Welcome to the ministry for peace website
ministry for peace is an organisation working for the creation of structures within government, e.g. a Ministry for Peace, to transcend violent conflict, together with an independent civil society body working alongside it.
To work for peace is to work to transcend violence. The fundamental aim of a Ministry for Peace is to reduce violence, both in the UK and internationally. We believe that peace is a subject like others, with theories and practices - somewhat like medicine. This is indicated, for instance, by the fact that there are now 800+ peace research institutes, 15,000 researchers and 450 academic peace studies programmes worldwide. |
A first in Parliament
An historic debate on conflict prevention - the first ever - was held in Parliament on February 9, 2010. All three of the Co-Chairs spoke, Simon Hughes,MP, John McDonnell MP, (Co-Founder of ministry for peace) and Gary Streeter MP.
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2010-02-09a.213.0
Following the General Election the APPG on Conflict Issues has been re-started with the same three co-chairs.
To follow the activities of the APPG please go to: http://www.conflictissues.org.uk/.