Peace

July 7, 2008

Church peace delegation questions German arms sales

On a visit to the German Federal Defence Ministry in Berlin, members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches have posed tough questions about German arms sales and about the efficacy of war as a tool of policy.
July 5, 2008

Churches urged to confront the issue of domestic violence

German churches' practical experience with confronting the issue of domestic violence will play an important role in a Peace Declaration of the World Council of Churches planned for 2011.
July 4, 2008

Pope and Patriarch tread St Paul's road to greater unity

Pope Benedict XVI and the Orthodox ecumenical patriarch Bartholemew are seeking to put differences aside in order to encourage a growing global vision of Christian unity in a divided world, using St Paul as an exemplar.
June 24, 2008

Student Christian leader calls for peace monitors in Zimbabwe

A student Christian leader Zimbabwe has urged the international community to intervene, following the decision of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to withdraw from the presidential runoff, citing escalating violence against supporters.
June 24, 2008

Small-scale diplomacy brings peace in Papua New Guinea

Not all wars and conflicts make the pages of newspapers, nor are all peace agreements the result of the high diplomacy of the United Nations, and that certainly includes those now being reconciled in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
June 19, 2008

2008 London Mennonite Theology Forum: Responsibility to Protect

What is the responsibility of the international community when a state is unable or unwilling to protect its own people?
June 19, 2008

‘Nonviolent Action, US Foreign Policy & the Struggle for Democracy’ by Professor Stephen Zunes

A talk organised by Quaker Peace & Social Witness and Peace News at Friends House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ 7.30pm.
June 19, 2008

Called to be Peacemakers Conference 2008

Come to the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s Called to be Peacemakers conference, a residential weekend event for 18 to 30 (ish) year olds who are interested, active and/ or engaged in peace and confl
June 18, 2008

Researching Violence and Conflict (Conference)

The Centre of African Studies (London), based at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), is pleased to announce a two-day conference on ‘Researching Violence and Conflict: Methodological
June 16, 2008

Giving Voice to the Earth

A day conference, organised by Peace Brigades International UK, will explore threats to biodiversity and climate change presented by deforestation, pollution and mono-crop cultivation.