MATOSINHOS - PORTUGAL. The Letter of Peace addressed to UN has been presented all around the world and now once more it...

BARCELONA - SPAIN. The Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation has published its 2010 Annual...

GERNIKA - SPAIN. In April the XXI International Cultural Peace Conference organized by Gernika Gogoratuz were held in Guernica under the title...

BARCELONA. SPAIN. At first the two concepts seem difficult to relate but this was the aim of the Festival of Peace this year, held last Saturday April 30 in the town of Sant Just Desvern.

BARCELONA. The Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation and the University of Barcelona is organising the 1st International Congress on...

BARCELONA - SPAIN. The Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation and the University of Barcelona have opened registrations for applicants to participate in the fourth edition of the Graduate Program...

SAN LUIS - ARGENTINA. The town of La Carolina situated in San Luis Province joined the list of cities committed to peace. Mayor Ingrid Blumencweig made Resolution 01 MLC 2011, stating "this circumstance...

Matosinhos - Portugal. The Communion and Cultural Centre Dom Frei Joao de Sao Joseph of this city was the scene of a "Pensacto" (thoughtact), this time with the title "Pens-actuar la paz”...

RIVADAVIA - ARGENTINA. Under the slogan "Let us live in peace and harmony to make this world better," the March for Peace, Tolerance and Non-Violence, took place in the streets of the city's...

The Letter of Peace addressed to the UN opened the year 2011 by adding to its networks through Facebook and Twitter. It is often said that...

BUENOS AIRES. ARGENTINA. The towns of Tigre in the province of Buenos Aires and Rivadavia in the province of Mendoza have approved their commitment to peace...

Matousinhos - Portugal. On 15th January the Centre of Communion and Culture Dom Frei João de São Joseph was inaugurated in the Portuguese city, beginning its activities in collaboration...

Barcelona. The first graduate on-campus session of the Culture of Peace and Social Affairs Postgraduate course took place. The course has been run for three consecutive years in online mode collaboratively,...

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - SPAIN. The Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation had a presence at the 2010 World Education Forum held here...

GOBERNADOR GREGORES - ARGENTINA. Teachers and students from different localities of the province of Santa Cruz met last November in the city to participate in the Provincial Parliament for Peace “Solidarity...

SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA. The first International Human Rights Conference “Educating for Human Rights, Peace and Intercultural Dialogue” was held at the University of Western Sydney from 4th-6th...

BRUSELAS - BELGIUM. On November 11th in the European Parliament based in Brussels, the closing of the United Nations Decade of Peace was celebrated, with the project "The school, promoter of a culture...

Punta Arenas - Chile. In October there was a meeting of Choirs for Peace as part of the commitment to peace made by the Colegio Miguel de Cervantes (Michael of Cervantes College) in the locality. In 2008...

Sant Adria de Besos - Barcelona. The Instituto Educativo Manuel Vázquez Montalban (Manuel Vazquez Montalban Educational Institute) was the site of a presentation held in November entitled “La...

Santiago - Rep. Dominicana. With the theme, “El papel de la educación general en los estudios universitarios contemporáneos” (The role of general education in contemporary university...

BARCELONA. SPAIN. Due to the large number of people who enrolled for the presencial course Philosophia Pacis led by Dr. Francesc Torralba from the Foundation of the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN...

XIAN. CHINA. The very first Peace Route through China was designed to include the various important places that have played a part in modern and ancient Chinese history. We...

BUENOS AIRES. ARGENTINA.  As planned the city recently held the IXth seminar for Latin American Youth. Various activities took place between 15th and 17th September in the National Senate facilities. ...

BARCELONA. SPAIN. The Organisation of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) declared in 2001 that each year on 10th November "World...

As planned the World Meeting of Religions for Peace, organized by the Community of Sant Egidio took place in October. The three-day celebration brought together thousands of people from various countries celebrating and talking about peace and how...

SANTO DOMINGO. The Juan F. Pepén Institute of Peace organised a meeting on 4th September 2010 at its headquarters in Santo...

PUNTA ARENAS. CHILE. In August 2010 the Miguel de Cervantes College held another annual edition of the basketball championship "Patagonia for Peace" which included teams from the city as well...

In 1981, The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed that the opening day of its regular session in September would be "officially proclaimed and observed as an International Day of Peace, dedicated to commemorating and strengthening...

BARCELONA. Now available on the web is Geopeace, an initiative of the Letter of Peace Foundation. It is an interdisciplinary project, which aims to...

VICENTE LOPEZ - BUENOS AIRES. Governor Enrique García has signed a municipal decree declaring Vicente López (Buenos Aires, Argentina) a City Committed to Peace. “This decision”-...

SANTO DOMINGO. A new course on “Developing a culture of peace from the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN” came to a close in May at Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University in the...

PUNTA ARENAS. On 28th April 2008 Miguel de Cervantes School in Punta Arenas held a series of activities to commemorate the second anniversary of being adjoined to the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN.

Teachers...

BARCELONA. Subscriptions are now open for the next Culture of Peace and Social Coexistence Postgraduate Course...

BARCELONA. Such is the beginning of the text of a new translation of Letter of Peace addressed to the UN which adds to the existing ones. This time the letter will be available in Creole. Also known as Haitian Creole, Creole is the language spoken...

PUNTA ARENAS. Last Thursday, the 8th of April, Miguel de Cervantes School from this city, was invited to take part in the Eucharist presided by the Secretary of Vatican State, Cardinal Tarsicio Bertone,...

What is the significance and what are the possible implications of disarming history?

SANTO DOMINGO. On the evening of March 25th in a beautiful and pleasant setting the XIX Door to America...

BARCELONA. In February another edition of the course entitled “Coexistence in the 21st Century: bases for...

PUNTA ARENAS. Our humble walk on the path to peace has encountered a series of actions that have nurtured our educational aspirations through relevant formative experiences.

Since Miguel...

BOGOTA. The Peace Institute in Bogota (Columbia) has created a new space for interdisciplinary debate to exchange different visions of reality in light of the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN. These...

SANTA COLOMA DE GRAMENET. (4/2/10). Over the past few years Santa Coloma de Gramenet Peace Institute, located at the Oriol Cultural Association (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona), has been carrying...

BARCELONA. January 2010. We have concluded the first year of the Culture of Peace and Social Cohesion Postgraduate Course, carried out in collaboration between the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN...

BOGOTÁ. November 2009. La Salle Bogota University held a forum entitled “Views on Reconciliation: Experiences of Peace” during the week of 8th- 13th November, which was attended by...

The Letter of Peace continues its presence in Austral Patagonia. On 11th November it was presented to the bishops of Chile and Argentina who took part in the 98th plenary assembly at the Argentine Episcopal Conference, marking the 25th anniversary...

La Salle Bogota University invited Jordi Cussó Porredón, director of Universitas Albertiana and president of the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation to give a number of conferences at the Open Forum “Views on Reconciliation:...

On Monday 9th November the book “Ouseraqás” was presented in the MOP auditorium (public services building) in Punto Arenas. This book uses a social science framework to investigate and expose the causes for the extinction of native...

The 3rd International Conflictology and Peace Congress, organised by The Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya- UOC) Peace Campus was held on October 29th and 30th. This year the international congress...

On October 10th 2009 the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN was presented in the Falkland Isles during a gathering of the families of those who died in the war in 1982, a war between the Argentine and British governments...

On October 8th Fracesc Torralba, doctor of philosophy and director of the Universitas Albertiana Peace Institutes, led a conference entitled “In support of responsible historical memory”, in the Santa Coloma...

The “Armando de Ramón” Peace Institute in Santiago de Chile donated a collection of books and annuals that focus on peace culture and are inspired by the “Letter of Peace” to the library at...

For the third time, the Peace Institute of Hermosillo (México) will teach the Culture for Peace course in the Kino Institute Primary School. This course is spread out over 40 weeks, thus spanning the entire school year. Male students from first...

Year 3 middle school students (16-17 years old) from Mahatma Gandhi Miguel de Cervantes School (Punta Arenas) spent two months studying the Letter of Peace. Cristian Muños, who teaches philosophy at the school and collaborates with Universitas...

On Tuesday 8th September, the Santiago Silva Henríquez Catholic University in Chile (Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez de Santiago) held a presentation of the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN for all first year students,...

