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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? |
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
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? |
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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? |
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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