Category Archives: d-information

African journalism and the culture of peace, A model for the rest of the world?

CPNN continues to find that African journalists give priority to culture of peace news, unlike media in much of the world that give priority to violence.  The articles are listed below:

Niger: 7th edition of the National Press Freedom Day under the theme “Journalism in the electoral period”

Decolonising peace journalism – and putting it to work in East Africa

PAYNCoP Gabon Works with UNESCO to Combat Covid19 Fake News and Violence Against Women

Peace promotion in the Sahel: The best award-winning radio productions

Togo: Catholic Church urges media to serve dialogue, peace and reconciliation

Morocco and Senegal promote gender equality through media

Making Waves: Local radio transforming perceptions of gender-based violence in Africa

Uganda has benefited from peace journalism

Senegal: A regional seminar on “The role of journalists and the media in preventing violence”

Cameroon: Community radio in the service of peace education

Africa: Creating media channels to promote the culture of peace

Africa: Faire des médias des voies pour la promotion de la culture de la paix

Gao, Mali : Youth at school for a culture of peace

Gao, Mali : Les jeunes à l’école de la culture de la paix

Mali: The Radio Kledu broadcasts, “Anka Ben ! – Let’s make peace !”

Mali: L’émission «Anka Ben ! – Faisons la paix !» sur Radio Kledu

Somalia: Somali radio on peace mission

Culture of Peace: IDEM workshop for journalists in Mali

Culture de la paix : les journalistes à l’école de l’Idem

Pour une ‘culture de paix’ dans la presse du Cap-Haïtien

Second High Level Media Workshop on the African Peace and Security

Launch of the network of journalists for peace and security in Africa (Netpeace)

Where in the world can we find good leadership today?

As we look back over the past few years of CPNN articles, we find many good leaders in the world today. The photo above comes from The Elders, the group of leaders organized under the sponsorship of Nelson Mandela before his death. Below we find articles from the Group of 77 Nonaaligned Nations and UNASUR, as well as many leading individuals, some of which we only come to recognize when they have died, such as Father Berrigan, Julian Bond, not to mention Nelson Mandela. Others are still alive and we need to learn from their wisdom, such as Federico Mayor and the Nobel Women.

See also the discussion How can we carry forward the work of the great peace and justice activists who went before us?

Here are the CPNN articles on this subject:

President Claudia Sheinbaum at the G20: Mexico’s Role on the Global Stage

The Elders: World leaders must reject the path of chaos

‘Keep Your Eye On Calendar, Palestine Will Be Free’: Arundhati Roy’s PEN Pinter Prize Speech

Restore the Olympic peace: Over 50 Nobel laureates have written an open letter calling for a global ceasefire for the duration of the Paris Olympics

USA: Libertarians nominate anti-war candidate for Presidential ballot

First message to the nation from President Bassirou Diomaye Faye – on the eve of Senegal’s independence day

France: Speech by Jean-Luc Melanchon on the force of action for peace

Dialogue Remains Best Key To End Conflicts In Africa – Obasanjo, Ex-President of Nigeria

In memoriam: Betty Reardon (1929-2023)

Daniel Ellsberg Has Passed Away. He Left Us a Message.

In memoriam: Walid Slaïby, co-founder Academic University College for Non-Violence & Human Rights (Lebanon)

Brazil President Lula’s speech to the G7

Cuba urges to make culture a Development Goal

Nobel Peace Prize 2023: PRIO Director’s Shortlist Announced

Interview with Helen Caldicott: “We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe”

Let’s “work together for peace”, Nuns, Clergy Appeal after South Sudan Peace Pilgrimage

UK National Demonstration: Peace Talks Now – Stop the War in Ukraine

Letter To President Biden: Sign The Nuclear Ban Treaty!

Pope Francis: “Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hands off Africa”

Lula’s address to CELAC “Nothing should separate us, since everything brings us together”

Havana Declaration Outlines Vision for Building Just World Economy

What Steps Can the US Take to Foster Peace Talks in Ukraine?

The Elders warn urgent action on climate, pandemics, nuclear weapons needed to turn back hands of the Doomsday Clock

Rachna Sharma: thought leader for world peace

Martha Ines Romero appointed new Secretary General of Pax Christi

International Peace Bureau: 2022 MacBride Peace Prize recipients

Mikhail Gorbachev: The Last Statesman

Mikhail S. Gorbachev (1931 – 2022) / Imaginative and Unexpected Proposals

War Abolisher Awards 2022

United States: Statement by the National Council Of Elders

The Expert Dialogue on NATO-Russia Risk Reduction: Seven recommendations

The Elders mourn the loss of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

World Peace Congress concludes in Barcelona with successful participation

President of Cuba’s National Assembly rejects efforts to restore unipolar world order

India: Nagaland’s Rebecca Changkija Sema conferred with ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Award’

USA: Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks to the 2020 Democratic National Convention

US: Remembering Congressman John Lewis with gratitude

“Listening as governance”, by Amartya Sen

2020 Peace Prize of German Book Trade to Amaryta Sen

Transatlantic Dialogue wins Luxembourg Peace Prize

Trailblazing Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams Dies in Belfast

The Peace Brigades International, Guernica Peace Prize

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar praised as ‘accomplished statesman’ who had ‘profound impact’ on the world

Uruguay: Pépé Mujica, the ex-President of the Republic voluntarily the poorest in the world.

Lebanon: Interview with Ogarit Younan (prize for conflict prevention and peace)

USA: Sanders and Khanna Introduce New Bill to ‘Stop Donald Trump From Illegally Taking Us to War Against Iran’

The Nobel Lecture Given by the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Abiy Ahmed Ali

USA: We Are Each a Precious Entity: The Activist Life of Caroline Bridgman-Rees

2019 Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Award winners announced

Honouring the Me Too Movement with the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize

Nipun Mehta and ServiceSpace to Receive the 2019 Goi Peace Award

Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2019

Seán MacBride Peace Prize Ceremony for Bruce Kent

Ajamu Baraka Awarded 2019 US Peace Prize

Ashland, Oregon: Peace conference attracts UN ambassador

Colombia: Rigoberta Menchú asks the Government to strengthen the peace agreement

SADC and United Nations honor Nelson Mandela

Richard Falk: On Taking Controversial Public Positions: A Reflection

The Elders welcome Ethiopia’s commitment to primary health care and digital innovation

21 Nobel Peace Laureates Have Confirmed Attendance at the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Titled: “Leave Your Mark for Peace”

Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia laureate of the 2019 edition of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny – UNESCO Peace Prize

Michael True – Peacemaker

Nobel Peace Laureate Maguire Requests UK Home Office for Permission to Visit Her Friend Nobel Peace Nominee Julian Assange ln Prison in London

The resurrection of Dr. King

CJP co-founder and first director John Paul Lederach awarded Niwano Foundation Peace Prize

Mohamed Sahnoun, 1931-2018: Advisor for Culture of Peace

UNESCO Awards Jose Marti Prize to Roberto Fernandez Retamar

Dublin: Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases

Rigoberta Menchú speaks at the UN about obstacles to the culture of peace

David Swanson Awarded 2018 Peace Prize of the US Peace Memorial Foundation

Uri Avnery, leader of the Israeli peace movement Gush Shalom, 1923-2018

As UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan Stressed Need For Culture Of Peace

The Elders mourn the loss of Kofi Annan

INTERVIEW: ‘Defend the people, not the States’, says outgoing UN human rights chief

South Africa: Sisulu – UN Security Council Tenure Will Be Dedicated to Mandela’s Legacy

Pakistan: Asma Jahangir, Champion Of Human Rights, Critic Of Pak Army, Dies At 66

