The Free Flow of Information plays an important part in the UN’s Culture of Peace Initiative
The UN’s Culture for Peace Initiative depends greatly on participatory communication and the free flow of information and knowledge. The...
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Isabella Qin
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
Education for Peace plays an important part in the UN’s Culture of Peace Initiative
In this blog, I will make two proposals to illustrate my claim. The international community has acknowledged conflict as a major barrier...
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Andreea Prisecaru
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
How sustainable development plays a role in the UN’s Culture of Peace Initiative
Here I set out two proposals which I presented to the Peace and Security workshop in the WhatNext4U Festival held to mark the 75th...
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Liv Green
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Mental Health Support is Crucial at all Levels
Being a panel member of a global UN conference broadened my perspective of global health services and needs. Having only worked in a...
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Roxana Lara Pomplun
- Dec 1, 2020
- 4 min
Why We Need to Raise Awareness on the Issues of AI Now:
What Communities and Individuals Can Do Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already being considered a technology of great influence – and it...
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Saoirse McGilligan
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Steps towards the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
When we think about peace we often think about war as an antonym. Indeed, Tolstoy’s War and Peace comes to mind (although thankfully my...
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David Wardrop
- Nov 27, 2020
- 5 min
The equality of women: are there priorities?
In our Peace and Security workshop for the UN75 festival in October 2020, we used the UN Culture of Peace Initiative as our platform. I...
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David Wardrop
- Nov 27, 2020
- 4 min
Tolerance and Solidarity
In our Peace and Security workshop for the UN75 festival in October 2020, we used the UN Culture of Peace Initiative as our platform. I...
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Autumn Melody Thomas
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Culture of Peace Initiatives: Human Rights
Narrative: Give added power to the UN Peacebuilding Commission to enact pre-conflict transformation through alleviation of structural...
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David Wardrop
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
Democratic Participation
In our Peace and Security workshop for the UN75 festival in October 2020, we used the UN Culture of Peace Initiative as our platform. I...
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Rosey Woollcombe
- Oct 24, 2020
- 4 min
Health Security Workshop: Background
Dame Sally Davies, our workshop chair, made it very clear:
“As the impacts of COVID-19 continue to traverse the world and a second wave move
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David Woollcombe
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
Environmental Security Workshop: Background
WHY MUST WE TRANSITION TO A GREEN ECONOMY? The black panels, taken from David Attenborough’s Witness Statement, A Life on our Planet,...
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David Wardrop
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
Peace and Security Workshop: Background
For long-lasting improvements in issues like health, food, the economy, the environment, digital transparency, peace is vital. We use the...
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Toma Moran
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
Digital Security Workshop: Background
WHAT DOES ‘DIGITAL SECURITY’ MEAN TO YOU? Context and background are important when discussing issues of security. Our perceptions of...
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