Full Coverage: Peace

28.04.2006 Aktivistët e paqes kanë emëruar Karvanin Kundërshtim për Paqe , i cili organizohet nga Rrjeti Rajonal i iniciativave për Kundërshtim të Ndërgjegjshëm (CO) në Evropën Juglindore do të fillojë udhëtimin e tij nëpër qytetet e rajonit të martën, më 2 maj dhe do të udhëtojë deri më 15 maj 2006. Karvani do të niset nga Shkupi dhe do të vazhdojë të sjellë më shumë kulturë paqeje nëpër qytetet e Prishtinës, Beogradit, Novi Sadit, Osijekut, Banja Llukës, Sarajevës, Mostarit, Shibenikut, dhe së fundmi në Zagreb.

27.04.2006 YK:n turvallisuusneuvosto hyväksyi jo viisi vuotta sitten yksimielisesti päätöslauselman kansainvälisen rauhan ja turvallisuuden edistämiseksi. Sen mukaan naisten tulee osallistua kaikkeen rauhaa koskevaan päätöksentekoon ja rauhan rakentamiseen. Suomen UNIFEMin mukaan naisten osallistuminen rauhanprosesseihin toteutuu kuitenkin heikosti tänä päivänä.

25.04.2006 Fadil Maloku, Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy and Ethnic Relations of Kosovo and Professor of Globalization and Civilizations at the UP Sociology Department, discusses the possible models for solution of the autonomy of ethnic minorities in Kosovo after the negotiations on the final status of the province are completed.

24.04.2006 There are times when a handful of dedicated men and women can work together to stop campaigns of terrorism and to remedy the intractable poverty that leads to massive violence.

21.04.2006 Time for justice for the victims of war crimes. Time for the ICC.

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21.04.2006 We want to hear your thoughts!

21.04.2006 We each have a unique power to raise our voices and demand protection for these innocent lives.

21.04.2006 Time to start thinking outside the box about peacekeeping.

21.04.2006 Is the new zeal for conflict prevention work just a lot of “hot air”?

21.04.2006 Gov'ts have a lot of options at their disposal to stop mass atrocities, so why don't they always use them?

21.04.2006 Lessons learned from the “age of genocide.”

20.04.2006 Civil NGO will screen four documentary films, under the joint title “My First Shot”, on the language and culture of arms, filmed by children and youth from Skopje and Tetovo. The screening will be held tonight (April 20, Thursday), at the Children Theatre Centre in Skopje’s Old Bazaar. The screening starts at 19:30 hours.

19.04.2006 Lina Kosturova-Unkovska, Director of the Centre for Psychosocial and Crisis Action, has worked on post-conflict stress and trauma treatment, as well as community development through activities designed for children, since the start of wars in former Yugoslavia. The interview was taken from Gragjanski svet newsletter.

13.04.2006 The Belgrade Minority Rights Centre protested the Court’s lenience towards the thugs that attacked Roma. The Municipal Misdemeanor Court in Nis decided to fine the group of skinheads that attacked the Roma settlement on February 24 with 10,000 Dinars, while the victims of the attacked were fined to 15,000 Dinars.

10.04.2006 On March 30, 2006, Amnesty International presented its latest report Albania – The Violence against Women: It is not their Fault. Representatives of Albanian and foreign NPO's, representatives of the media and State Institutions participated at the launch of the report.

07.04.2006 Konferenca “Nëpërmes Dialogut të Rinjve për Stabilitet në Rajonin e EJL-së” organizohet nën kornizat e një programi i cili ka për qëllim zhvillimin e vetëdijesimit të një domosdoshmërie dialogu në mes të shqiptarëve, serbëve, goranëve, romëve dhe grupeve tjera sociale, për të mundësuar bashkëjetesën e tyre, në të ardhmen e afërt, në vend të paraqitjes së ndarjeve të thella pa ndonjë kontakt apo bashkëpunim.

05.04.2006 Around a thousand schoolchildren availed themselves of the first chance to respond to the letter “From India with love” at the Qadhafi Stadium on Tuesday. Six to thirteen year old children from 13 Lahore schools entered the stadium carrying placards with slogans like “Forget the past, remember the present and work for future,” and “Let’s be friends for life,”.