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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...
Isabella Qin
Jan 1, 20214 min read
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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...
Isabella Qin
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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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...
Andreea Prisecaru
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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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...
Liv Green
Dec 2, 20203 min read
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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...
Roxana Lara Pomplun
Dec 1, 20204 min read
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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...
Saoirse McGilligan
Nov 27, 20202 min read
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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...
David Wardrop
Nov 27, 20205 min read
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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...
David Wardrop
Nov 27, 20204 min read
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Culture of Peace Initiatives: Human Rights
Narrative: Give added power to the UN Peacebuilding Commission to enact pre-conflict transformation through alleviation of structural...
Autumn Melody Thomas
Nov 27, 20202 min read
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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...
David Wardrop
Nov 27, 20203 min read
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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
Rosey Woollcombe
Oct 24, 20204 min read
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Digital Security Workshop: Background
WHAT DOES ‘DIGITAL SECURITY’ MEAN TO YOU? Context and background are important when discussing issues of security. Our perceptions of...
Toma Moran
Oct 24, 20205 min read
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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,...
David Woollcombe
Oct 24, 20205 min read
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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...
David Wardrop
Oct 24, 20205 min read
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