International Munich Peace Conference

The International Munich Peace Conference has been an annual conference in Munich since 2003 . Organization and coordination are carried out jointly by the sponsoring group in cooperation with the Helmut-Michael-Vogel-Bildungswerk to promote the peace work of the DFG-VK Bayern.

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The conference sees itself as an alternative to the Munich Security Conference in terms of content . It is funded by the Culture Department of the City of Munich . In the conference, supported by panel discussions, international forums and numerous lectures, approaches and ways of shaping peace and justice will be presented.

One of the main goals of the peace conference is to initiate thought processes that promote a culture of peace. With concrete examples from different cultures, perspectives are to be shown for a life in peace and social and global justice as well as a responsible handling of nature.

Carrier circle

The sponsoring group consists of the following organizations:

• German Peace Society - United War Resisters , LV Bavaria
• Pax Christi in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
• International Association of Reconciliation German Branch eV
• Natural Scientists Initiative Responsibility for Peace and Sustainability
• Network Peace Tax Region Bavaria
• Project group "Change Munich Security Conference" eV
• Network Nonviolent Communication Munich eV

The sponsors no longer include:

• District youth association Munich city
• Bund Naturschutz Kreisgruppe München eV

Cancellation of the 2020 conference

After the conference in December 2019 initially unloaded the Jewish SPD city councilor Marian Offman , who was supposed to speak a greeting from the state capital of Munich on behalf of Mayor Dieter Reiter , because he, like the city council majority , is an opponent of the “ Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions ” campaign , the decision was criticized as anti-Semitic by the Bavarian anti-Semitism commissioner Ludwig Spaenle, among others . The organizers then canceled the event entirely.

Honorary Curators

The group of honorary curators supports the International Munich Peace Conference. They include:

• Hans-Peter Dürr († 2014), winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize
• Hans-Christof von Sponeck , former UN coordinator for Iraq
• Franz Alt , publicist
• Klaus Hahnzog , constitutional judge and retired mayor. D. and
• Konstantin Wecker , songwriter
• Hanne-Margret Birckenbach , professor for peace and conflict research
• Joachim Bauer , neurobiologist, doctor, psychiatrist

Web links

• Website of the International Munich Peace Conference

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} International Munich Peace Conference . Retrieved August 17, 2020
2. ^ ^{A b} International Munich Peace Conference. In: German Peace Society - United War opponents - Against War. For peace. Retrieved August 17, 2020 . 
3. ↑ The event is funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich . Retrieved August 17, 2020
4. ↑ Martin Bernstein: Marian Offman unloaded as a speaker. Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 23, 2019.
5. ^ Martin Bernstein: Peace conference does not take place. Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 16, 2020.