Ecuador calls upon the G77 to address the problems of the planet

Pope Francis meets ‘The Elders’ to discuss global concerns

The Spiritual Sources of Legal Creativity: The Legacy of Father Miguel d’Escoto

Gandhi Peace Award to Omar Barghouti and Ralph Nader

16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

XVI Cumbre Mundial de Premios Nobel de la Paz

Developing Nations Seek Tax Body to Curb Illicit Financial Flows

Annual Report of The Elders

USA: Father Daniel Berrigan, z’l dead at 94

Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence

Africa’s Contribution to the Global Movement for a Culture of Peace

Africa: How to Achieve the Freedom Promised

Healing Memories: An Exchange With Peacemaker Mohamed Sahnoun

USA: Julian Bond (1940-2015): Remembering Civil Rights Freedom Fighter Who Chaired NAACP, Co-founded SNCC

Support Richard Branson’s Ukraine dialogue initiative

Federico Mayor once again at UNESCO

Y Federico Mayor volvió a la UNESCO

Search for Common Ground announces leadership transition

“Human Rights and 23rd Century Movement” Interview with Marta Benavides

Mandela is the new Africa

Nobel Women’s inspirational women activists from around the globe

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane pays tribute to former President Nelson Mandela (South Africa)

16 Days of Activism: Meet Marjorie Lafontant, Haiti

16 Days of Activism: Julienne Lusenge, Democratic Republic of Congo

16 Days of Activism: Meet Visaka Dharmadasa, Sri Lanka

16 Days of Activism: Meet Hania Moheeb, Egypt

The Elders debate ethical leadership (South Africa)

Dominican friar Frei Betto to receive 2013 UNESCO/José Martí Prize

El dominico brasileño Frei Betto gana el premio UNESCO/José Martí 2013

Le frère dominicain « Frei Betto » lauréat du Prix UNESCO/José Martí 2013

Journée Internationale Nelson Mandela pour la liberté, la justice et la démocratie

Nelson Mandela Día Internacional por la paz, la democracia y la libertad

On International Day, UN honours Nelson Mandela’s work for peace, justice, equality

President Morales Stresses Historic Nature of Unasur

Latin Leaders Plan for Union Based on Culture of Peace

What do we tell our children about war?

The Nobel Peace Prize to Mohamed Yunus and the people of Bangladesh

Peace Walkers – Peaceful Voices of Dissent

Summit Conferences in Havana and New York

President of Senegal Recognized as a Leader in Human Rights

Will UNESCO once again play a role in the culture of peace?

While UNESCO promoted the culture of peace as its highest priorities during the Decade of the 90’s when Federico Mayor was its Director-General and when UNESCO co-ordinated the United Nations International Year for the Culture of Peace, since that time it has been less active in this regard than the United Nations in New York which has held annual high-level meetings on the culture of peace.

However, as one sees from the articles below, there is one region where UNESCO has continued to actively promote the culture of peace, and that is Africa. Its field office in Gabon has been especially active where the director, Enzo Fazzino, was part of the team at the end of the 90’s that coordinated the International Year for the Culture of Peace. Also in recent years, UNESCO has worked with Angola and Côte d’Ivoire to host several international conferences on the culture of peace, including the Biennale of Luanda which was held in its second edition in 2021.

Below are articles in CPNN about this question:

The Gloria Fuertes School of Andorra demonstrates the “transformative power of education” at the UNESCO National Meeting of Schools

National Coordinators of the UNESCO Associated Schools Network gather to reflect and share experiences

Celebrating Radio Day in Haiti

Mexico : Renowned researchers share their experience of the UNESCO Chairs of the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Ambassadors praise Angola’s efforts for peace in Africa

UNESCO-sponsored Nanjing Peace Forum

UNESCO supports young people for reflections on emerging forms of expression in order to consolidate peace, democracy and development in Africa

Biennale of Luanda: Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace 18-22 September

PAYNCoP Gabon Identifies Youth Organizations on Culture of Peace

PAYNCoP Gabon learns about the culture of peace

Luanda Biennale: Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace

Panafrican Youth Network for the Culture of Peace Gabon : The work begins

2019 Biennial of Luanda (Angola): The initial budget has about 440 thousand euros

Angola: Culture ministry analyzes programme of Luanda Biennal

UNESCO and Angola to establish Biennal of Luanda, a Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace

Angola to pass on peace experience to UNESCO members in Paris

UNESCO supports the government of Mali to build a culture of sustainable peace

UNESCO brochure: Africa, Culture of Peace, 2017

NICO partners UNESCO on peace, security in Nigeria

Gabon: Pan-African youth commit to fight against radicalization and to promote a culture of peace

Making Waves: Local radio transforming perceptions of gender-based violence in Africa

Gabon: Pan-African Youth Forum for the Culture of Peace and the Fight Against Radicalization for the Creation of an Early Warning System in Central Africa

Gambian Youth Engage in the Promotion of Peace, Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

Second international conference on the culture of peace in Africa

Segunda conferência internacional sobre a cultura da paz em África

Sub-regional consultation on “Youth and culture of peace in Central Africa”

Launch of the Network Youth and Culture of Peace in Africa

Lancement du réseau jeunesse et culture de la paix en Afrique

Libreville Pan-African Forum: African Youth and the Challenge of the promotion of Culture of Peace in Africa

Libreville Forum Panafricain: Jeunesse africaine et le défi de la promotion de la culture de la paix en Afrique

25ème anniversaire du Congrès International sur la paix dans l’esprit des hommes à Yamoussoukro

25th anniversary of the International Congress on Peace in the Mind of Men,Yamoussoukro

Towards the creation of a network of women for a culture of peace in Africa

Sources and Resources for a Culture of Peace in Africa

África: Fundamentos e recursos para uma cultura de paz

Afrique: Sources et Ressources pour une Culture de la Paix

Young Malian aged 15 wins “Pathways to a Culture of Peace” contest

Mali : une collégienne rêve la paix en poésie et remporte un prix

At World Culture Forum, a Call for Openness and Understanding (Indonesia)

Establishment of a Network of Foundations and Research Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa

Création d’un Réseau de fondations et d’institutions de recherche pour la promotion d’une culture de la paix en Afrique

Participants in the Pan-African Forum Recommend the Valorization of African Culture

Building a culture of peace in Africa

Construire une culture de la paix en Afrique

Angola, UNESCO sign peace culture forum deal

Angola y UNESCO rubrican acuerdo sobre fórum de cultura de paz

Forum Panafricain sur la culture de la paix en Afrique

Pathways to a Culture of Peace: Global Contest for Mutual Understanding

Les chemins de la culture de la paix: concours international pour la compréhension mutuelle

The International Forum of Reflection on the Culture of Peace in Africa opened in Abidjan

Le forum international de réflexion sur la culture de la paix en Afrique de l’ouest ouvert lundi à Abidjan

Le développement durable et culture de la paix au cœur de la 36e session de la Conférence générale de l’UNESCO

Sustainable development and culture of peace at the heart of the 36th session of UNESCO’s General Conference

El desarrollo sostenible y la cultura de la paz, en el centro de la 36ª reunión de la Conferencia General de la UNESCO

Executive Board of UNESCO reaffirms Culture of Peace as a Priority

Free flow of information, How is it important for a culture of peace?


There is good reason why the free flow of information is one of the eight key areas of the culture of peace, as defined by the UN Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. On the one hand, it is essential for the consciousness-raising and networking that can make the transition possible from the culture of war to a culture of peace, especially in the hands of the young generation. On the other hand, its opposite, the control of information by the state and its commercial allies, has become the chief weapon of the culture of war.

In 2023, for the first time, we begin to see a global coordination of media to oppose the culture of war control. The fact that the countries involved are those painted black or red in the above image of the “world press freedom index” reveals the true nature of this index as a form of hegemony.

Whistleblowers have often paid a heavy price for their contribution to the free flow of information; for example Mordecai Vanunu, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, not to mention Chelsea Manning and the LuxLeakers mentioned in the articles below.

