The Peace Alliance (www.thepeacealliance.org) is co-sponsoring

THE FIRST
PEOPLE'S SUMMIT FOR DEPARTMENTS OF PEACE

London, United Kingdom
October 18 and 19, 2005

See attached information: LondonSummitInfo.doc

There is a rapidly growing international movement to establish Departments of Peace or Ministries for Peace in countries around the world with the goal of supporting the emergence of a culture of peace in those countries, a culture where nonviolence is an organising principle of society. This global movement is premised on the understanding that all of our systems of foreign policy, education, politics, economics, business, health, and social welfare are interdependent and therefore can and must cooperate and coordinate with one another in seeking, teaching, and living peace. Active campaigns are currently underway in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and groups in other countries are exploring launching similar campaigns, as well. These campaigns are motivated by both a recognition of the alarming levels of violence in the world and an awareness that humanity actually knows how to curtail or even eliminate it - if we would choose to do so.

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