On July 27th around a hundred people attended an event to commemorate the Tragic Week of Calonge that happened 100 years ago. First a commemorative plaque on the wall of the town hall was unveiled, stating that this very building, now the council headquarters,...

On Saturday 12th September, a group of young people from Argentina and Chile got together to ratify their commitment to peace, harking back to similar gestures made by other young people 30 years ago on the Argentine/Chilean border as part of a series...

In celebration of the gathering for girls called Elna and in commemoration of the 70th birthday of the Elna Maternity Hospital, the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN laid a GEOPEACE plaque, thus including the Maternity Hospital in the international...

Second Edition of the "Culture of Peace and Social Coexistence Posgraduate Course", that seeks to offer theoretical and practical tools to social agents who face conflicts in every day life caused on all levels of social coexistence. An integrated...

In association with the University of Barcelona, the Letter of Peace Foundation has recently completed the seventh edition of the virtual course "Coexistence in the 21st Century: bases for peace culture". This time 153 students completed...

On April 28th 2009, Miguel de Cervantes School celebrated the first anniversary of the collaboration agreement they signed with the Letter of Peace. The head’s of year were present as were the members of the student...

RESENTMENT AS AN OBSTACLE TO BUILDING PEACE

Members of the “Open Schools” project (Colegios Abiertos – or  CABI) were brought together by the regional ministry of Education in Rio Gallegos...

A new cycle of Mapocho discussion groups began on April 24th 2009. With the bicentenary of Chile and many other American countries almost upon us, we wanted to focus our attention on “disarming history” as a...

A new theatrical presentation of the Letter of Peace was performed on April 25th in San Fernando, Cadiz. A group of volunteers from the Andalucía Letter of Peace Association devised the piece, which explains the...

The members of the Juan F. Pepén Peace Institute- who define themselves as a group of people concerned about human beings, their dignity and their promotion and work in different areas and disciplines in the Dominican...

In March the Maria Corral Association 28th Interdisciplinary Seminar was held in Barcelona, and on this occasion the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation also participated in the organisation of the event.

The Catalan government is actively encouraging peace work and values through education. Thus, the Department of Education has made an agreement with the Catalan Government Office for the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights...

On the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death in 1948 UNESCO proposed January 30th as the School Day of Non-violence and Peace (DENIP). To mark the occasion the Pau Casals Foundation in association with Vendrell council...

The 28th Interdisciplinary Seminar: Disarming History will take place in Barcelona on Monday’s 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th of March.

The seminar will focus on the importance of...

The Solemn Presentation of the Letter of Peace took place in the city of San Fernando on December 11th 2008. Here is a description of the ceremony.

Co-author of the Letter of Peace, Dr...

The Beagle Channel conflict stems from a disagreement between Argentina and Chile over the sovereignty of the islands that lie south of the Beagle Channel. The conflict was resolved in 1978 when the Argentine government...

The 60th Oriol Culture Dinner was held on November 26th 2008. The subject of discussion was Social Peace in the context of the following questions: Does our desire for world peace make for a good urban living environment?...

We are not talking about accidental or fortuitous solitude, it is systemic, created by the very social, economic and political model we live in, which is based on ambition, egotism and competition.

On Thursday...

Throughout 2008 the Geopeace © project has been growing and taking shape. Geopeace © is a homage to peace: It aims to promote the events, occurrences and people who have contributed to peace throughout history,...

The General Secretary of the Peace Institutes is organizing a seminar on the contents of the Letter of Peace. It is to be held in the current academic year (2008- 2009) and will be lead by Francesc Torralba, doctor of philosophy....

The Open Peace Forum at the UNPA Rio Gallegos Academic Unit (Austral Patagonia National University, Argentina) took part in the conference that paid homage to Cardinal Samore, 30 years after Pope John Paul II mediated in...

Does resentment help build a culture of peace?

As part of the range of activities organized by Casa España in Rio Gallegos (Argentina) to celebrate Hispanic Week, the video documentary entitled...

On 17th November the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation  started the first edition of the new “Culture of Peace and Social Coexistence Postgraduate Course”, run in conjunction by the Foundation...

On 27th, 28th and 29th October the “Second seminar on conflicts, conflictology and peace” was organized by the Catalan Open University – UOC.

The aim of this seminar was to bring together...

