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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? |
Interfaith
Peace-building Initiative (IPI) is an interfaith movement in Ethiopia
with the purpose of bring together people of diverse faiths in order to
promote enduring daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously
motivated violence and to create a couture of peace, justice and
healing for the earth and all living beings. It is a member of United
Religions Initiative. People from a wide array of faith all over the
world have joined this growing community, which seeks primarily to
respect diversity of beliefs and to find common ground to work together
to deepen mutual understanding and trust and create a culture of peace.
IPI is a registered NGO in Ethiopia with Ministry of Justice and its members have been carrying out various peace activities.
In
answering the call of the international Culture of peace year on 1st
January, 2000 in collaboration with UNESCO IPI organized and
inaugurated a Peace Monument ceremony, in the compound of the
Organization of African Unity (OAU) which is called now African Union
with the theme and intention of “Welcoming the Millennium with Peace”.
On
September 18th, 2001 IPI members met to pray together in remembrance of
all those who lost there lives and have been deeply affected by the
sorrowful tragedy of the 11th September. These and other activities
examples of interfaith dialogue, cooperation and harmony.
At the
beginning of 2000, in the process of considering what kind of peace
activities could help bring about a positive change in society, we
discovered that young people expresses a strong desire to come together
in an interfaith encounter to reflect on an agenda for reconciliation
and to work towards promoting peaceful relationships in the society. We
thought what a blessing it would be to focus this powerful youthful
energy in a positive way! Thus the IPI leadership team conducted a
series of six workshops with idea of nurturing the new generation for
contributing to a peaceful future. We strongly believe that a more
peaceful world is within our reach if we work for it.
The
participants who attended the series of workshop were drawn from the
various faith groups in the country. These included the Orthodox,
Catholics, Evangelical Church, Muslims and Bahais.In addition to this
other youth from different youth clubs and Associations also took part.
The IPI leadership team employed feedback mechanisms from participants
to build up on each one of the successive presentations.
Some themes of the workshop included:
Respecting Diversity
Communications and Leadership Skills for Peace Building
Cultivating Non-violence Thinking
The Role of Religions in Reconciliation
Culture of Peace
Connecting Faith and Action through Cultural Reconciliation Methods
Positive Thinking
The role of human rights in promotion of peace, justice and development I Ethiopia
Gender Issues and Peace-building
HIV/AIDS and Peace-building
Relation among Religions and Faith Groups in Ethiopia
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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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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Other Activities that is carried out by IPI to Purse a Culture of Peace
International Day of Peace commemorated every year
A Peace Symposium was held at the Conference hall of UNECA
People of different faith had discussion o the subject of peace at the auditorium of KM School
During the 72 hours peace project a message of peace was transmitted to religious leaders and people of different faiths
Wrote about the Culture of peace on different news paper
Work on different peace programme with UNESCO
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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? |
Appoint
people who demonstrate an outstanding commitment and dedication for
building a culture of peace as Goodwill Ambassador of Peace and get
them to actively engage the society at large in promoting the 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? |
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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)? |
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Postal address of organization
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E-mail address of organization
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Website address of organization
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Ethiopia
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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