The Amsterdam ‘Pogrom’ That Wasn’t: Corporate Media Fails To Tell the Whole Story: The Israeli fans instigated the violence

Coop-medias, the citizen cooperative that wants to give “a real breath of fresh air” to independent media

At the Fête de l’Huma, independent media in full swing

Artists Pledge to Boycott German Institutions Over Stifling of Pro-Palestine Speech

RSF launches global “Collateral Damage” campaign highlighting the danger of the Assange prosecution to media and the public’s right to know

New book: Nonviolent Journalism, a humanist approach to communication

Media Organizations From Global South Discuss Solidarity and Standing Up to Sanctions

Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

Leaks Reveal Reality behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine

Tribunal in Washington Calls on President Biden to End Prosecution of Julian Assange and to Defend Rights of Journalists and Whistleblowers

Nicaraguan regime sanctions audiovisual recordings`

Because ‘Publishing Is Not a Crime,’ Major Newspapers Push US to Drop Assange Charges

Position of World’s Governments on Ukraine Considered Insane Pacifism in U.S.

Global Divide: 76% of Humanity (All Poorer Nations of Color) Voted to Not Exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council

March 17: The struggle for free flow of information about the Russian war against Ukraine

Russian regulator censors Ukraine war coverage, reporters told to toe Kremlin line

Chinese-Russian Text on Constructing a Community of Common Destiny for Mankind – A Crucial Peacebuilding Approach

US Must Take Russia’s Security Concerns Seriously

López Obrador and the offer of asylum to Julian Assange: honest politics in a time of double standards

Peace and Justice Organizations call for Freedom for Julian Assange

Number of journalists behind bars reaches global high

Film review: Oliver Stone’s new JFK documentary

What I Saw on Election Day in Nicaragua

The Nobel Peace Prize 2021

Afghanistan and Julian Assange

US: Why Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison

Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment

Glen Greenwald : My New Book on Journalism, Exposing Corruption, and the Resulting Risks, Dangers and Societal Changes

Germany: Collateral Crucifixion – Pressuring for Julian Assange’s Release!

India: Activist Disha Ravi, 22, Arrested Over Toolkit, Faces Conspiracy Charge

China to Expel New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal Reporters From Country

Mainstream media silence on OPCW Douma scandal ‘ridiculous’, says journalist gagged by Newsweek after scandalous leak

Groundswell of support for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks Out on the Arrest of Julian Assange

Remembering the Crimes of the Powerful Exposed by Wikileaks’ Julian Assange

2019 World Press Freedom Index – A cycle of fear

Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S.

UN experts warn Assange arrest exposes him to risk of serious human rights

Nobel Peace Laureate Maguire Requests UK Home Office for Permission to Visit Her Friend Nobel Peace Nominee Julian Assange ln Prison in London

Red Cross, UN Slam ‘Politicised’ USAID Humanitarian Assistance to Venezuela

What do the people of Venezuela want?

What the Press Hides from You about Venezuela — A Case of News-Suppression

US Media Ignore—and Applaud—Economic War on Venezuela

Cuba: International Conference for Peace and “World Balance” Supports Venezuela

Venezuela: An Open Letter to the People of the United States from President Nicolás Maduro

US attack on Venezuela: alternative media coverage

More Than 300 Newspapers Denounce Trump Attacks on the Press

USA; Panel discussion on news and a ‘culture of peace’

LuxLeaks: The case and the latest news from Luxembourg

LuxLeaks: L’affaire et l’actu en Luxembourg

Following Chelsea Manning’s commutation, UN expert urges pardons for other whistleblowers

USA: On Strip Searches and Press Freedom in North Dakota

IWPR’s Syria Coordinator Wins Landmark Freedom of Speech Prize

2016 World Press Freedom Index ­– leaders paranoid about journalists

Classement mondial de la liberté de la presse 2016 : la paranoïa des dirigeants contre les journalistes

Clasificación Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa 2016: la paranoia de los dirigentes frente a los periodistas

US: Privacy Activists Rally Around Apple in ‘Most Important Tech Case in a Decade’

United Nations: Whistleblowers Need Protection

Open Data – Still Closed to Latin American Communities

Video: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald & David Miranda Call for Global Privacy Treaty

For discussion and articles prior to 2015, click here.

English bulletin October 1, 2016

. . . PEACE DAY 2016 . . .

There are indications that millions of people took part in this year’s International Day of Peace. For example, in the United States, Campaign Nonviolence mobilized more than 600 actions in all 50 states. Last year, according to Peace One Day “an estimated 1.5 billion people were exposed to Peace Day messages through activities ranging from dances to media campaigns.”

These mobilizations carry on an important tradition. At the beginning of this century, UNESCO and the United Nations mobilized 75 million people to sign the “Manifesto 2000” as part of the International Year for the Culture of Peace with the greatest number of signatures in India, Brazil, Colombia and South Korea. In 2005 and again in 2010, there was a mobilization for the UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace and we published reports from a thousand civil society organizations around the globe.

In recent years, the most universal mobilization for peace has been carried out at the local and national level for the International Day of Peace, September 21. During the International Peace Decade, detailed reports were gathered and published by the NGO Pathways to Peace. Their annual report in 2009 described 700+ events. However, in recent years, we have complained that there has not been an adequate survey of its global scope. of Peace Day events.

Therefore, this year CPNN has undertaken such a survey, using the International Day of Peace as the key word for a search in Google News during the week before and after 21 September, and by searching in a wide range of languages, including English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Italian, and German. We have come up with 182 events in 85 countries.

Looking at the maps generated by this survey, we may remark the following:

1) The celebration is universal. The maps are filled from every region: USA/Canada, Latin America/Caribbean, Western Europe, Africa, Arab States, Russia/Ukraine, and Asia/Pacific. Gaps, such as Scandinavia and Eastern Europe can be explained by our failure to enlarge the search to include all of the national languages in these regions, not to mention the many national languages in Asia.

2) The celebration is especially intense in some of most conflictual regions of the world, such as the Ukraine, Kashmir/India/Pakistan, and Colombia/Venezuela. To this list we may add the United States.

Looking at the events listed from the Ukraine, one is struck by the fact that there is a more or less equal number of celebrations reported in the national language (from the western part of the country) and in Russian (from the eastern part of the country). Many of the articles describe a longing for the shared peace that they had in the past and have lost following the installation of a right-wing government in recent years. For example, from the Lutsk gymnasium №4z in the West Ukraine: “Previously, the streets of our country were peaceful, but the events today in the east of our country are effecting everyone, including students and teachers.” From Kovelchany “Now the concept of peace is more than ever important for our country.” And from Dnipropetrovsk in the East Ukraine: “Every day we help peaceful people affected by the war – displaced and wounded. This is the reality of peace and unity in our country today”

Looking at the events listed for Peace Day from India and Pakistan concerning Kashmir, we find references to recent bloodshed. From Mirpur, Pakistan : “The participants strongly condemned the increased human rights abuses by the Indian occupational forces in occupied Jammu & Kashmir.” And from Doraha, India “The volunteers condemned the attack on Indian soldiers at Uri Brigade Headquarters.”

The news is good from Colombia. . So it is not surprising that there are many positive celebrations of the Day of Peace associated in this country that is emerging from a half century of civil war. For example, in Tunja, Boyaca, Colombia : “To commemorate the international day of peace, the biggest event took place in San Pablo de Borbur where at least 300 young leaders from 14 to 28 years old met to share experiences during the First Meeting of Youth for Peace of Western Boyaca. They are young leaders from the municipalities of Chiquinquirá, Buenavista, Coper, La Victoria, San Miguel de Sema, Pauna, Quípama, Muzo, Briceño, Caldas, Maripí, Otanche, Tununguá, San Pablo de Borbur y Saboya.”

