MORE PEACE ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PEACE UNIVERSITY, which seeks to place the sciences and arts at the service of peace. Patronage: The eighteen Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: Oscar Arias, Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, Norman Borlaug, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, The XIV. Dalai Lama, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Frederik De Klerk, Nelson Mandela, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Shimon Peres, José Ramos-Horta, Joseph Rotblat, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Betty Williams, Jody Williams, International Peace Bureau Geneva.
IPU has offered more than 600 courses and events, with a total
of 250 speakers in the fields of education and academics, culture,
art, creativity, medicine and health, personal and spiritual
development, environment and ecology, science and future studies,
politics, religion, social questions, and the economy. International
headquarters, Berlin. Tel: (+49-30) 782-3077, Fax 782-3085, E-mail:
peace-university@gmx.net
http://www.peace-university.net
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THE GOI FOUNDATION is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting
world peace from a wholly neutral position, transcending all
boundaries of race, religion, or politics, with a belief that peace
begins in the mind of each individual....The mission of the Goi Peace
Foundation is to bring together the hearts and wisdom of all people
for our common goal of peace on Earth. Contact: info@goipeace.or.jp
http://www.goipeace.or.jp
THE WORLD PEACE PRAYER SOCIETY, which has planted over 100,000
peace poles throughout the world, stems from the Goi Foundation.
http://www.worldpeace.org
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PAX CHRISTI is a catholic peace movement searching for new approaches
to peace in the fields of demilitarisation security, arms trade,
human rights, ecology, economic justice and reconciliation. It has
national sections, associate groups, affiliated organisations and
corresponding members in all countries. Address: Pax Christi
International, Rue du Vieux Marche aux Grains 21, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium. Tel: ++32/2/502.55.50; Fax: ++32/2/502.46.26; email:
hello@paxchristi.net
http://www.paxchristi.net
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THE UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE was established pursuant to a resolution of
the United Nations General Assembly in December 1980 to provide
humanity with an international institution of higher education for
peace, with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of
understanding, tolerance and peaceful co-existence, to stimulate
co-operation amongst people and to help lessen obstacles and threats
to world peace and progress, in keeping with the aspirations
proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations. It has focused on
such issues as: promoting a culture of peace, consensus building and
conflict resolution in Central America; conflict and collaboration in
the management of natural resources; training in the field of
communications and peace; and human rights and peace education.
Address: The University for Peace, Apartado 138-6100, Ciudad Colon,
Costa Rica. Tel: 506-249-1072 / 249-1512; Fax: 506-249-1929; e-mail:
info@upaz.org
http://www.upeace.org
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THE ARIAS FOUNDTION FOR PEACE AND HUMAN PROGRESS, Costa Rica, founded
by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Oscar Arias, former President of
Costa Rica, is based on his vision of a Central America free from
war, strife and repression, widely known as the Arias Peace Plan.
Contact: info@arias.or.cr; Tel: (506) 255-2955; Fax: (506) 255-2244;
The Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, Apartado
8-6410-1000, San José, Costa Rica.
http://www.arias.or.cr
Museum of Peace is being built,
http://www.arias.or/cr/fundarias/cpr/museo-i.htm
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ISRAEL/PALESTINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND INFORMATION (IPCRI), founded
in Jerusalem in 1988, is the only joint Palestinian-Israeli public
policy think-tank in the world. It is devoted to developing practical
solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Contact: Gershon
Baskin, Ph.D., Co-Director, IPCRI - Israel/Palestine Center for
Research and Information, P.O. Box 9321, Jerusalem 91092. Office
Address: Laham Building, Palestine Street, El-Doha, Bethlehem,
Palestine. Telephone: 972-2-277-6054 Fax: 972-2-277-6057. Home Page:
http://www.ipcri.org NEW EMAIL
ADDRESSES as of 1 August 2000: IPCRI General Email: ipcri@ipcri.org ;
Gershon Baskin: gershon@ipcri.org ; Peace Education Project:
peace_education@ipcri.org .
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THE BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY is an international
organisation working towards world peace through personal change.
http://www.bkwsu.com The
university is currently in partnership with UNESCO to promote the
year 2000 as the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP),
and it is designated a 'Messenger for Manifesto 2000'. Manifesto 2000
is a document drafted by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates which highlights
six pledges for individuals to contribute to living a culture of
peace. As part of the university's contribution to this project, it
has created 'The Peace Experience' , an experiential workshop to
encourage individuals to enjoy and create more peace in their lives.
The workshop is now being run by the Brahma Kumaris in over 70
countries. Contact: Sister Chandra, Brahma Kumaris, 897 College
Street, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 1A1, Tel: 1-416 537 3034, Fax:
1-416-537 1319, e-mail: toronto@bkwsu.com
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HERITAGE HILL LERNING CENTRE, is a holistic learning "centre which
promotes peace education by offering a program called the "Art of
Living in Peace".The program is a U.N.E.S.C.O. approved course
designed by Pierre Weil of the Holistic University of Brasilia. This
is a 14-hour program. Contact: Heritage Hill Learning Centre, c/o
Madeline Taylor/Ron Fowler, Box 1324, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada,
B0P 1X0, 902 542-9565 Phone, 902 423-5748 Phone, 902 542-1740 Fax;
email, mailto:heritagehill@mail.com
http://heritagehill.hypermart.net
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PEACEMAKERS TRUST is dedicated to research, education, and
consultation on conflict resolution, good governance and
peacebuilding through: non-violent conflict resolution and
peacebuilding; prevention and resolution of conflicts involving human
rights; conflict analysis including cultural, social, legal and other
contexts of conflicts and disputes; processes and systems for the
prevention, analysis and resolution of disputes; promotion and
development of fair and accountable governance structures, dispute
resolution mechanisms and decision-making processes; cooperative and
participatory approaches to problem solving, planning, leadership and
decision-making. Peacemakers Trust, 1745 Garnet Road, Victoria, B.C.
V8P 3E2, Canada.
http://www.peacemakers.ca
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Women Building Peace - The international campaign to promote the role
of women in peacebuilding.
http://www.international-alert.org/women/
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TOP 50 AFRICAN WEB SITES
http://www.woyaa.com/topweb/all50sites.html
Around Africa (a country by country review)
http://www.peace.ca/afaroundafrica.htm
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ALLIANCES FOR AFRICA (AfA) is an African non-governmental peace,
human rights and development organisation. Through strategic
partnerships with local, national and regional organisations, AfA
undertakes programmes to enhance or reconstruct the interface between
civil and political rights and economic and social rights. AfA's Four
Point Agenda: 1. Human Rights, Peace and Development; 2.
Coalition-building, monitoring and networking; 3. Training and
Capacity-building; 4. Community development. For more information:
Alliances for Africa, Head Office, Unit 10, Aberdeen Centre, 24
Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA, UK. Tel: (44) 20 7359 1181; Fax: (44)
20 7354 4900; E-mail: afa@alliancesforafrica.org . Alliances for
Africa, West African Regional Consultancy, 83 Adeniyi Jones Avenue,
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; Tel: (234) 1 493 5680; Fax: (234) 1 493 5681;
E-mail: ledap@hyperia.com
http://www.alliancesforafrica.org
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