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The Canadian Peace Congress (1949–1990) was a leading organizer of the Canadian peace movement, particularly under the leadership of James Gareth Endicott (its president until 1971). [82] For over a century Canada has had a diverse peace movement, with coalitions and networks in many cities, towns, and regions.
The larger world peace process and its foundational elements are addressed in the document The Promise of World Peace, written by the Universal House of Justice. [31] Statue of Buddha in the Darjeeling Peace Pagoda, India. This pagoda was designed by Japanese Buddhist monk Nichidatsu Fujii to unite people of all beliefs in their search for ...
The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization created in 1949 by the Cominform and propped up by the Soviet Union. [1] Throughout the Cold War, WPC engaged in propaganda efforts on behalf of the Soviet Union, whereby it criticized the United States and its allies while defending the Soviet Union's involvement in numerous conflicts.
Derby student who leads movement for world peace condemns Pakistan terrorism. Derby Telegraph. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2016. Archived from the original 5 October 2015. Derby schoolboy Suhaib Saqib urges world unity to thwart terrorist outrages such as Charli Hebdo. Derby Telegraph. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
Peace as a Women's Issue: A History of the U.S. Movement for World Peace and Women's Rights Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993. Alonso, Harriet Hyman. "Nobel Peace Laureates, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch: Two Women of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom." Journal of Women's History 7.2 (1995): 6-26. excerpt
Peace organizations are part of the Peace movement See also the categories Peace movements , Nonviolence organizations , and Anti–nuclear weapons movement Subcategories
The World Peace Prayer Society (WPPS) is a pacifist organization. It was founded in 1988. [1] In 2019, the organization's official name was changed to MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH INTERNATIONAL [2]. Its motto is "May Peace Prevail on Earth". This was taken from the prayer of the religion Masahisa Goi（五井昌久） founded. [3]
The period of the Cold War was for the Movement the most rich in operations, influence and effect. The Movement participated in the 1949 Congrès mondial des Partisans de la Paix in Paris, at which the World Peace Council was created. The leadership was given to the intellectual and scientist Frédéric Joliot-Curie.