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Charter for a world without violence: violencia is foreseeable

Having finished the XV World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Barcelona, and given the level of violence and tension that the whole of humanity is experiencing these days, The charter for a world without violence presented by the Nobel…

Nobel peace laureates consider the role of women in democracy

With the title “Women advancing democracy” five Nobel Peace laureates took part in a panel at the World Summit of Nobel Laureates in Barcelona: Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, Prof. Jody Williams, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Betty Williams together with a…

‘Paris, Beirut Terror Attacks Must Not Be Pretext for Slamming Shut Doors to Refugees’

The United Nations General Assembly met today on tackling the global refugee crisis in the shadow of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, with top officials pleading that the door for genuine refuge not be slammed shut in…

Paris, the Refugees and Europe

The focus on terrorism is obscuring the issues of refugees, and it is important to consider its impact on Europe, after the shock of Paris. Of course, the impact of terrorism in the daily life of ordinary citizens is going…

Unofficial blockade on Nepal by India

Unofficial blockade on Nepal by India – Humanist Movement Nepal’s “worldwide Appeal” This blockade is having the following effects on Nepal’s ordinary people in their everyday lives: *Fuel for transportation and gas for cooking are in short supply and this can…

The Climate Talks in Paris will Fail: Why?

  As expectations build for a global consensus to emerge from the United Nations climate conference in Paris, starting on 30 November 2015, that could agree to taking action to limit any rise in global temperature to 2 degrees celsius,…

Violence is a tragedy, but getting distracted by it from the road of Active Nonviolence is a double tragedy.

The voices of peace and the voices of war all have something to say about Paris. “Every time there’s a terrorist attack, Western leaders exploit that attack to do more wars,” Greenwald says. “Which in turn means they transfer huge…

Ending the Era of Wars

Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service 15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – Barcelona, 13-15 November 2015 I would like to thank the Major of Barcelona, Ada Colau I Ballano, the Permanent Secretariat of the World…

Military intervention is the problem, not the solution

The Islamic State’s latest atrocities are a calculated effort to bring the war in Syria home to the countries participating in it. by Peter Certo for Common Dreams A café. A stadium. A concert hall. One of the most horrifying…

Okinawa delegation in USA challenging Henoko military base construction

A 26 person delegation from the All Okinawa Council will be in Washington, DC November 19 and 20 to ask members of the U.S. Congress to use their power to stop the construction of a runway for the U.S. Marine…

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