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USEFUL LINKS
There are a myriad of peace organisations and groups
campaigning around various peace-related issues around the world. The
following links are just a few of them.
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Alternative media sources
- Project Censored www.projectcensored.org The
Mission of Project Censored is: "to educate people about the role of
independent journalism in a democratic society and to tell The News That
Didn't Make the News and why."
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Human rights
- Palestine Matters website
http://www.palestinematters.com
Justice for Palestine Matters (JFPM) voluntary non profit organization based
in Sydney, Australia providing urgent appeals on human rights abuses and
atrocities against Palestinian civilians by the government of Israel.
- Site about human
rights maintained by Olivia Ball who is currently Adjunct Lecturer at Curtin
University Centre for Human Rights Education. http://blog.rightsbase.org
Indigenous
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Weapons (back to index)
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Australia
National
South Australia
New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
- Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia www.anawa.org.au
non-profit community group campaigning for an end to the nuclear industry
and the adoption of safe energy strategies.
- No-War Alliance of Western Australia
- Sea Swap http://www.anawa.org.au/seaswap/index.html
The WA and Federal Governments have been investigating options for
establishing a de-facto US naval base in Cockburn Sound Western Australia, a
proposal which is linked to US bombing of a Defence Training Area near
Lancelin.
International
UNIFEM website, a resource for information on all things
to do with Women, War and Peace. This portal is launched to commemorate the
3rd anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and aims to be a
centralized repository of information on the impact of armed conflict on
women, and women's role in peace-building.
On June 24, 1982, at the 2nd UN Special Session on
Disarmament held at UN Headquarters in New York, then Mayor Takeshi Araki of
Hiroshima proposed a new Program to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward
the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. This proposal offered cities a way to
transcend national borders and work together to press for nuclear abolition.
Subsequently, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki called on mayors around the
world to support this program.
Canada
India
New Zealand
In July 2002 Christchurch City Councillors voted in
favour of declaring Christchurch a Peace City. This was seen as a way for
Christchurch to celebrate its peace history, as many people involved in the
peace movement and some of the movement's peace initiatives started in
Christchurch.
United Kingdom
United States
- Check out http://www.peace-action.org
from the USA
- This Journal is offered as a new convenient 'link'
between the minds of peacemakers everywhere. There are original
articles, selected and edited for concise and
relevant content. Check out the constantly updated
"cost of the war in Iraq" figure on the home page. www.peacemakersjournal.org
Refugee
Organisations (back)
Science (back to
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Women
- International Women's Development Agency http://www.iwda.org.au
IWDA is an Australian non-profit organisation aiming to create positive
change for women in Asia, the Pacific and Indigenous Australia.
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A Peace of the Action
Radio program A Peace of the Action
is dedicated to commentary on peace and social justice issues.
Radio Adelaide 101.5FM every Sunday at 12.30.
Ron Gray
Human Rights Foundation
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