace

The UN’s Manifesto 2000 for a culture of peace and non-violence was drafted by a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners to translate the resolutions of the United Nations into everyday language and to make them relevant to people everywhere.

Good idea. Let’s make peace something we can all understand.

Manifesto for a Culture of Peace

Respect all life.Reject violence.

Share with others.Listen to understand.Preserve the planet.Rediscover solidarity.

Respect all life.

Respect the life and dignity of each human being without discrimination or prejudice.

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Reject violence.

Practice active non-violence, rejecting violence in all its forms: physical, sexual, psychological, economical and social, in particular towards the most deprived and vulnerable such as children and adolescents.

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Share with others.

Share my time and material resources in a spirit of generosity to put an end to exclusion, injustice and political and economic oppression.

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Listen to understand.

Defend freedom of expression and cultural diversity, giving preference always to dialogue and listening without engaging in fanaticism, defamation and the rejection of others.

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Preserve the planet.

Promote consumer behavior that is responsible and development practices that respect all forms of life and preserve the balance of nature on the planet. UN photo

Rediscover solidarity.

Contribute to the development of my community, with the full participation of women and respect for democratic principles, in order to create together new forms of solidarity.

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Leaders of NationsColombia

Mali

Eritrea

Belize

Namibia

Cambodia

Slovakia

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Algeria

Belarus

Botswana

Poland

Azerbaijan

Republic of Korea

Venezuela

Lots of people signed the Manifesto.

Czech Republic

Jamaica

Uganda

Swaziland

Thailand

Laos

Trinidad & Tobago

Tunisia

Philippines

Mexico

Cyprus

Burundi

India

Italy

Nigeria

Nobel Peace Prize winnersDalai LamaAdolfo Perez EsquivelMairead Corrigan MaguireRigoberta Menchu TumJose Ramos HortaMikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevJoseph RotblatDavid TrimbleEllie WieselNorman BorlaugJohn HumeShimon PeresDesmond TutuJody WilliamsMgr. Carlos Felipe Ximenes BeloOscar Arias SanchezKim Dae JungRita Levi-Montalcin

That was years ago!

Some people have been working for peace for 10 whole years. Some have been working a lot longer.

It can keep you busy your whole life.

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Peace is still a distant dream.

In many parts of the world, peace is still a distant dream, and children suffer from conflict and violence. Do we give up working for peace?

A UN General Assembly resolution at the beginning of 2010 called for renewed effort by the UN, its Member States, and civil society, including non-government organizations.

That means all of us.

What makes peace grow?

According to the UN:peacekeeping

peacebuilding

preventing conflicts

disarmament

sustainable development

promoting human dignity and human rights

democracy

the rule of law

good governance

gender equality

Nations can

do more to promote a culture of peace and non-violence

nationally,

regionally, and

internationally.

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UNESCO and other UN groups can

strengthen their activities that promote a culture of peace.

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The UN Peacebuilding Commission can

keep promoting a culture of peace and non-violence for children.

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People in charge of education can

teach about mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and a culture of peace.

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Young people can

promote a culture of peace and non-violence, and tell everybody about a culture of peace.

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Each of us can

plan activities to support and fill in the gaps in what nations, the United Nations another other big organizations are doing.

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TV, radio, and the Internet can

educate for a culture of peace and non-violence by using the Culture of Peace News Network of Internet sites in many languages.

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We can all join in and

observe 21 September each year as the International Day of Peace — as a day when people stop fighting.

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Help spread the word.

The UN wants to hear about what you and I are doing to help a culture of peace and non-violence grow.

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What does all this mean?

Make peace your focus.

If you’re doing good things for peace, keep it up.

We’re all on this planet together, so why not work together?

Let’s learn from each other and spread the word.

See Manifesto for a Culture of Peace: http://www3.unesco.org/manifesto2000/

Excerpts from UN General Assembly Resolution 64-80, 16 February 2010

UN Resolution A/RES/53/243, Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace

To learn about ways the UN promotes a culture of peace, see http://www.unac.org/peacecp/decade.

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