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(23 December 2022) Invoking the legacy of the 1914 Christmas Truce during WWI, nearly 1,000 leaders of faith communities are calling for peace and negotiations to bring the war to an end, “People’s Dispatch” reports.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA
(23 December 2022) The Ukraine War is an extremely dangerous war between nuclear superpowers in a world desperately in need of peace and cooperation.
There is a new glimmer of hope for a quick negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.
The 2nd December, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the members of the non-governmental organization “Leaders pour la Paix”, to whom he addressed the following words of greeting:
by Oskar Lafontaine,* Germany
(23 December 2022) In his government statement to the German Bundestag on 27 February 2022, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: “In Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa and Mariupol, people are not only defending their homeland. They are fighting for freedom and their democracy, for values that we share with them. As democrats, as Europeans, we stand by their side, on the right side of history.”
by Gilles-Emmanuel Jacquet,* GIPRI Geneva
(16 December 2022) It is widely acknowledged that the media, media freedom and free access to information play a crucial role in the democratisation of societies (through the formation of public opinion) and the consolidation of peace.1 However, there have also been numerous instances in recent history where the media played a role worthy of criticism in the coverage of armed conflicts or international crises by adopting the war propaganda of certain warring parties or providing partial or even one-sided coverage of certain events, which could and can amount to disinformation.
by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva
(16 December 2022) On 8 September 2000, full of optimism and resolve, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2)1 reaffirming that development, together with peace and human rights, constitute the Organization’s priorities for the 21st century.