Mapping Militarism and a Just and Sustainable Peace
The map of where the wars are, disturbingly, shows more wars than ever in 2022 (26 in 2021, 18 in 2020) despite a global disease pandemic and demands for a ceasefire. As always, the map of places where the wars are has hardly any overlap with maps of where the weapons come from. According to the […]
<strong>GREETING TO THE PEACE MARCH FROM THE PROMINENT UKRAINIAN PACIFIST YURII SHELIAZHENKO</strong>
Yurii Sheliazhenko, is executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, a board member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection and a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War. He obtained a Master of Mediation and Conflict Management degree in 2021 and a Master of Laws degree in 2016 at KROK University. […]
PEACE FIRST!
We, the people of Central Europe, are concerned about the escalating war in Ukraine. We will never reconcile ourselves to the fratricidal conflict between the two largest and once inseparably linked Slavic nations. It was a mistake for the guarantors of the Minsk Agreements to resign themselves to upholding their validity. However, we strongly protest […]
Governments have done nothing for diplomacy, a peace march is on its way
(Press Release) Forty figures from social, scientific and cultural life from both Slovakia and the Czech Republic have today signed an appeal to the governments and heads of state of both countries to exert maximum pressure for diplomatic solution to the conflict instead of sending weapons, prolonging the war and further bloodshed. They emphasize that […]
[English] GLOBÁLNY MIEROVÝ INDEX / GLOBAL PEACE INDEX (GPI) ZA ROK 2022
Podľa Globálneho mierového indexu (GPI) za rok 2022 sa svet stal menej mierumilovným už jedenásty raz za posledných 14 rokov, pričom priemerná úroveň mierumilovnosti krajín sa za posledný rok zhoršila o 0,3 %. Celkovo sa mierumilovnosť zlepšila v 90 krajinách a zhoršila v 71 krajinách, čo poukazuje na to, že krajiny majú tendenciu zhoršovať sa v […]
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION FOR PEACE BECAME HUMANIST OF THE YEAR 2021
On the occasion of World Humanists Day (June 21), they handed over the 19th ceremony. June 2021 to the President of the Trademark Union Eduard Chmelár in the Cikker Hall of the historic town hall in Banská Bystrica in the presence of the President of the European Humanist Federation Michel Bauer the prize and honorary title of Humanist of the Year 2021. It was awarded to him by the Central Council of the Prometheus Society – an association of secular humanists for “systematic, creative and inventive promotion and support of humanism and its values in Slovakia, for significant activities in the fight for peace and in promoting democratic principles in Slovak society”.
THE WEST NEEDS ITS GLASS POLICY
For some time now, I have been observing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for professional reasons, and I must say that a pure psychopath is at the head of the North Atlantic Alliance. The man went completely crazy. No one has as many enemies in the world as the United States, but after meeting with Biden in the White House, he declared that no other world power has as many friends and allies as the United States. However, as he says “China does not share our values” (dizzying discovery), Russia is becoming more aggressive and our enemies are investing in new military potential, we must defend ourselves and the expression of our defense is what – right, feverish armaments …
