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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
Australia
National
South Australia
New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
- Victorian Peace Network:
www.vicpeace.org * This
site is no longer active but has been archived
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)
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 101.5 FM every Sunday at 12.30pm.
Sunday lunch will never be the same!
Ron Gray
Human Rights Foundation
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