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Peace Organizati
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General Groups concerned about peace
The Peace Alliance We are an alliance of organizers and advocates throughout the United States taking the work of peacebuilding from the margins of society into the centers of national discourse and policy priorities. Our network includes volunteer grassroots teams in hundreds of cities, towns, colleges and high school campuses. Advocates Department of Peace for US Government.
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
American Friends Service Committee
The Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA)
Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice
Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Center for Global Peace - American University
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
Exploring Global Conflict: An Internet Guide to the Study of Conflict
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies
The Institute of World Affairs
International Peace Research Association
International Service for Peace
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
The Ignacio Martin-Baro Fund for Mental Health and Human Rights
Pax Christi USA National Catholic movement committed to the imperative of seeking peace through nonviolence
Peace Action Peace Action, the merger of SANE and The Nuclear Freeze, has effectively mobilized for peace and disarmament for nearly fifty years.
Peace Brigades International (PBI)
Peace Studies Resources Institute
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)
Teachers for Peace Bringing awareness to how we teach our children
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
The United States Institute of Peace
Coalition of local and national groups that oppose government's policy of permanent warfare
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Win Without War Coalition of organizations advocating for alternatives to war
Organizations promoting peace in Korea
United States
The Alliance for Scholars Concerned about Korea - Organization of Scholars and professors formed in March 2003 to deal with peace and societal issues in Korea.
Friends Committee on National Legislation
The Korea Armistice to Peace Treaty Campaign
The New Zealand Korean Peace Committee
Veterans for Peace/Korea Peace Campaign
National Campaign to End the Korean War - The National Campaign to End the Korean War is a coalition of concerned Korean American, veterans, and human rights organizations as well as individuals in the United States who are working together to promote permanent peace on the Korean peninsula and a new US policy toward Korea by informing, educating, and mobilizing American people at both local and national levels.
Nodutol - A Korean community development organization advocating for equality, justice and the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korean Peace Groups
Peoples Solidarity For Participatory Democracy Founded in 1994 by more than 200 members, the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) is a civil organization dedicated to promoting justice and human rights in Korean society through the participation of the people.
Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) concentrates its efforts on the “Movement for a Korean peninsula peace treaty and the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea.
NLG Korean Peace Project members Chris Orton, Eric Sirotkin
and Linette Tobin visit PSPD
Pan Korean Truth Commission on Civilian Massacre in Korea War
(82 + 2) 773 5158 Mobile : (82) 17 717 0062
email : genocide2002@hanmail.net homepage : http://genocide.or.kr
Nautilus/ARI - From its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, the Nautilus Institute's Northeast Asian node is building a regional network of partners to help solve global problems such as nuclear proliferation, energy insecurity, and climate change.
Minbyun (Progessive Lawyers For a Democratic Society Association) MINBYUN makes efforts to contribute to the development of democracy in South Korea through litigation, research, and investigation,and by increasing public awareness and joining in the activities to protect basic human rights and attain social justice.
Women Making Peace - Women Making Peace is a specialized movement organization formed to realize reunification and peace on the Korean peninsula and to make peace in Asia and the world.
Our organization was founded on March 28 1997. We conduct research on the conditions and methods necessary for the peaceful reunification of Korea, and present policies toward that goal from a feminist perspective.
Peace Network- Goal is to build a framework where citizens and students can freely exchange opinions on North Korea, peace, and unification. We put foremost emphasis on public involvement, the process of exchanging different ideas and forming a general opinion, rather than unilateral announcement to the public about directions and strategies toward North Korea. In this regard, we will make continued efforts to establish CNPK as a public-based and socially acceptable organization with our long-term programs.
Sarangbang Group for Human Rights -
Official News
Korea Central News Agency (website based in Japan ); This is the official DPRK news agency.
Korea Information Service This is the official ROK information service.
Other NGO’s
National Lawyers Guild - Formed in 1937, the National Lawyers Guild is committed to human rights and social and economic justice. Its numerous international committees and projects extend around the planet.
