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Peace education is the process of acquiring values, knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors to live in harmony with oneself, others, and the natural environment.. There are numerous United Nations declarations and resolutions on the importance of peace. [1]
The Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) is an international network [1] [2] which aims at encouraging both transnational co-operation and local initiatives in peace education. [3] The Campaign originated with the 1999 Hague Agenda (Appeal) for Peace [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and was associated with the UN culture of peace initiatives, and specifically ...
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (original hardcover title: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a Time ) is a memoir book by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin published by Penguin in 2007.
Betty A. Reardon (June 12, 1929 – November 3, 2023) was an American teacher and the founder and director of the Peace Education Center and Peace Education Graduate Degree Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She was a leader in peace education and a scholar in human rights education at the primary and secondary levels.
This list of peace prizes is an index to articles on notable prizes awarded for contributions towards achieving or maintaining peace. The list is organized by region and country of the sponsoring organization, but many of the prizes are open to people from around the world.
After stating that "the creation of the United Nations system itself, based upon universally shared values and goals, has been a major act towards transformation from a culture of war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence", the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 52/13 of 20 November 1997, requested UNESCO to submit to its next session a draft declaration and programme of ...
The main goal of UNESCO education prize was to encourage excellent effort in the drive to reach a better quality education. The prize endowed up to US$60,000 and a statuette designed by spanish sculptor Apel·les Fenosa for UNESCO. [1] It honored extraordinary activities for peace education in the spirit of the UNESCO constitution. The prize ...
A 2008 report in the International Herald Tribune mentions over 400 programs of teaching and research in peace and conflict studies, noting in particular those at the United World Colleges, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Universitat Jaume I in Castellón de la Plana/Spain, the Malmö University of Sweden, the American University, University of ...