On the other hand, the articles from their neighbor, Venezuela, are divided along the conflict lines. Here is another country which, like the Ukraine, has suffered from America/European support to overthrow a left-wing government. For example, from Maiquetia, Vargas, Venezuela : “The people of Vargas . . . marked the beginning of activities of the International Week of Peace, in response to the guidelines of the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, to reject the intentions of those who, from the right, want to promote the culture of violence to destabilize the country.”

The most extensive mobilization we could find was in the United States. The remarkable mobilization of Campaign Nonviolence is possible because of a growing awareness in that country of what they call an “epidemic of violence ” Participants in one of the day’s events protest the “ongoing US wars, proxy wars and military occupations, armed drones, US war crimes, and the increasing Pentagon budget,”

3) The largest number of events involve children, especially schoolchildren, in every part of the globe. A particularly moving example comes from Colombia where adults will soon vote in a referendum to ratify the peace accords. The rector of one of the schools sponsoring a mobilization of school children for Peace Day in Cartegana explained that ““Adults talk of ‘Yes or No’ because they are the ones who can vote in the plebiscite, but the children were not asked about this although it is they who will inherit a country at war or at peace.” She added that “what we say on this day is that children can also decide about peace.”

In the year 2000, 40% of the population of Colombia signed the Manifesto 2000, promising to promote a culture of peace in their daily lives. Now the people of Colombia are voting to ratify the peace accords and mobilizing their children to decide for peace. May they serve as our example in the gathering struggle to replace the culture of war by a culture of peace.

      

FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION

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Celebration of the International Day of Peace around the world

WOMEN’S EQUALITY



Africa: CEDEAO: Women are called on to establish a durable peace

DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION



Mexico: Mancera opens the International Forum of ‘Mayors for Peace’

HUMAN RIGHTS



The Elders welcome Myanmar peace conference

TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY



United Nations: Inauguration of the Parliamentary Multi Track Initiative Council for the SDG’s and the Culture of Peace

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT



USA: Standoff at Standing Rock: Even Attack Dogs Can’t Stop the Native American Resistance

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY



600+ Campaign Nonviolence Events Across USA Next Week!

EDUCATION FOR PEACE


Snowden: Best Film of the Year

What is happening in Colombia, Is peace possible?


Perhaps the most inspiring initiatives for a culture of peace in recent years has been the peace process in Colombia.

Here are the CPNN articles that have followed this process since the beginning of 2015 – with the English versions on the left and the Spanish versions (when available) on the right. For a list of articles prior to 2015, click here.

Readers are encouraged to add their comments by writing to coordinator(at)cpnn-world.org.

ARTICLES IN ENGLISH

Peace Education in Colombia

The functions of the Congressional Peace Commission are strengthened

The first meeting is held in Cali to weave a network of peace initiatives in the territories
 

A Working Class Victory on Colombia’s Horizon

Artists who were victims of the conflict unite their voices for peace in their regions

Medellín with the most peaceful days in the last 40 years

Cinema, historical memory and culture of peace

Feasibility Proposal for the Creation of a Ministry of Peace for Colombia

The Schools Embrace the Truth

With the “Tourism for a culture of peace” strategy, the Government of Change will invest $8.2 billion to boost tourism in 88 territories

Comments on the Project for a National Program on Culture of Peace in Colombia

Government-ELN agreements, a milestone this week in Colombia

Colombian Civic Leader Offers a Grassroots Strategy for Peace

FARC dissident group says to start peace talks with Colombian government in May

Secretaries of culture meet in Villavicencio to build a Culture of Peace

Government plans to provide 100,000 young peace managers with economic benefits

This is how the new Peace and Human Rights Observatory of Armenia will work

Nights of Peace planned for December in the neighborhoods of Cúcuta

In Caquetá social leaders, students and victims of the conflict graduate with a diploma course on transitional justice

Colombian government and ELN advocate for peace in Venezuela

Education for Peace dialogues in Cartagena

Peacebuilding in Viotá, a model that seeks to be replicated throughout the country

Medellin: The Week for Disarmament 2022 involved more than 1,300 participants

What is Gustavo Petro’s campaign proposal for ‘total peace’?

Final report of the Truth Commission: an oral and written legacy

The arduous path that Petro’s left must travel to reach power in Colombia

Forum in the Valle del Cauca to commemorate the five years of the signing of the Peace Agreement

UN chief sees firsthand the progress and challenges five years after Colombia’s historic peace deal

‘5th with 5th Crew’, rhymes and colors for peace in Norte de Santander

“Week for Peace 2021” Initiative for the consolidation of peace in Colombia

Bogota: Youth trained as facilitators of peace and reconciliation

Nonviolent Response to the Crisis in Colombia

Medellín advances in developing a culture of peace

Impulse Travel – Sustainable tourism committed to Peace

Cultural spaces for the construction of peace

Implementing the peace agreement in the Valle del Cauca

Cooperation and Chocolate: A Colombian Community’s Quest for Peace

Female victims and ex-combatants graduated as peace activists in Antioquia, Colombia

Support communities in Caquetá, Colombia to strengthen peace building processes

Five new digital media platforms for uncensored news from Colombia

‘Incubator of Ideas in Culture of Peace’

The anti-militarist movement of Colombia rejects the troops from the United States

University students demand implementation of peace agreement

Rigoberta Menchú asks Government to strengthen the peace agreement

Scars that build peace

Remarks of President Duque in his first appearance before the National Peace Council

Today the Truth Commission begins its mandate

Colombia’s rural radio stations are a key to peace

Schools for Peace deliver their first results

Where there once was war is now the Route of Peace

For Afro-Colombians, a Slow March Toward Peace

Interview with outgoing President Santos

The Culture of Peace Advances in Caldas

he International Youth Congress for Peace

Mapping Youth Involvement in Colombia’s Peace Process

Children from Cauca, Córdoba and Bogotá will participate in Cinema Solidario of the UNICEF School of Peace

25 public universities in Colombia are working for peace in the various regions

SEGIB Launches Laboratory of Innovation for Peace in Colombia

Three Educational Institutions Awarded Prize for their Construction of Peace

Unesco recognizes schools in Norte de Santander for their work towards peace

Challenge in Colombia: Peace displacing violence as inspiration for the arts

Peace Education Project in San Vicente Del Caguán, Colombia

Festival for Peace by ex guerrilleros and community in Manizales

Putumayo to host biennial meeting on education and culture of peace

The European Union gives voice to peace in Colombia with community radio

Colombia’s FARC disarmament confirmed by United Nations

Spike in Colombian violence underlines need for peacebuilding, prayer

The Government of Colombia and the ELN agree on international aid to support the peace process

Santos Welcomes Approval of Special Jurisdiction for Peace

The European Union, the Colombian Government and the civil society work together in “Community Radios for Peace and Coexistence”

Processes of pardon and reconciliation in the Magdalena Centro Department

Juntos por la Paz, youth collective dialogues about peace in the Department of Cesar

Creating a model of Territorial Peace in the Valle del Cauca

Antioquia, Colombia: Young people united by a Territorial Peace!

