International coordination for the decade
On 10 November 1998, the General Assembly of the United Nations (has UNO ), the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, the years 2001-2010, for the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World explains .
Since 2001, national networks for the decade have been established in several countries, for example in France, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy. These national networks, together with a number of international organizations, founded the International Coordination for the Decade in June 2003 .
Members of the International Coordination for the Decade
National Coordination (11)
- Comitato italiano per il Decennio ( Italy )
- Coordination béninoise pour la Décennie ( Benin )
- Coordination canadienne pour la Décennie ( Canada ) Observing members
- Coordination congolaise pour la Décennie ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) Observing members
- Coordination française pour la Décennie ( France )
- Coordination marocaine pour la Décennie ( Morocco )
- Coordination togolaise pour la Décennie ( Togo )
- Cooperation for Peace ( Germany ) Observing members
- Austrian Network for Peace and Nonviolence ( Austria )
- Plateforme congolaise pour la Décennie ( Republic of the Congo )
- Platform voor een Cultuur van Vrede en Geweldloosheid ( Netherlands )
International Associations (15)
- Association Montessori Internationale
- Caritas Internationalis
- Church and Peace
- FIACAT (International Federation of ACAT , Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture)
- Franciscans International
- Friends World Committee for Consultation ( Quakers )
- Initiatives of Change International
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation / Internationaler Versöhnungsbund (IFOR)
- World Council of Churches (WCC) Observing members
- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Observing Members
- Pax Christi International
- Pax Romana / ICMICA
- Réseau Foi, Culture et Education (Central Africa)
- Servicio Paz y Justicia en America Latina ( SERPAJ ) Observing Members
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) / International Women's League for Peace and Freedom (IFFF)
Honor Protection Committee
- Tendzin Gyatsho XIV. Dalai Lama , Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Mairead Corrigan , Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Joseph Rotblat (†), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Desmond Tutu , Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Elise Boulding , peace and conflict researcher
- Anwarul K. Chowdhury , Deputy Secretary General and High Representative of the UN
- Hildegard Goss-Mayr , winner of the Niwano Peace Prize
- Samuel Kobia , General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
- Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino , President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- Federico Mayor , President of the Fundación Cultura de Paz
- Queen Nūr of Jordan
- Andrea Riccardi
- Marshall B. Rosenberg