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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
Peace
Worldwide is a slogan of peace in the World filled with chaos due to
unsure circumstances in every aspects of life. Pww was organized in
1996,by experienced and God fearing people, who heard the cry of
millions of parents desperate to secure the future of their children
but are helpless.
Peace Worldwide took the burden to help those
helpless parents morally, socially and economically. At hand we are
pleased to announce that we have successfully initiated this service by
the grace of God and are planning to expand it by virtue and help of
our executive body and other friends and agencies all over the
Islamabad, as our only financial source depends upon the trust in God
Almighty and then God fearing people who have their hearts filled with
sympathy for helpless people.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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The
Islamic extremists have penetrated every sector of government /
semi-government and also private sectors. While the extremist
under the banner of Madrrasa(Islamic Education Schooling System) is an
exposed force, working behind the scenes you will find extremists in
the , social welfare agencies, educational sectors whom are slowly but
surely promoting an extremist agenda. They are also putting
unjustified pressure on Christian NGO’s and NGO’s that do not place
emphasis on religion to either cease their operations, threats
and blackmail to maintain silence. One notable example is that
NWFP Chief Minister-Mr. Akram Durrani- a member of the extremist
organization MMA has banned all NGO’s from visiting any government
schools/ departments and social welfare departments.
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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We Disscussed and sent written proposal to our Government as Under
a)
The Government of Pakistan should be encouraged to re-train all its
existing staff in public relations, methods of conducting business, to
be apolitical and refrain from promoting a bribery culture.
b) All
clergy should be relegated to their respective places of worship and
banned from interfering into politics or social welfare issues that are
not religion related.
c) Educational institutions should play more
emphasis on the One Nation – One People policy so that younger
generations do not continue the discriminatory trends that have existed
for decades.
d) Law enforcement agencies should be encouraged to
refrain from violating the basic human rights of all persons in their
custody. Every offender is innocent until proven guilty.
e)
Media (Both print & electronic) should broadcast news & events
as they happen without bias and must discourage presentation of
religious broadcasts that offend various denominations.
f) Recruitment in all government/semi-government sectors should be based on merit – not nepotism or religious background.
g)
Adequate representation of minorities in Senate/National and Provincial
Assemblies according to the correct census figures – currently we the
minorities are understated in the National census.
h) Derogatory –
Discriminatory remarks made by any member of the public to be
considered an offence punishable by either a fine or jail term for
second offenders to discourage people from adopting such an attitude.
i)
Large scale, long-term promotion/education via the print-electronic
media of the need to encourage national unity & equal rights.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
Pakistani Christian want a permanent Vocal Representation Under the Umbrella of the United nations
1) The United Nations establishes an independent Commission based in Islamabad with branches in all the big cities of Pakistan.
2)
That the Executive Board consists of 20 members – 15 from all the
minority groups and 5 from developed countries with an excellent human
rights track record.
3) That the head of the Commission is
directly reporting to either the Secretary General or the Deputy
Secretary General(South Asian Affairs)
4) That every member is
allowed access to the President of Pakistan, The Prime Minister
of Pakistan, All the Chief Ministers of their respective
provinces and any other High ranking Government official at all times
and on short notice.
5) That none of the Board members are selected by the Government of Pakistan.
6)
That the Government of Pakistan is bound by International Law to
investigate all relevant issues thoroughly (currently the government
tries to conceal or brush aside issues) and notify the Commission of
the proper action taken in each matter. The United Nations
Security Council should be empowered to place sanctions on the
Government of Pakistan in cases of inaction by the government
concerning issues raised by the Commission.
7) The commission should place emphasis on relgious freedom and ensure that such freedom is in place at all time.
To
this end periodical visits to religious places and meetings with the
head of various denominations as well as community leaders must occur
8)that
commission members are immune from local prosecution and granted
political immunity as agreed upon in the Geneva Convention.
9) That
the commission oversees the compilation of the National Census
(Currently the Census is inaccurate and Minorities numbers are under
stated, Largely to deny Minorities proper representation in the Federal
and Provincial political system) and ensures that minorities are
adequately represented in the Government
10) That the commission
ensures that the government of Pakistan is developing the
infrastructure evenly (Currently Christians live in ghettos which has
little or no sanitation and others facilities) and that no minorities
group is disadvantaged with the current fast pace of development that
is occurring in Pakistan.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
Peace
Worldwide is Registered with Government of pakistan Regd No
VSWA/ICT/401. Accreditation with Finanacing for Developmentment (FFD)
Coordinatioin Secretariat Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations. Accredited with World Summit on Sustainable Development
Seretariat UN/ Johannesburg.Accredited with WSIS Secretariat
UN/Switzerland Accredited with United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development/Brazil. We Have Participated WSSD, CSD-12,13 and Special
High Level meeting of the Economic and Social Council With the Bretton
Woods Institutions held in New York USA. Peace Worldwide has
Partnership in different countries on National and International
Levels including CONGO-Switzerland, Prison Fellowship
International-Canada & USA, , Orient Society-Denmark, NCD
Mission-Korea, Trade & Development – Brazil, WACC
(World Association for Christian Communication) U. K.
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
Our
current focus is on human rights issues affecting those in Pakistan,
with special emphasis on the minorities whom are victims of human
rights abuses.
As long as the minorities remain poor, they will be
weak, and it is usually the weak that suffer the most. How do we
correct this imbalance? They are various methods of dealing with this
situation including:
1. Providing Primary/Secondary Education.
2. Vocational training.
3. Providing recreational facilities.
4. Promoting sports training.
5. Moral & financial assistance in Jobs placement.
6. International Scholarships.
7.
Periodical Seminars/workshops touching on issues like
Drugs, Alcohol, Nicotine & other substance abuses.
8. Encourage Community Service.
Until
and unless we raise the lost self-esteem of any human we can never
expect that human to lead a decent and peaceful life. A loss of
self-worth usually leads any human to a negative lifesytle including
the all important terrorism, which has taken off on a grand scale.
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Postal address of organization
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Peace Worldwide
P.O.Box No 1835
GPO, Islamabad - Pakistan
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E-mail address of organization
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pww2000@hotmail.com
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Website address of organization
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http://www.pww.org.pk
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Human Rights
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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International Peace and Security
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Pakistan
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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Afghanistan
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