Learn about the Culture of Peace

We all know about the culture of war and violence. But we have much to learn about a culture of peace and non-violence.

In dedicating its first Year and Decade for the 21st Century, the United Nations has called for a "transformation from a culture of war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence" (see The UN and a Culture of Peace) and for a global movement for a culture of peace.

The culture of peace is an emerging reality, germinating and growing in the values, attitudes and actions of people, a problem-solving process that needs to be cultivated and supported, hence the official slogans of the International Year for the Culture of Peace: "Cultivate Peace" and "Peace is in Our Hands."

The Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN) enables us to learn from each other's experiences and ideas through a developing global network of Internet sites. Its seeds are the eight peacekeys, defined on the basis of the Manifesto 2000 and the UN resolutions behind it.

Let us learn together how to make the transformation from a culture of war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence.