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A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Café de la Paix, Paris Painting by Konstantin Korovin , 1906 Another view by Korovin The Café de la Paix ( French pronunciation: [kafe də la pɛ] ) is a famous café located on the northwest corner of the intersection of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Place de l'Opéra , in the 9th arrondissement of Paris , France.
IPB was founded under the name Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau International Permanent de la Paix). From 1912 onward it used the name International Peace Bureau . Between 1946 and 1961, it was known under the name International Liaison Committee of Organizations for Peace – ILCOP ( Comité de liaison international des ...
"Gyalwa Karmapa" (Ogyen Trinley Dorje), by painter Claude-Max Lochu, exhibition for the project of Temple for Peace, 2008The Temple for Peace (French: Temple pour la Paix) is a construction project of the congregation Vajradhara-Ling in Normandy to promote world peace.
The origin of the Movement was to be found in the creation of "Combattants de la Liberté" in the aftermath of the Second World War.It was the communist leader, Charles Tillon who, at the end of 1947, launched an appeal for the creation of an organisation devoted to "supporting the republican régime and preventing the return of fascism and dictatorship". [1]
"Islands of Peace" is the name given to a charity project founded in 1962, three years after a field experiment showed the efficacy of Dominique Pire's project: consideration of an interaction between peace and development, a strategy based upon "self help", the willing co-operation of the population, and an experiment-based approach with thorough technical and methodological support.
The Inaugural Congress of the League of Peace and Freedom (French: Ligue internationale de la paix et de la liberte) was originally planned for September 5, 1867 in Geneva. [2] Emile Acollas set up the League's Organising Committee, which enlisted the support of John Stuart Mill, Élisée Reclus, and his brother Élie Reclus.
The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) (French: Département des opérations de maintien de la paix) is a department of the United Nations charged with the planning, preparation, management, and direction of UN peacekeeping operations.