Congress of Colombia to discuss new peace pact

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2016: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

Youth for Peace: Mass marches in 16 cities across the country

Indigenous, peasant and Afro-Colombian communities say YES to peace

UN-supported ‘historic’ training to monitor ceasefire between Government and FARC-EP starts in Colombia

The First International Encounter for Peace Studies

Colombia Peace Agreement : IPB statement

Historic Peace Accord for Colombia Is Signed in Havana

First Group of UN Peace Process Observers Arrive in Colombia

Colombia Minister of Education: The education sector is crucial for the consolidation of peace

War is over in Colombia

After the accords: “In Colombia now we must disarm our language”

Colombia ceasefire is a step forward for the culture of peace

Ceasefire between FARC and the government of Colombia is sealed in Cuba

No peace without Education for Peace

For the first time, a Peace Plan for Cali, Colombia

Colombia celebrates agreement to legally bind the peace accord

Building peace from Colombian universities

National Meeting on Education for Peace

The peace process in Colombia: A Chronology

“The peace process involves everyone”

Peace signatories bring their expertise to Colombia

#ConversemosEnPaz: In addition to the agreements, we must learn and unlearn for peace

Pact between government and FARC-EP raises hopes for peace in Colombia

VII National and II International Congress of REDUNIPAZ

Why radio is proving the best medium to promote Colombia’s peace process

UN: there is less violence in Colombia since the peace process began

City officials are preparing for post-conflict peace-building in Cundinamarca

Rock in the Park 2015 – Music for the 21st Century

Letter from Colombia

San Agustin, Colombia to host International Biennial of Education and Culture of Peace

The Labor Minister will provide full guarantees, facilitate and promote the Second National Assembly for Peace

Colombia: Teaching peace

Planning for a Peace Assembly in the Colombian Caribbean

FARC and the Government Will Create a Truth Commission

Pax Christi International Peace Award 2015: Women Collective for Reflection and Action (Colombia)

Sonia Ines Goéz Orrego on a speaking tour in the U.S. to share her experience building peace in Colombia

ARTICLES IN SPANISH
 
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Se fortalecen las funciones de la Comisión de Paz en el Congreso

En Cali se lleva a cabo el primer encuentro para tejer una red de iniciativas de paz de los territorios
 
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Artistas víctimas del conflicto unieron sus voces para pedir paz en sus regiones

Medellín con los días más pacíficos de los últimos 40 años

Cine, memoria histórica y cultura de paz

Presentación de una propuesta de Ministerio de Paz

La Escuela Abraza la Verdad

Con la estrategia “Turismo para una cultura de paz”, Gobierno del Cambio invertirá $8.200 millones para impulsar el turismo en 88 territorios

Proyecto programa en cultura de paz

Acuerdos Gobierno-ELN, un hito esta semana en Colombia
 
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Secretarios de cultura del país, reunidos en Villavicencio para construir ‘Cultura de Paz’

Gobierno plantea entregarle a 100.000 jóvenes gestores de paz beneficios económicos

Así funcionará el nuevo observatorio de Paz y Derechos Humanos de Armenia

Noches de paz: el plan de diciembre en los barrios de Cúcuta
 
En Caquetá líderes sociales, estudiantes y víctimas del conflicto se gradúan en diplomado sobre justicia transicional
 
Gobierno de Colombia y ELN reinician diálogos de paz en Venezuela
 
En Cartagena, se llevó a cabo el Encuentro de Educación para la Paz
 
El modelo de construcción de paz en Viotá que busca ser replicado en todo el país

Medellin: Con más de 1.300 participantes finalizó la Semana por el Desarme 2022

¿Cuál es la propuesta de ‘paz total’ de Gustavo Petro desde su campaña?

Informe final de la Comisión de la Verdad: un legado para el país

El arduo camino que deberá transitar la izquierda de Petro para llegar al poder

Conozca las memorias del foro de conmemoración de los cinco años de la firma del Acuerdo de Paz

Cinco años después de la firma del Acuerdo de Paz, Guterres constata de primera mano sus avances, pero también sus desafíos

‘5ta con 5ta Crew’, rimas y colores para la paz en Norte de Santander

“Semana por la Paz 2021” Iniciativa para la consolidación de la paz en Colombia

Bogotá: Jovenes seran facilitadores de paz y reconciliacion

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Medellín avanza en el propósito de desarrollar una cultura de paz

Impulse Travel: Un turismo sostenible que apuesta por la Paz

Espacios culturales para la construcción de paz

“Hay que implementar el acuerdo de paz en el Valle”

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Mujeres víctimas y excombatientes se graduaron como activistas de paz

Acciones Colectivas por la Noviolencia desde las comunidades, en el Caquetá, Colombia

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‘Incubadora de Ideas en Cultura de Paz’

El movimiento antimilitarista de Colombia rechaza el ingreso de tropas estadunidenses

Universitarios piden rodear acuerdo de paz

Rigoberta Menchú pide al Gobierno que fortalezca el acuerdo de paz

Cicatrices que construyen paz

Presidente Duque en su primera comparecencia ante el Consejo Nacional de Paz

Hoy la Comisión de la Verdad inicia su mandato

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Escuelas para la Paz entregó primeros resultados

Donde hubo guerra ahora se instauró la Ruta de la Paz

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En Caldas se intensifica cultura de paz

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Niños del Cauca, Córdoba y Bogotá participarán de Cine Solidario, de la Escuela de Paz de UNICEF

25 universidades públicas de Colombia trabajan desde las regiones por la Paz

La Segib Lanza el Laboratorio de Innovación por la Paz en Colombia

Tres Instituciones Educativas Fueron Premiadas por Construcción de Paz desde las Aulas

Unesco reconoció a colegios de Norte de Santander por su trabajo hacia la paz

Que la paz desplace a la violencia como inspiración de las artes

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Carnaval por la Paz acercó a exguerrilleros y comunidad en Manizales

Putumayo albergará bienal de educación y cultura para la paz

La UE pone voz a la paz de Colombia con las radios comunitarias

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Gobierno de Colombia y ELN acuerdan ayuda internacional para respaldar el proceso de paz

Santos celebra aprobación de Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz

Unión Europea, Gobierno Colombiano y sociedad civil juntos en el proyecto: “Radios Comunitarias para la Paz y la Convivencia”

Procesos de perdón y reconciliación en el departamento de Magdalena Centro

Juntos por la Paz, el colectivo juvenil que dialoga sobre paz en el Cesar

Crear un modelo de Paz Territorial en el Valle del Cauca, apuesta de Naciones Unidas

Antioquia: ¡Jóvenes unidos por una Paz Territorial!

Congreso debatirá nuevo pacto de paz en Colombia

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Jóvenes por la paz: multitudinarias marchas en 16 ciudades del país

Comunidades indígenas, campesinas y afrocolombianas le dicen sí a la paz

Comienza capacitación del personal que verificará alto el
fuego

El I Encuentro Internacional de Estudios de Paz

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Firman en La Habana histórico acuerdo de paz para Colombia

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MinEducación: El sector de la educación debe ser decisivo para consolidar la paz y mejorar su calidad

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¿Después del acuerdo qué?: “En Colombia nos tocará desarmar las palabras”

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La paz entre FARC y gobierno de Colombia queda sellada en Cuba

No habrá paz, sin Educación para la Paz

Cali por primera vez estructura Plan de Paz

Celebran en Colombia acuerdo para blindar jurídicamente pactos de paz

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Encuentro Nacional de Educación para la Paz

Proceso de paz en Colombia: una cronología

“El proceso de Paz es de todos”.

Firmantes de paz aportarán su experiencia en Colombia

#ConversemosEnPaz: Además de los acuerdos, aprender y desaprender para la paz

Pacto entre Gobierno y FARC-EP aviva esperanza sobre paz en Colombia

VII Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de REDUNIPAZ

La radio, instrumento para explicar la paz en zonas remotas de Colombia

ONU: hay menos violencia en Colombia a partir del proceso de paz

Autoridades municipales se preparan para el posconflicto en Cundinamarca

Rock al Parque 2015 – Una Tendencia del Siglo XXI

Carta de Colombia

San Agustín: escenario de la Bienal internacional de educación y cultura de paz

Ministerio del Trabajo acompañará, garantizará y facilitará Segunda Asamblea Nacional por la Paz

La cátedra de la paz

Inician construcción de Asamblea por la Paz en el caribe colombiano

FARC-EP y Gobierno colombiano crearán Comisión de la Verdad

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Is there progress towards a culture of peace in Mexico?

