ministry for peace is an organisation working for the creation of a Ministry for Peace within government and an independent civil society body working alongside it.

Evening hosted by John McDonnell,MP

ministry for peace invites you to participate in a “Conversation Café” on the theme:

How do we transform political violence into constructive cooperation?

Café host –Trish Dickinson*

May 7th 2008, 7 – 9.00

Room E, 7 Millbank, SW1

Participating in The Festival of Nonviolence

Meeting hosted by John McDonnell, MP

INVITATION

Peace Building – Can women reach the parts that men can’t?

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
7 – 9pm
Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

The 3rd Global Summit for Ministries and Departments of Peace took place September 21-26 in Kisarazu and Tokyo, Japan. This extraordinary event began on the International Day of Peace and Global Ceasefire declared by the UN. It featured 21 country delegations*, representing both civil society and parliamentarians, from all five continents, including Nepal, which became the second country after the Solomon Islands to form a Ministry of Peace, and Rwanda, a country that experienced genocide in 1994. The event was sponsored by the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace numbering more than 25 countries and hosted by its Japanese member, Japan United for Ministry of Peace (JUMP).

Ministries and Departments of Peace are dedicated to creating a culture of peace within and between countries where the Ministers of Peace would meet to reduce violence and war through non-violent conflict resolution.

A principal purpose of this Summit in Japan was to support the peaceful nature of the Japanese Constitution, now under review, and to advocate that all countries create peace constitutions.

Invitation

Wednesday, 14th November, 2007, 7 - 9pm

The Rising Tide of Peace

A Major Review of Key Developments and Achievements in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation *

Speaker: Kai Brand-Jacobsen - Director, PATRIR

Report of the 3rd Summit of the Global Alliance for Ministries & Departments of Peace held in Japan, September 21-26

Speaker: James Eckhardt, mfp delegate

Hosted by John McDonnell,MP

Boothroyd Room
Portcullis House, Bridge Street,
London SW1A
(left out of Westminster Station and left again)

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After many months of quiet effort, ministry for peace has secured enough support in Parliament to set up an official All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues. The purpose of the APPG, as formally stated in the Parliamentary Register, is 'To encourage dialogue, on the basis of expert information and opinion from across the political spectrum, on issues relating to conflict; especially on the practical means to prevent, transform and resolve violent conflict.'

Establishing this group, which is a major step forward for ministry for peace, has generated a lot of interest across government and amongst those who work in the field of conflict management. The APPG will provide a forum where Parliamentarians, government officials, NGOs, academics and others can come together on a regular basis to share ideas and thoughts about the challenges of non-violent approaches to managing conflict.

ministry for peace is not aligned to any political party and we welcome support from all parties at Westminster. In last year's General Election we sent our Manifesto to members of the three main parties and sought their views. Now there are the beginnings of a contest for the next Leader of the Labour Party and we will be similarly be asking whether they support structures in government to reduce violent conflict at home and abroad. As their speeches are published we will be putting them on this website and invite your comments to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it