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Organization: International Public Foundation for Survival and Development of Humanity
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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?

1.The three regions in the status of the Republics of the Russian Federation have endorsed the Earth Charter on the Parliamentary level, they are Tatarstan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Kalmykia. Such an action was the first in the world.
2.WorldMadeChannel based on the principles of the culture of peace and civil society has been registered and started broadcasting on experimental basis.
3.The Government of Moscow and the Moscow House of Nationalities (in cooperation with our Foundation) carried out a number of actions and publications within the framework of the project "Moscow on the Way to the Culture of Peace".

OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?

As the Russian Federation is considered to be a country in transition period Non-Governmental Organizations experience certain difficulties.
The situation in Chechnya is still tense and terrorist attacks occur (Beslan tradegy was a recent severe terrorist act).

ACTIONS: What actions have been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?

1.Public hearings in Moscow with participation of the Earth Council and over 150 representatives of the governmental institutions and NGO’s.
1.Edoresement of the Earth Charter in the three Republics of the Russian Federation on the Parliamentary level (Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia)
3.Moscow round tables with participation of the leading experts in the field of ecology, politics, law from the USA, Japan, Australia, Latin America, countries of Europe.
4.Workshops and conferences in Kamchatka, in the countries of Central Asia, Altai, the city of Nizhny-Novgorod,S. Petersburg.
5.We published compilations of the EC papers, documentation of public hearings (over 40,000 copies).
6. Report of Dr.Khairov, Executive Director of the Foundation, at the special session of the UN General Assembly on the issues of civil society.
7. Dr.Khairov,s report in the Parliament of the Russian Federation.




His Holiness Dalai Lama XIV who supported the ideas of the Earth Charter



Member of Russian Academy of Scences Ye.Velikhov, Michael Gorbachev, Metropolitan Pitirim - leadership of our Foundation



Federico Mayor - former General Director of UNESCO

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?

To boost the mass media and to strengthen their role in promoting the culture of peace and nonviolence.
(For ourselves we render every support and cooperate with the WorldMade Channel.)

PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace?

Earth Charter Commission, Green Cross International, Fundación Cultura de Paz, CRLE, IUCN, UNESCO, the Rockefellers' Foundation, JSFC Sistema, The Russian Federation State Duma Commission for Sustainable Development, Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation, WorldMade Channel,Russian Regional Ecological Center, municipal and regional structures in Russia, etc.

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)?

To promote the teaching programs including the Earth Charter principles in regional educational establishments and higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation (Institute of Governance, University of Peoples' Freindship after P.Lumumba).
Cooperation with UNESCO.

Postal address of organization

9/5 Denezhny pereulok, 119002 Moscow, Russia

E-mail address of organization

gcinfo@space.ru

Website address of organization

www.earthcharter.org  www.earthcharter.ru

Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace

Sustainable Development

Second priority action domain of a culture of peace

Education for a culture of peace (Earth Charter)

Highest priority country of action (or international)

Russian Federation

Second priority country of action (or international)

Europe
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