A few years ago, the great peace theoretician and historian Johan Galtung wrote that he was very impressed with progress towards a culture of peace in Mexico:

“At the national level an overarching program to prevent violence has been designed and enacted. Despite the fact that it misses some important topics –such as peace journalism, peace museums, peace business and nonviolent communication- it is a bold proposal, grounded in a legitimate peace philosophy –one in which peace is constructed through the satisfaction of basic human needs- and is well equipped in scope and with enough budget and personnel to achieve transcending results by construction of peace infrastructures (i.e. mediation centers, academic degrees in peace for civil servants, etc.) and the buildup of a mediation-dialogue-conciliation culture that had been floating in the air for some years but is now becoming a very concrete way of life not only in scholarly circles but also in civil society and government.”

Since that time more than a score of CPNN articles give evidence that his optimism was not misplaced. Despite the enormous level of violence in Mexico, there are signs of progress.

Readers are encouraged to add their comments below by mailing them to coordinator@cpnn-world.org

ARTICLES IN ENGLISH

October 14, 2024: Libraries, key to building a peace-building citizenship
 

October 14, 2024: Is peace possible or is it just an illusion?

October 14, 2024: UABC advances in the culture of peace

May 25, 2024: UAA inaugurates the CONEICC 2024 Meeting “Communicating for a culture of peace”

January 29, 2024: Art for peace in Mexico City

January 12, 2024: Oaxaca: State Government Promotes Culture of Peace as a Public Policy

December 29, 2023: The First Conference for Peace is held at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Cuajimalpa

December 29, 2023: Universities ratify peacebuilding strategy

December 5, 2023: Rebuilding the social fabric and the culture of peace in Mexico

December 4, 2023: Global forum at the Centro Universitario del Sur promotes the culture of peace

December 2, 2023: Multipliers of Peace impact more than 19 thousand young people from Guanajuato

June 21, 2023: Universidad Veracruzana launches Plan for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence

June 6, 2023: UAEMéx and the Judiciary promote a culture of peace

May 17, 2023: Guanajuato as the epicenter of the culture of peace

March 16, 2023: 175 organizations and groups convene a National Peace Conference

March 2, 2023: Tlaxcala has first place in the list of Women Builders of Peace

February 26, 2023: Initiative for a Law on Peace in Durango

December 27, 2022: Hidalgo: Networks of Women Peace-Builders created in Apan, Tula and Pachuca

December 23, 2022: Jalisco: V Global Forum on the Culture of Peace

August 23, 2022: International Diploma in Development and Culture of Peace at the UAZ (Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas)

August 21, 2022: Chihuahua: America García proposes initiative requiring all municipalities to issue regulations on the culture of peace

August 19, 2022: Curricular Strategy on Gender Equality in public schools

July 2, 2022: The Alamo City Council promotes a culture of peace among women

July 2, 2022: Mexico: Invitation to register for an online diploma in the Culture of Peace through the Arts

July 2, 2022: Yucatan: State Government and 10 Municipalities join efforts to prevent violence and crime

July 2, 2022: Mexico: The Jalisco Culture of Peace Program

June 18, 2022: Mexico: First issue of the electronic magazine “Culture of Peace” published by the State Human Rights Commission

May 23, 2022: Querétero, México; What is the culture of peace?

January 15, 2022: Mexico : Renowned researchers share their experience of the UNESCO Chairs of the Latin American and Caribbean Region

October 18, 2021: Mexico: Initiative to create the Law of Culture of Peace for the state of Zacatecas presented in the Legislature

October 17, 2021: The programs of Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to reduce violence in Mexico City

October 5, 2021: Mexico: Saltillo promotes the culture of peace

October 5, 2021: Mexico: UdeC holds international discussion on the culture of peace and human rights

June 6, 2021: Mexico City prepares third culture of peace meeting

May 6, 2021: Mexico: Quintana Roo celebrated a unique virtual hip hop festival in Maya language

December 31, 2020: Veracruz, Mexico : General Directorate for Culture of Peace and Human Rights

December 31, 2020: Culture of Peace against violence in Mexico

December 24, 2020: Mexico: The Academic of Education participates in the Conference for Peace of the Maguen David Hebrew School

December 22, 2020: San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Teachers of the Municipal Educational System Trained against Gender Violence

December 15, 2020: Mexico: 100 Actions for Peace; Wilfrido Laz

December 15, 2020: Mexico: IMA 5th Festival Culture of Peace

December 13, 2020: Mexico: SSPC administration meets with 217 Networks of Women Peacebuilders

December 11, 2020: UABJO launches Institutional Program for the Culture of Peace in Oaxaca, Mexico

December 5, 2020: Mexico: Virtual seminar on peace building in schools

December 4, 2020: La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Training of basic education teachers on the culture of peace

November 24, 2020: Toluca, Mexico, establishes more than 150 Peace Centers

November 8, 2020: Colima, Mexico: Virtual Forum “University Fostering a Culture of Peace”

October 21, 2020: Quintana Roo, Mexico: Judicial Power for Culture of Peace

October 17, 2020: Mexico: Courses and training to build a culture of peace

July 27, 2020: Guadalajara, Mexico: Online Diploma of Culture of Peace

May 10, 2020: Mexico: Universities of ANUIES to share best practices on culture of peace

February 26, 2020: Mexico: Culture of peace in higher education

January 28, 2020: The government of the state of Mexico holds an International Congress on Culture of Peace and Gender Perspective

January 10, 2020: Querétaro, Mexico: Mediation has benefited almost 8 thousand people in the capital

January 10, 2020: Peace advances in Michoacán, Mexico: Fermín Bernabé

December 28, 2019: Xalapa, Mexico: International Film Festival for a Culture of Peace

July 19, 2017: Seminar: Diagnoses and Proposals for Mexico

October 20, 2016: Mexico: Peace banners in the schools of Cobaem

October 5, 2016: First Meeting for Violence Prevention in Uruapan

September 4, 2016: Meeting on violence and peace in Mexico

July 21, 2016: Mexico: Presentation of the project “Oaxaca Intercultural”

July 21, 2016: Mexico: The government promotes mediation as an alternative for the resolution of conflicts

July 16, 2016: Michoacán, Mexico: Law Approved for Culture of Peace and Prevention of Violence

March 30, 2016: Mexico City: A system of mediation to be applied in all 16 delegations

February 15, 2015: Mexico: Alternative Justice Act should be approved before August

January 4, 2015: Queretaro, Mexico: Congress on Building Communities in Peace

November 15, 2014: Colombia and Mexico: Diploma on Culture of Peace and Forgiveness

October 14, 2014: Mexico: “The Crusade for a culture of peace” comes to Morelos

September 28, 2014: CEDH [State Human Rights Commission] and the Government have signed the Manifesto for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence

June 11, 2014: Chiapas Joins Forces with the Asociación Menchú Tum to Support the Indigenous Peoples

May 11, 2014: Mexico: Urgent to incorporate culture of peace in formal education

July 7, 2013: State DIF promotes culture of peace in schools (Mexico)

June 23, 2013: Aguascalientes, Mexico: City Council to Support Sustainable Development According to Agenda 21

December 27, 2012: Mexico urged to promote a culture of peace

December 7, 2012: International Seminar for a Culture of Peace: How to Stop Violence against Women [Mexico]

February 24, 2016: Book review: Hilary Klein’s Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories

October 5, 2011: Mexico: Education on the rights of the children: a strategy for peace

January 1, 2014: And Yet, It Moves! – The Case of Education for Peace in Mexico

ARTICLES IN SPANISH

October 14, 2024: Las bibliotecas, claves en la edificación de una ciudadanía constructora de paz

October 14, 2024: ¿La paz es posible o es solo una ilusión?

October 14, 2024: La UABC avanza en materia de cultura de la paz

May 25, 2024:   UAA inaugura el Encuentro CONEICC 2024: >  “Comunicar para una cultura de paz”>  .

