The Planetary Network
This year
has been designated by the United Nations as the International
Year for the Culture of Peace.
All too often
images of war and conflict confront us. Yet, contrasting these
separative tendencies is a strengthening global aspiration for
higher values in all our relationships.
Amongst some
of the many groups, guided by these spiritual principles, are
those whose primary purpose is to help construct an era of peace
and stability impulsed by right relationships.
On this page
are found some of the many initiatives working to promote peace
and co-operation in individual, national and world affairs.
Manifesto 2000
The Manifesto
2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence is the idea
of a group of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
The Manifesto
aims to communicate, clearly and simply, the resolutions of the
United Nations, to make them relevant to people everywhere.
All are invited
to support this initiative by signing the Manifesto, which calls
upon signatories to:
- Respect all life.
- Reject violence.
- Share with others.
- Listen to understand.
- Preserve the planet.
- Rediscover solidarity.
UNESCO aims to collect 100 million signatures for
the UN millennium General Assembly in September 2000.
You can sign
the Manifesto 2000 on-line:
www.unesco.org/manifesto2000
or write for a form to:
International Year for the Culture of Peace
UNESCO
7 Place de Fontenoy
F-75352 Paris 07 SP
France
United Religions Initiative (URI)
URI is an initiative promoting
“enduring, daily interfaith co-operation, ending religiously
motivated violence and creating cultures of peace, justice and
healing for the Earth and all living beings.”
The vision and
values of URI are embodied in the Preamble, Purpose and Principles
of its Charter.
URI, along with
other groups, is working in close co-operation with UNESCO in
the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the Manifesto
2000
United Religions Initiative
P.O. Box 29242
San Francisco, CA 94129-0242
USA
Tel: +1 415 561 2300
Fax: +1 415 561 2313
email: office@uri.org
www.uri.org
Sarvodaya Peace Meditation Programme
The Peace Meditation
Programme is a project of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement,
which for over forty years has worked to foster peace and development
in Sri Lanka and in the world.
The programme
was launched in August 1999 at Vihara Maha Devi Park in Sri Lanka
and about 200,000 people participated.
As part of the
meditation programme, participants are asked to focus on loving-kindness
to all beings.
One of the aims
of the group is to train one million people in “peace meditational
action programmes.”
People’s Peace Initiative
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
98 Rawatawatte Road,
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 1 647159/645255;
Fax: +94 1 646512
email: arisar@sri.lanka.net
www.sarvodaya.org
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