Summit Calls for Ministries and Departments of Peace in All Nations
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.
Over the four days of meeting, the Summit heard reports from each country, carried out a series
of intensive training towards the formation of Ministries and Departments of Peace within their
respective governments, and resolved to witness the creation at least two more ministries by
the next Summit, with Costa Rica as the most likely to declare. “This summit empowered each
one of the participants and gave the Global Alliance the power to go forward,” said Yumi
Kikuchi, founder and chair of JUMP.
At the summit the Africa Alliance for Peace emerged, initiated by delegates from Rwanda,
Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.
The Global Alliance calls for structures in governments and civil society that support a culture of
peace, working together with all sectors in each country, especially youth, towards that goal.
Contact: Yumi Kikuchi of Japan United for Ministry of Peace (JUMP), a member of Global Alliance for Ministries and
Departments of Peace (email:
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*Countries represented were: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Nepal, New
Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, the Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, UK and USA.
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