January 29, 2024: Ofrecen artes por la paz

January 12, 2024: Oaxaca: Promueve Sego Cultura de Paz como Política Pública en Nuevas Autoridades Municipales

December 29, 2023: las Primeras Jornadas por la Paz en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Cuajimalpa

December 29, 2023: Ratifican universidades estrategia de construcción de paz

December 5, 2023: Adquiere relevancia la reconstrucción del tejido social y la cultura de la paz

December 4, 2023: Fomentan la cultura de paz con foro global en el Centro Universitario del Sur
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December 2, 2023: Multiplicadores de la Paz impacta a más de 19 mil jóvenes de Guanajuato
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June 21, 2023: Universidad Veracruzana lanza Plan de Cultura de Paz y No Violencia
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June 6, 2023: Promueven la UAEMéx y Poder Judicial cultura de la paz

May 17, 2023: Guanajuato se convertirá en epicentro de la cultura de la paz

March 16, 2023: 175 organizaciones y colectivos convocan a la Conferencia Nacional de Paz

March 2, 2023: Lidera Tlaxcala lista de Constructoras de la Paz

February 26, 2023: Presentan iniciativa de Ley sobre la Paz en Durango

December 27, 2022: Hidalgo: Se crean Redes de Mujeres Constructoras de Paz en Apan, Tula y Pachuca

December 23, 2022: Jalisco: Realizan Foro para Promover la Cultura de Paz

August 23, 2022: En la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Diplomado Internacional en Desarrollo y Cultura de Paz

August 21, 2022: Chihuahua: Propone America García a municipios crear reglamentos en materia de paz

August 19, 2022: Buscan erradicar estereotipos de género presentes en la educación

July 2, 2022: Ayuntamiento de Álamo promueve cultura de la paz entre mujeres

July 2, 2022: México: Invitan a registrarse en el Diplomado en línea Cultura de Paz a través de las Artes

July 2, 2022: Yucatán: Suman esfuerzos Gobierno del Estado y 10 Ayuntamientos para prevenir la violencia y el delito

July 2, 2022: México: Da inicio el Programa de Cultura de Paz de Jalisco

June 18, 2022: México: Publicó CEDH primer número de revista electrónica “Cultura de Paz”
 

May 23, 2022: Querétero, México; Y a todo esto ¿qué es la cultura de paz?

January 15, 2022: México : Reconocidos investigadores comparten su experiencia de las Cátedras UNESCO de la Región de América Latina y el Caribe

October 18, 2021: México : Presentan en la Legislatura iniciativa para crear la Ley de Cultura de Paz para el estado de Zacatecas

October 17, 2021: MÉXICO: Cuáles son los programas que implementó Claudia Sheinbaum para disminuir la violencia en CDMX

October 5, 2021: México: Saltillo promueve cultura de la paz

October 5, 2021: México: Realiza UdeC conversatorio internacional sobre cultura de paz y derechos humanos

June 6, 2021: México alista tercer encuentro cultural de la paz

May 6, 2021: México : Quintana Roo anuncia festival virtual de hip hop en maya
 

December 31, 2020: Veracruz, México: Dirección General de Cultura de Paz y Derechos Humanos

December 31, 2020: Cultura de paz contra la violencia en México

December 24, 2020: México : Académica de Educación participa en las Jornadas por la Paz del Colegio Hebreo Maguen David

December 22, 2020: San Luis Potosi, México : Capacitan a Docentes del Sistema Educativo Municipal contra Violencia de Género

December 15, 2020: México : 100 Acciones por la Paz; Wilfrido Láz

December 15, 2020: México : Celebra IMA “5 Festival Cultura de Paz”

December 13, 2020: México: Encabeza SSPC reunión con 217 Redes de Mujeres Constructoras de Paz

December 11, 2020: Inicia UABJO el Programa Institucional de Cultura de Paz en Oaxaca, México

December 5, 2020: México : Seminario virtual de paz en el ámbito escolar

December 4, 2020: La Paz, Baja California Sur, México : Capacitan a docentes de educación básica sobre cultura de paz

November 24, 2020: México : Constituye Toluca más de 150 Centros de Paz

November 8, 2020: Colima, Mexico : Inicia Foro virtual “Universitarios Fomentando una Cultura de Paz”

October 21, 2020: Quintana Roo, México : Poder Judicial, por Cultura de la Paz

October 17, 2020: México : Ofrecen cursos y capacitación para construir una cultura de paz

July 27, 2020: Guadalajara: Tapatío diplomado para fomentar la cultura de paz

May 10, 2020: México: Compartirán sus mejores prácticas sobre cultura de paz, universidades del país

February 26, 2020: México: Cultura de paz desde la educacion superior

January 28, 2020: El gobierno del estado de México realiza Congreso Internacional en Cultura de Paz y Perspectiva de Género

January 10, 2020: Querétaro, México: Mediación beneficia a casi 8 mil personas en la capital

January 10, 2020: Avanza fortalecimiento de la paz en Michoacán: Fermín Bernabé

December 28, 2019: Xalapa, México: Presentan Festival Internacional De Cine Para Una Cultura De Paz

July 19, 2017: Seminario sobre Violencia y Paz: Diagnóstios y Propuestas

October 20, 2016 Inician actividades del abanderamiento de paz en el Cobaem

October 5, 2016: Primer Encuentro de Prevención de la Violencia en Uruapan

September 4, 2016: Encuentro sobre violencia y paz en México

July 21, 2016: México: Presentan proyecto “Oaxaca Intercultural”

July 21, 2016: México: Promueve la SEGOB la mediación como alternativa para solución de conflictos

July 16, 2016: Michoacán, México: Aprueban Ley para la Cultura de Paz y Prevención de la Violencia

March 30, 2016: La Ciudad de México: Aplicarán sistema de mediación en las 16 delegaciones

February 15, 2015: México: Ley de Justicia Alternativa debe estar aprobada antes de agosto

January 4, 2015: Querétaro, Mexico: Congreso Construyendo Comunidades en Paz

November 15, 2014: La cultura de la paz y el perdón en un diplomado de Colombia para México

October 14, 2014: México: Llega a Morelos la “Cruzada Nacional por una cultura de la paz”

September 28, 2014: Firman CEDH [Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos] y Gobierno del estado Manifiesto por una Cultura de Paz y no Violencia [Michoacan, Mexico]

June 11, 2014: Chiapas y Asociación Menchú Tum conjuntan esfuerzos a favor de los pueblos indígenas

May 11, 2014: México: Urgente incorporar la cultura de paz a la educación formal

July 7, 2013: DIF estatal fomenta cultura de paz en escuelas (México)

June 23, 2013: Aguascalientes [México]: Conforma el Ayuntamiento Agenda 21 para el Desarrollo Sustentable

December 27, 2012: Urgen promover cultura de la paz en Mexico

December 7, 2012: Inició el Seminario Internacional por una Cultura de Paz: Cómo Suprimir la Violencia Contra las Mujeres

English bulletin March 1, 2016

. . THE STRUGGLE OF AFRICA . .

There is an epic struggle for the heart of Africa between the forces of the culture of war and those of the culture of peace. On the one hand, attacks by Boko Harem, Al Qaida, ISIS, and Al-Shabaab get the headlines in the commercial media, not to mention potential for civil war in Burundi and the fratricidal war in Southern Sudan, On the other hand, if the many recent articles in CPNN about initiatives for the culture of peace are an indication, it is the culture of peace that is gaining!

