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Peace Research Foundation
| United Nations University (UNU) | Report Error | | Description: 'The United Nations University (UNU) was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations to be an international community of scholars engaged in research, capacity building and dissemination of knowledge in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.' | | http://www.unu.edu/ | Date Added: 8/8/2003 |
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| University for Peace | Report Error | | Description: ''The University for Peace has the mission to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace and with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations.''
| | http://www.upeace.org | Date Added: 7/4/2003 |
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| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Report Error | | Description: ''WILPF is an international (NGO)
-To bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies who are united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and the legitimization of war;
to work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and its replacement in every case by negotiation and conciliation; to support the civil society to democratise the United Nations system;
to support the continuous development and implementation of international and humanitarian law;
to promote political and social equality and economic equity;
to contribute towards co-operation among all people;
to enhance environmentally sustainable development.''
| | http://www.wilpf.int.ch | Date Added: 7/12/2003 |
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| World Education | Report Error | | Description: 'Founded in 1951 to meet the needs of the educationally disadvantaged, World Education provides training and technical assistance in non-formal education across a wide array of sectors. World Education contributes to individual growth, strengthens the capacity of local partner institutions, catalyzes community and national development.' | | http://www.worlded.org/ | Date Added: 8/5/2003 |
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| World Federalist Association (WFA) | Report Error | | Description: 'The goal of the World Federalist Association is the abolition of war, the preservation of a livable and healthful global environment, and the promotion of a just world community through the development of enforceable world law. Achievement of that goal requires the establishment of a democratic federal world government with powers adequate to: (1) keep the peace, (2) prevent environmental degradation and depletion of resources essential to human life,
(3) protect individual human rights, and (4) assist in the promotion of a just world community.' | | http://www.wfa.org/ | Date Added: 8/20/2003 |
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Half of World's Refugees are Children
There are approximately 50 million uprooted people around the world -
refugees who have sought safety in another country, and people displaced withi... (more info)
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