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International Youth Meeting for the Culture of Peace
an article by Cedric Desmarais
I participated in the International Youth Meeting for the Culture
of Peace that took place in France.from July 8-15 on the initiative of
the Mouvement de la Paix. It was sponsored by the European Plan for
Youth in Action and by the United Nations International Year of Youth. 
click on photo to enlarge
Over
a hundred young people of many different nationalities participated in
the camp with its roundtables and workshops. After many discussions,
we put together an International Appeal of Youth for a Culture of Peace.
Also, we were able to organize a demonstration at the military base of
Avord where French AWAX planes take off for the war in Libya and where
they test weapons that use depleted uranium.
We worked on the
basis of the 8 points of the culture of peace in our discussions and we
came to appreciate our cultural differences in an atmosphere of
friendship and camaraderie.
I invite you to visit the website of
our meeting where you will find the full text of the Appeal as well as a
synopsis of our activities: http://rij2011.wordpress.com/
(Click here for a French version of this article)
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
Youth initiatives for a culture of peace
How can we ensure they get the attention and funding they desereve?
Thematic forum(s) in which this article is being discussed:
GLOBAL MOVEMENT - MOUVEMENT MONDIAL
Latest reader comment:
The Youth
for Culture of Peace Report was mentioned in the high-level
report of the Alliance of Civilizations that was presented to the United
Nations on 13 November 2006, as its first recommendation of for
its activities in relation to youth.
The Global Youth Solidarity Fund formulated by the report is proposed in the form of a Global Youth Alliance:
"A
Global Youth Alliance should be established as a mechanism through
which youth can contribute to the implementation of all of the
recommendations set forth in this report (not just those under the
'youth' theme)."
"Supported by a Global Youth Solidarity Fund,
this initiative could begin with the convening and mobilization of
various youth networks and associations to promote dialogue, alliance
and a culture of peace. These organizations have already begun working
together to organize meetings that would provide the opportunity for
young people of diverse backgrounds to set an agenda for action which
they can then present to global leaders to win their support and
assistance. In addition, a survey has been conducted a survey has been
conducted identifying 468 youth organizations from 125 countries that
could be engaged as implementing partners."
The high-level report of the Alliance of Civilizations is available on the Internet at http://www.unaoc.org/repository/HLG_Report.pdf.
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