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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? |
Acadia
and C-I have been promoting a culture of peace, human rights and
democratization for the last 8 years through a Young Professionals
Programme sponsored by the Government of Canada.
(http://ace.acadiau.ca/polisci/conley/conley.htm) This programme
sends recent Canadian university graduates to the field for six months
to gain international working experience. We have partnered with UNESCO
Headquarters and Regional Offices, NGOs in the promotion of a culture
of peace, and with governments needing assistance in creating their
human rights reports under the UN international instruments or to
help in promoting human rights in their country. Currently we have Young Professionals in the Balkans, sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, Bangladesh, and India. The
success of 'capacity-building' has been outstanding. The experiences of
our young professionals has been exceptional. Many former young
professionals are now working for international organizations, the
Canadian Foreign Service, or for NGOs.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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The
principal obstacle has been one of changing priorities of donor
countries. This has made it difficult to work beyond our six-month
mandate and to ensure the successful completion of projects which were
initiated.
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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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Many
of our actions are outlined in our electronic newspaper, "The Global
Byte" (http://euler.acadiau.ca/~conley/Human_Rights/Interns/gbyte/). We
have been successful in assisting a variety of countries to submit
their periodic human rights reports (Benin, Ghana, Gambia), educating
about discrimination of those with HIV/AIDS (South Africa);
strengthening human rights and peace education (Namibia, South Africa,
The Gambia), strengthening the peace process (Guatemala, Bosnia,
Serbia), and promoting a culture of peace (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia,
Bosnia, Russia, Jordan, Egypt, Great Lakes Region).

"A
typical Bosnia playground. We must work harder for building a culture
of peace so that the 1997 UNESCO Declaration on the Responsibilities of
the Present Generation Towards Future Generations can become a
reality." (http://portal.unesco.org/en....1.html)
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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? |
We
must increase our efforts to involve youth in a meaningful way. We
propose a "Global Youth Challenge", involving youth from all over the
world to network and to provide substantive input into ideas and
actions for the promotion of a culture of peace.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
CIR Rescate, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina Serbia Grupa 484, Policy/Advocacy Unit, Belgrade Bosnia-Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation, Sarajevo, BiH Serbia Centre for Antiwar Action, Belgrade Adult Education Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo Serbia Civic Initiatives, Belgrade FAR - Association for Democratic Education, Bulgaria (Bourgas) Serbia, IIZ/DVV Adult Education for Serbia and Montenegro Bulgaria Adult Education Association, Sophia International Press Institute Vienna Intercultural Institute Romania (Timisoara) IIZ/DVV Project Office for Adult Education - Romania (Bucharest) Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, UNDP Office, Nairobi. Kenya African Commission on Human and People's Rights, Banjul, The Gambia Center
for Children's Theatre Development, Prishtina, Kosova Human Rights
Documentation Centre, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia University of the Witwatersrand AIDS Research Institute, Braamfontein, South Africa Oliver Tambo Chair of Human Rights, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights Government of the Gambia Child Rights Unit Centre for Minority Rights (CEMIRIDE), Nairobi, Kenya Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi, India UNESCO, Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights UNESCO, Human Rights and Development Section Geneva for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland Centre for Sustainable Development Initiatives (CENSUDI), Bolgatanga, Ghana Human Rights Office of the Presidential Human rights Commission (COPREDEH), Guatemala City, Guatemala Journalists For Human Rights (JHR), Accra, Ghana
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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)? |
We
plan on linking the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development
with a culture of peace and the promotion of human rights, democracy,
tolerance and international understanding. This will be done through a
continuation of our Young Professional programme and through new
initiatives we are about to begin through the Canadian Government's
Canada Corps (http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CanadaCorps)
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Postal address of organization
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2052 Brunswick Street Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 2Y7
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E-mail address of organization
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conley@acadiau.ca conley@conley-international.org
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Website address of organization
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http://ace.acadiau.ca/polisci/conley/conley,htm http://www.conley-international.org
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of peace
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Human rights
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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International
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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sub-Sahara Africa
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