Government Groups
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea information site, including links to news articles and solidarity groups. http://www.kimsoft.com/dprk.htm
Additional Peace Links and Resources
Avaaz.org is a 9-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 13 countries on 4 continents and operates in 14 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
OJPCR: The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution
Peace and Conflict - The Home of Peace Studies on the World-Wide Web
Peace and Conflict Studies (Journal)
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology division of the APA
UNESCO's Transdisciplinary Project Towards a Culture of Peace
INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU (IPB) is the world's oldest and most
comprehensive international peace network with 188 member organizations
in 53 countries. IPB acts as a clearing house for information, links
peace activists across borders, has consultative status with the United
Nations, organizes meetings, conferences, events.
Contact: International Peace Bureau, 41 rue de Zurich, 1201 Geneva,
Switzerland. Email: mailbox@ipb.org .
THE WORLD PEACE PRAYER SOCIETY has several ongoing peace projects,
among them peace pole planting (over 100,000 world wide), and the annual
Amenia World Peace Festival. Contact: peacepal@worldpeace.org
Tel: 212-755-4755. http://www.worldpeace.org
PEACE BOAT is 'a floating village' onboard a passenger vessel where
people world wide gather to discuss global issues such as peace, human
rights, the environment, and sustainable development. You are invited
to participate. Contact: Peace Boat, NOKK Bldg. 4th Floor, Takadanobaba,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN. Tel: 81-3-3363-7561. Fax: 81-3-33
The purpose of PATHWAYS TO PEACE Organizaiton is to ignite the
collective will of humanity to make PEACE a practical reality in the
21st Century, to build cooperation among existing organizations and
programs which demonstrate PEACE in its multifold expressions.
Contact: Tel: 415-461-0500. http://pathwaystopeace.org
THE WORLD FEDERALIST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEPAL (WOFNAN) is a
non-governmental, voluntary social and intellectural organization
committed to promoting peace, conserving the environment and natural
heritage, organizing interactions, talks, seminars and conferences on a
national and internaitonal level. Contact: WOFNAN, Baluwatar - 4,
P.O. Box 306, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: Ldorji@mos.com.np
Tel: 00977-1-414914/471373.
UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE (URI) promotes interfaith cooperation to end
religiously motivated violence and create cultures of peace, justice and
healing for the Earth and all living beings. Address: P.O. Box 29242,
San Francisco, California, 94129-0242. Tel: 415-561-2300.
Email: 72hours@united-religions.org http://www.united-religions.org
WORLD CONFERENCE ON RELIGIONS AND PEACE (WCRP) addresses critical
problems in areas such as conflict resolution, human rights, and
development. It has chapters in 32 countries and it promotes peace in
cooperation with the United Nations and other major agencies.
International address: WCRP, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York,
New York 10017, USA. Email: info@wcrp.org . Tel: 212-687-2163.
Fax: 212-983-0566.
NATIONAL PEACE FOUNDATION is a non-governmental membership organization
concerned with the development and implementation of conflict
resoluation education and training in the United States, and with peacebuilding and
demoncracy-building internationally.
Address: 1819 H Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington D.C. 20006.
Tel: 202-223-1770. http://www.nationalpeace.org
One Day for Peace
Pause for Peace
www.pauseforpeace.org/index.htm
People for Peace, Compassionwww.people4peace.com/welcome.htm
Nonviolence
APA's Warning Signs: A Violence Prevention Guide for Youth
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
MInnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
Partnerships Against Violence Network
Conflict Resolution
Association for Conflict Resolution
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)
Conflict Resolution Center International
INCORE: the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
Institute for Collaborative Solutions
The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR)
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management - Includes curriculum resources
Transitional and Restorative Justice Organizations
Other
Correspondence Courses on United Nations Peacekeeping
The People's Decade of Human Rights Education
Program on Negotiation Clearinghouse (Harvard University)
The Psychology of Ethnopolitical Warfare Web Pages United Nations (UN)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
