International Peace Update articles from January 1 2005

International Peace Update archives from January 1 2005

"The silent emergency of simple needs ..." message from the international president, Regina Birchem.
January 1, 2005... For many around the world daily pressing concerns are for food, shelter, affordable clean water, freedom from threats of violence. Not much thought is given each day to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear attack. ...

Women join the peace process.(Editorial)(Editorial)
January 1, 2005... The twentieth century has been labeled as the century of world-wide violence, conflict and confrontation. The pyramid of violence from the apex to the base has been constructed on components of conflicts among states, among social groups and...

Corrections from our previous issue.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2005... (a) Page 9, Contact for International Women's Peace Conference in Cuba is: Cindy Domingo b) Page 12, the article from WILPF-Costa Rica was not translated by Mary Day Kent.

Beijing +10 Review and Appraisal: future actions.
January 1, 2005... The Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) will be carried out by the UN Commission on the Status of Women (28 February-11 March 2005). The objective of the Review and Appraisal is to assess the achievements, gaps and...

Preparing for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review.
January 1, 2005... The achievements of the 2000 Review Conference have been ignored, undermined or, in some cases, even denied. Nuclear proliferation, both vertical and horizontal, continues to threaten our global security. The third Preparatory Committee of the...

Welcoming Susi Snyder to Geneva.
January 1, 2005... We are proud to announce that Ms. Susi Snyder will begin her work in the Geneva office as WILPF's Secretary General early in 2005. Susi previously served as Director of WILPF's New York UN Office. Susi was born in Germany and lived most of...

UN resolution 1325: fourth anniversary.
January 1, 2005... UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security adopted in October 2000, describes women's situations during wars and conflicts and demands that women participate as equals in decision making in early stages to prevent...

Gender issues in the UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti: an interview.(Interview)
January 1, 2005... While there has been substantial discussion about the role and position of peace-keeping gender advisors at the policy level, there have been few opportunities to understand how these gender advisors operationalize their mandates in their...

Lecturing on a Japanese Peace Boat.
January 1, 2005... Peace Boat is a Japan-based international non-governmental and non-profit organization that works to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development and respect for the environment. Peace Boat seeks to create awareness and action...

Military service in Lebanon.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Today the people of Lebanon are discussing and evaluating youth military service: its advantages and disadvantages. Presently, a year's service commitment is imposed upon youth once they graduate high school. Some are asking to diminish the...

WILPF in Australia.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
January 1, 2005... Australians were plunged into the depths of depression after the Federal Elections of October 13, 2004 which re-elected, with an increased majority, a fourth three year term, the ultra conservative right wing government. The reasons for...

London European Social Forum.
January 1, 2005... European Social Forum(ESF) Through networking with international NGOs, UK organizations, and with European Sections, WILPF participated in several ESF meetings (October 2004) including Women and Trade Injustice, Militarism and Violence...

The disappeared in Iraq: wives and widows.
January 1, 2005... Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of UNIFEM, opened the Round Table on Roles of WIDOWS in Conflict Management and Peace Building, at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, New York, March 2004, convened by Widows for Peace through Democracy...

Canada peace conference.
January 1, 2005... A pan-Canadian peace conference, was held in Toronto November 5-7th 2004. This Peace conference was jointly organized by the Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women's...

Peace on Earth exhibit.
January 1, 2005... I am working to set up the second exhibit at the small Popular Cultures and Arts Museum, sponsored by WILPF El Salvador and Siglo XXIII. The exhibition continues on special international days: AIDS, Physically Challenged People, Human rights,...

Rustle the leaf.
January 1, 2005... "Rustle The Leaf" Comics characters courtesy of GO NATUR'L STUDIOS, LLC, [c] 2005. The "Rustle The Leaf Comics" properties [c] and [TM] of GO NATUR'L STUDIOS, LLC. All Rights Reserved. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

The First Committee of the General Assembly.
January 1, 2005... The 59th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee took place from 4th October to 5th November. I was luckily able to attend the First Committee in New York City for the last two weeks of the session as a Disarmament Intern of WILPF....

Male roles, masculinities and violence. A culture of peace perspective-UNESCO Publication.
January 1, 2005... Male Roles, Masculinities And Violence. A Culture Of Peace Perspective-UNESCO Publication. Review of the article "Reducing men's violence: the personal meets the political" by Michael Kimmel. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michael Kimmel...

Recommendations for the implementation of the WILPF resolution: continuing human rights violations in Darfur.
January 1, 2005... The WILPF-resolution aims at organizing the best possible support for the women of Darfur on their way to recovering their dignity and their well being, both personally and socially, now and after the end of the conflict and for the...

Playing with fire.
January 1, 2005... Jerusalem in the early 1970s was more a small town with villages than a modern city. The border between east and west that existed from 1948 to 1967 was gone and new Jewish neighborhoods were being built, with largely Arab labor, on both sides....