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An article from Diario de Pernambuco (translated by CPNN)
The conflict mediators trained by the Secretariat of Justice and Rights (SJDH) began to work in two conflict mediation centers opened in the districts of Rio Doce in Olinda and Bomba do Hemetério in Recife. The spaces are part of a set of eight that will be implemented in six districts of the metropolitan region and managed by four Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), with the support of the State Government through the SJDH, and the Conflict Mediation Program of the Executive Secretariat of Rights Human Rights (SEDH). The partnership was signed on July 18 with the NGO’s, Collective Mulher Vida, Grupo Ruas and Praças, Cáritas Brasileira NE2 and Grupo Adolescer.
Seminar for Community Conflict Mediators in Recife
The Bomba do Hemetério community nucleus is in operation at the Giganda do Samba, at Rua das Pedras. The space, managed by Cáritas Brasileira NE2, has four mediators and offers initial assistance on Monday from 8am to 1pm and on Friday from 2pm to 5pm. It is necessary for the interested party to present their identity card and inform the contact telephone number. After an initial evaluation, the mediation will be scheduled.
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Mediation as a tool for nonviolence and culture of peace
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In Rio Doce, the community nucleus works at the Composer Antônio Maria Polyvalent School, located at Avenida Acácias. In the space, which is managed by the Collective Mulher Vida, the service is carried out by three mediators, on Wednesday from 9am to 11am, and on Friday, from 2pm to 4pm. Those interested must attend the place with photo identification and proof of residence.
Santo Amaro is the next neighborhood to have a center inaugurated. This Tuesday, at 13h, the Adolescent Nucleus opens the doors for the population. On Thursday it is the turn of the Grupo Ruas and Praças to start serving the community. The inauguration of the space happens at 13.30.
The mediators underwent training lasting 40 hours of classes, taught between July 18 and August 08 by the technical team of the Conflict Mediation Program of SEDH, formed by a psychologist, social worker and lawyer. Among the topics covered in the training were human rights, culture of peace, conflicts, community mediation, the role of mediator and the social assistance network.
I like the concept of a culture of peace. A suitable replacement for the American culture of abuse. But I am writing to ask the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace to support my petition for world peace. I plan to post it on-line with the goal of getting one million signatures. Please contact me with your answer or with any questions/suggestions. Thank you. The petition follows:
We, the undersigned, urge President Donald J. Trump to direct the appropriate members of his administration to prepare the legal and diplomatic framework for making a non-aggression, mutual defense treaty with every other nation on earth with the following tenets and specifications:
1. If you do not invade or initiate an act of war (see specifications) against the US or any other country, the US will not invade your country.
2. However, if you initiate an act of war against any other nation, this agreement between us is null and void.
3. Furthermore, the US reserves the right to aid, if requested, in the defense of the country attacked.
4. As long as this treaty is in force, if you are attacked, the US will come to your defense.
5. As long as this treaty is in force, if the US is attacked you will come to its defense if requested (except for countries without organized military forces).
6. If the US initiates an act of war against any other nation, this non-aggression treaty between the US and all other nations is automatically null and void.
7. Furthermore, other nations reserve the right to help defend the country/countries against which the US initiated an act of war.
Specifications:
Acts of war include
a. Incursion of one country’s military forces into another country without that country’s permission/invitation.
b. Intentional destruction of property/people in one country by another country’s military power.
c. Assassination of a country’s top governing leader(s) at the direction of another country.
d. Destruction/disruption of a country’s infrastructure at the direction of another country.
Acts of war do not include
a. verbal or written threats.
b. plans to invade.
c. increasing troops or weapons
d. developing weapons of mass destruction.
We furthermore urge President Trump to complete the process of making this agreement on behalf of the United States of America with all other nations including North Korea, Iraq, China, and Russia.