Posted: Jan. 31 2010,13:35 |
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Postal address of organization/institution
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45 Cambridge St., Victoria, BC, Canada V8V 4A7 (temporary)
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E-mail address of organization/institution
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info@mfp-dop.org
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Website address of organization/institution
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www.mfp-dop.org
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Telephone of organization/institution
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(1) 250-383-5878
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PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity |
EDUCATION FOR PEACE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity |
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace?
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GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICT (GPPAC) DEPARTMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS ((PATRIR - ROMANIAN PEACE INSTITUTE), MAYORS FOR PEACE, OPERATION PEACE THROUGH UNITY
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ACTIONS: What activities have been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010 report.
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Expanded our country membership from 14 in 2005 to over 35 in 2010 now spanning 5 continents; held 4 increasingly large and focused Summits in the UK, Canada, Japan and Costa Rica; individual country participation in the UN International Days of Peace and Nonviolence; campaign for a resolution to the UN General Assembly calling for ministries and departments of peace, or other infrastructures of peace, in all countries; promoting the formation of national peace academies, national commissions on peace and civilian peace services to function both domestically and abroad
![](http://decade-culture-of-peace.org/end-of-decade-report/reportphotos/ministries.jpg) Participants at the 2009 Summit of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments for Peace outside Costa Rica's National Theater photo courtesy of Kathleen Burke
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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 second half of the Decade? |
3 countries now have Ministers of Peace, Nepal, Costa Rica and Solomon Islands and many others have related infrastructures for peace: our membership now exceeds 35 countries; our 2009 Summit was officially sponsored by the Republic of Costa Rica, the first time a government has done so; the US and Canada have pending legislation for departments of peace; participation in the movement for national academies of peace (Costa Rica, US, Denmark); formation of the African Alliance for Peace (AAP) influencing policy of national governments, e.g. the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Conflict Issues, convened by Ministry for Peace UK
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OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?
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Lack of human and financial resources to further our work; resistance from national governments
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PLANS: What new engagements are planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence?
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Focus on Africa through the African Alliance for Peace’s (AAP) 2010 conference and holding the next Global Alliance Summit in Capetown, S. Africa, Fall 2011; strengthening our networking tools to assist each country to further their initiatives for departments of peace; furthering the campaign for a UN resolution referred to above
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GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??
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Through our continued campaigning for ministries and departments of peace in all nations with cabinet-level ministers of peace; strengthening national culture of peace initiatives, especially those emerging from civil society, e.g. the restorative justice movement; passing of a UN resolution calling for infrastructures of peace in all member countries
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