On October 14th, IPI President Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein delivered the Peace Message at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th annual Geneva Peace Week at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s theme was “What is Peace?” Speakers and…
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The seventh annual African Junior Professionals Fellows program from July 6-30 2015 provided a further opportunity to deepen the relationship between the emerging generation of young African leaders and the United Nations. Ten graduate students from five African countries – Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya – met with a broad cross section of UN […]
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On September 9, at the conclusion of the IPI Salzburg Forum on “The Rule of Law and the Laws of War,” a declaration was issued that called for action on the refugee crisis. Moved and concerned by the massive human tragedy of millions of refugees fleeing from war and persecution, participants at the IPI seminar […]
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“These weapons are here to enable the self-defense and secure the territorial integrity of the lake’s inhabitants–a goose and three ducks,” artist Ray Bartkus announced to the participants of the 2015 IPI Salzburg Forum entitled “The Rule of Law and the Laws of War.” “We artists have nothing to do with it and deny all […]
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Last week in Tunisia, President Beji Caid Essebsi received Nejib Friji, Director of IPI’s MENA office. The president reiterated his nation’s commitment to peace and pledged support to IPI’s effort in this regard. Mr. Friji delivered President Essebsi a message from IPI President Terje Rød Larsen calling for an international stand against violent extremism.
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“I think ‘Twilight Zone’ is an apt term to describe what is happening” between Arabs and Israelis, said IPI Vice President Hardeep Singh Puri in his opening remarks as moderator of a January 24th panel at the Jaipur Literature Festival on the topic. “We have a situation when the negotiating process, I think, suffered a […]
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