While the challenges facing our world are tremendous, so too is the potential for peace. Though many consider war and acts of violence "inevitable," the truth is, dozens of nations have achieved a remarkable state of peace both with their neighbors and within their borders. The nations that have sustained peace can help the rest of the world learn how to do the same.
With this as the realization and goal, a coalition of thought-leaders and international organizations have come together to establish an unprecedented platform and new direction in the field of global peace-building forming the first-ever Alliance of Peaceful Nations.
On November 1, eighteen nations from around the world will gather in Washington, DC to be honored for their achievement of Peace. They will be studied as models for others to emulate and encouraged to provide leadership in the quest for peace at the inaugural Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations.
The Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations is an historic event that shifts the paradigm from a study of conflict and what is "not working" in our world to a panoptic, whole-systems approach to education, collaboration and peace-building at every level. Through innovative analyses and metrics such as the Global Peace Index, we take a bold step forward toward creating a culture of peace, recognizing that each one of us has an essential role to play.
The Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations will commence with a gala banquet at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on November 1st 2009. 18 most peaceful nations from nine global regions will be honored with commemorative plaques for their peacebuilding accomplishments and successes.
The evening will include an address by The Honourable Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme at 7 pm. President O´scar Arias of Costa Rica, one of the invited nations, will address the audience via video after dinner.
The banquet and symposium will be attended by dignitaries, ambassadors and business and non-profit leaders from around the world. We invite you to join with us in this unprecedented commitment to co-creating a culture of peace.
Kimberly King
Related Links:
www.peacefulnations.org
www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org
www.visionofhumanity.org
www.jwhfulbright.org
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