The next edition of the virtual course "Coexistence in the 21st Century: bases for peace culture" will run this year from 8th October until 17th December.
This course is run in conjunction by the Letter...

As part of the activities organized by the Open Peace Forum at the UNPA Rio Gallegos Academic Unit (Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Austral Patagonia National University) the Letter of Peace addressed to the...

Once again a number of schools from the Punta Arenas region came together for three days of sporting activities, where PEACE was the central issue and the base foundation for the organization.
Miguel de Cervantes...

New edition of the virtual course: “Historical memory: the transmission of resentments and building a culture of peace”.

On 26th June a new edition of the virtual...

For the second year running we have watched films together, and the results have been very positive. We share and socialize before, during and after the film. The idea is not merely to watch the film, we also discuss it,...

The more time I spend amongst different groups of students, the more sure I am that I get better and more meaningful results if I start to familiarize pupils with the concept of peace from as early on as second grade of...

The subtitle of the last Mapocho discussion group, held on June 6th, could be “Politics does not mean partisanship”. The idea is to “rescue” politics from merely the act of adhering to tendencies...

The Department of Sciences and Humanities at The Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher has asked to include the optional subject on the Letter of Peace as part of the curriculum on the new Humanities degree...

On April 28th, Miguel de Cervantes School in Punta Arenas signed a cooperation agreement with the Chilean Universitas Albertiana, as part of the celebrations being held to mark the 15th anniversary of the first presentation...

This year, from 20th February to 23rd May, the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Barcelona online (UBV- IL3), imparted the fourth edition of "Coexistence in the...

From 26th June until 21st July, the Letter of Peace Foundation in collaboration with the University of Barcelona Online (UBV–IL3), will impart an online course entitled: “Historical memory: the transmission...

More than 70 people attended the Juan F. Pepen Peace Institute on Wednesday 30th April, where a debate was held to discuss the following issue “Institutional apologies. Do they favour peace?”

Logistical...

The infinite value of finding meaning in life alongside others: Citizen Participation and volunteering

Individual accounts, personal concerns about the process of life and many experiences made for...

On April 22nd the 15th anniversary of the first presentation of the Letter of Peace was celebrated in the Santa Monica Art Centre. The General Secretary of the Foundation did not want to miss out on the opportunity to celebrate this anniversary because...

Students and teachers at the Salesians Primary School in Mataro (Catalonia, Spain), who have recently started to study the points in the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN, were delighted...

On 4th April the Chilean Peace Institute organized the first Mapocho Discussion Group of 2008. This discussion group forms part of a series of debates on Citizen Participation and focused on participatory democracy as an essential element of civil...

On March 2nd Sant Hilari de Sacalm, in la Selva (Catalonia, Spain) hosted a video forum in which the Letter of Peace Foundation participated. Around 30 people came to the event to discuss “Promises”, a documentary about the Israeli/ Palestinian...

Here at the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation we have developed two educational resources, fruit of  our experience gained over the last15 years raising awareness, promoting and researching world peace....

Following months of tests and improvements, the construction of the Letter of Peace website in Chinese is now taking shape on the internet (_www.hepingzhilu.org_). A considerable task has been done, adapting and selecting the contents of the Letter...

The Geopeace-Catalonia project, designed to create a new website about places where acts of peace have taken place in Catalonia, is now becoming a reality. This initiative has been taking form at the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN Foundation for...

The Quino Institute in Hermosillo (Mexico)- a refuge for children and adolescents who sleep rough in the streets- has recently organised a course on the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN.

The...

The third module of the Letter of Peace Virtual Course entitled “Building a More Peaceful Society” began in September 2007.

After extensive study of the obstacles that can...

On 25th October the Maria Corral Association for Research and Dissemination of Human Values organized the 183rd edition of the European Time Dinner. The event took place in la Fontana in l’Eixample (Barcelona, Spain)...

On 1st, 8th and 15th of December 2007 a course called “Working for peace: approaches from the Letter of Peace addressed to the UN” was given at the Catholic Mother and Teacher Pontifical University in Santo Domingo...

Between October and December 2007 the University of Barcelona organised a new edition of the virtual course that looks at the contents of the Letter of Peace: “Coexistence in the 21st Century: foundations for a peace...