African Union: Burundi agrees to accept African Union human rights monitors

African Union: 26th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly concludes with gratitude to Ebola fighters and peace as priorities of the continent

African Union: Retreat of the Pan-African Network of the Wise

Senegal: The feminist Bineta Diop: United against war in Africa

Tunisia: Appeal for massive particiption in the first international meeting on education for peace

Cameroon: Community radio in the service of peace education

Morocco: Muslims Advance Consensus for Citizenship for All: The Marrakesh Declaration

Mali: Elaboration of a national program for culture of peace: Experts at work

Ethiopia: AAPI Convenes 2nd Arts4Peace Forum in Addis Ababa

Congo (DRC): Declaration of the Youth Clubs of the Congo Peace Network

Congo (DRC): Goma, Nord Kivu: Third edition of the Amani Music Festival

Sierra Leone News: Minister urge delegates to develop a culture of peace

The Gambia: ‘African countries must unite’

South Africa: African women organize to reclaim agriculture against corporate takeover

Chad: Commemoration of the National Day of peace, peaceful coexistence and national harmony

As Nestor Bidadanure describes in his article on How to Achieve the Freedom Promised: “In Africa, the decolonization in the legal sense has not been followed by an ideological break with the colonial model of governance by some of the political elite. . . The colonial practice of divide and rule is continued today as the favorite political weapon of extremist elites.”

He concludes that “The Culture of Peace should be considered and taught as an ideal that ties together and strengthens that which has been torn apart. It is the antithesis of Radical Identity Populism, a theory of inclusion and reconciliation with which we can achieve the freedom promised, an Africa at peace with herself and with the world. It considers the differences within a nation to be a precious resource. It reminds us that there is no national identity except the diversity, both cultural and human, of all its citizens.”

      

WOMEN’S EQUALITY

African Union
26th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly concludes with gratitude to Ebola fighters and peace as priorities of the continent

DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION

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US: New Haven Peaces Out. A Bit

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY

BurundiBurundi agrees to accept African Union human rights monitors

HUMAN RIGHTS

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US: We come to the gates of Hancock Drone Base today to install a memorial of Jerry Berrigan.

TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY

Marrakesh
Muslims Advance Consensus for Citizenship for All: The Marrakesh Declaration

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

solaires

France expects to have 1000 kilometers of solar routes within 5 years!

FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION

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Colombia: National Meeting on Education for Peace

EDUCATION FOR PEACE

tunisia
Tunisia: Appeal for massive particiption in the first international meeting on education for peace

English bulletin February 1, 2016

PEACE: ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS ?

As we enter the new year of 2016, we may ask if the culture of peace continues to advance on all the fronts that we covered in the various CPNN bulletins of 2015:

WELCOME THE REFUGEES (December): Despite the political resistance to refugees in Europe, there are also social movements in defense of the refugees. This was expressed recently by rallies throughout Europe marking the Global Day of Action against Racism. The Madrid Rally was held under the slogan: “We are all migrants and refugees, we all have rights.” Another slogan was “No to NATO!, making it clear that the influx of refugees is largely due to the military interventions by NATO in Africa and the Middle East.

CULTURE OF PEACE IN LATIN AMERICA (November): There are peace initiatives underway throughout Latin America. The November bulletin describes actions in Cuba, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Chile, Colombia and Honduras. Last month 500 delegates from 18 countries and 34 education trade unions in Latin America met in Costa Rica in the third meeting of the Pedagogical Movement to renew the cohesion and agenda for the future of education in Latin America.

COLOMBIA PREPARES FOR PEACE (September): The biggest news for peace in Latin America last year was the progress of the peace process in Colombia. As indicated in the chronology published this month, we can expect the signing of peace accords in the month of March.

NEEDED: POLITICAL WILL AT COP21 (August): Although experts regret the lack of political will at the Climate Summit (see last month’s bulletin), the year 2015 has seen “amazing advances in renewable energy,” which raise hopes that we can reverse the process of global warming and climate change despite the failure of the nations to curb their reliance on fossil fuels.

CONFRONTING TERRORISM WITHOUT VIOLENCE (July): The mayors of Paris and Madrid, the cities of Europe that have suffered the most from terrorist attacks have announed that they will hold an international peace forum in response. Rather than promoting military responses, they propose education for non-violence. Similarly, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has released a UN plan of action to confront violent extremism that calls for cultural rather than military measures. Since “extremism flourishes when human rights are violated, political space is shrunk, aspirations for inclusion are ignored, and too many people – especially young people – lack prospects and meaning in their lives. . . . [we need to emphasize] the critical elements for success: Good governance. The rule of law. Political participation. Quality education and decent jobs. Full respect for human rights. . . a special effort to reach out to young people and recognize their potential as peacebuilders.” The latter element is addressed in detail in the recent resolution 2250 of the United Nations Security Council on Youth, Peace & Security.

MOVEMENTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY (June): Six hundred representatives of native communities around the world recently gathered in Shillong, northeastern India, for Indigenous Terra Madre (ITM), an event that helps forge a global network of indigenous peoples, activists and their supporters. “The truth is that 500 million small household food communities feed 70 percent of the world, yet they are treated the worst of all”

THE ANTI-AUSTERITY SPRING (May): The Prime Minister of Portugal has said that the first measures of his government this year will begin to end the country impoverishment and social decline due to the policy of austerity. He came to power in the recent elections as a socialist candidate opposing austerity and is governing in coalition with the marxists parties and the communists. In Spain, Podemos which gained a large vote by opposing austerity is now trying to make a similar coalition with left political parties.

WOMEN, EQUALITY AND PEACE (April): African women, organized in Dzomo la Mupo, the Voice of the Earth, associated with the African Biodiversity Network, are reclaiming traditional agricultural practice, opposing the commercialization of farming: “Women also have to teach young girls and young women about seed and food sovereignty and the importance of soil because they’re the ones who will remain to pass that on.”

PEACE THROUGH TOURISM (March): A World Summit on Sustainable Tourism in November adopted a World Charter for Sustainable Tourism +20 incorporating the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. The Charter also claims the preservation of the actual quality of the destinations and the tourism industry and the ability to meet the tourist as priorities, as well as the need to promote alternative forms of tourism.

LISTEN TO THE INDIGENOUS (February): We recently republished “15 Indigenous Rights Victories That You Didn’t Hear About in 2015.” “Good news. Sometimes, it comes in the form of a cancelled hydro dam that spares 20,000 people from the burden of displacement. Other times, it takes the shape of a simple court admission that Indigenous Peoples do actually make the best conservationists. . . Indigenous rights victories give us all pause to celebrate, to reflect and to rejuvenate our own quests for justice.” And Chile has created a Ministry of Indigenous People, a National Council and Indigenous People”s Councils. Representatives of the ethic groups Aymara, Quechua, Atacameños, Diaguitas, Kollas, Rapa Nui, Kawesqar, Yaganes and Mapuche were consulted.

TRUTH COMMISSIONS (January 2015): In December, the final report of the Canadian Truth Commission was published. The writer reflects that “We, as a country, are just now starting to come to terms with the sobering realization that the systematic destruction of indigenous cultures, languages, family structures, lands and ceremonies amounted to cultural genocide. . . But change is possible. We can change, we are changing, and I am very hopeful that this momentum we have collectively generated will continue. I am excited about the future that lies ahead of us and I am proud to be part of this country that is embracing this cry for change and reconciliation.”

      

DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION

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International Peace Forum Proposed by the Mayors of Madrid and Paris

WOMEN’S EQUALITY

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African women organize to reclaim agriculture against corporate takeover

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY

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Global arms industry: West still dominant despite decline; sales surge in rest of the world, says SIPRI

HUMAN RIGHTS

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15 Indigenous Rights Victories That You Didn’t Hear About in 2015

TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY

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President Creates Ministry of Indigenous People in Chile

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Native Cultures Push For Sustainable Food Solutions

FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION

Colombia

The peace process in Colombia: A Chronology

EDUCATION FOR PEACE

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US: The First Mural Museum in the World is a Culture of Peace Museum