Dear Cora, Alicia, Colin, Mike, Victor and Peace-Loving Friends,
Thanks for this significant step of light in the long march for peace, at
this gloomy trump times 👍
Abrazos polares
Azril
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On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 5:39 AM, Cora Weiss <cweiss185@...> wrote:

> It is diluted, but we need to get used to dilution for a few years. It
> could have been more representative with more voices from civil society. I
> decided it was the best we could get at this time. So if you present it for
> teaching you should ask how it could be made better, what would students
> add to it or take away.  I just like the idea of peace is a right.
>
> On Nov 18, 2016 8:05 PM, "Alicia Cabezudo" <democracyrights@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Cora,
>>
>> Thanks for this very good news indeed!
>> It have to be included in Peace Education - of course .
>> We are starting dissemination of your message now . . . YES!
>>
>> Warm regards to you and Peter from Bogotá,
>>
>> Alicia
>>
>> Professor Alicia Cabezudo
>> School of Education
>> University of Rosario
>> Rosario - Argentina
>> acabezudo@...
>> democracyrights@...
>>
>> International Peace Bureau - IPB Ginebra
>> Former IPB Vice President
>> IPB Consultant
>> alicia.cabezudo@...
>> www.ipb.org
>>
>>
>> On Friday, November 18, 2016 8:02 PM, Cora Weiss <cweiss185@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Nice news at a gloomy time. It's been many years since we started the
>> campaign. So many speeches,
>> so many conferences. Finally, a vote of the General Assembly today. It is
>> not a law, it wasn't passed
>> by the Security Council,  but it's good, very good. It puts the word
>> Peace back on the table, and
>> makes it a Right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights does not
>> include Peace as a Right. Circulate the news.
>>  It needs to be part of the Women's March agenda in January.
>> It needs to be integrated into peace and human rights education.
>> Congratulations.
>> Cora
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *derecho paz* <derechopaz@...>
>> Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 3:59 PM
>> Subject: Adoption #Right to Peace Now
>> To:
>>
>>
>>                                The General Assembly adopts the
>> Declaration on the Right to Peace
>> Paz sin Fronteras (PSF) is a movement inspired in the humanitarian work
>> of its two top leaders, Miguel Bosé and Juanes; its purpose is to promote
>> the construction of peace in the world through art, culture and the support
>> of renowned musicians.
>> On 22 October 2016, PSF began the campaign called #RightToPeaceNow by
>> which well-known personalities urged Member States of the Third Committee
>> of the General Assembly to adopt a Declaration on the Right to Peace at the
>> end of the 71th regular session, based on the resolution A/HRC/32/28.
>> Thanks to its social mobilization and the leading role played by a large
>> NGO group, on 18 November 2016, the General Assembly of the United Nations
>> has adopted a Declaration on the Right to Peace by majority of its Member
>> States.
>> During this campaign, several personalities of the world of culture and
>> art have raised their voices to demand a Declaration on the Right to Peace
>> through their media and social networks. They have expressed their support
>> so that the process was definitively closed in New York with the adoption
>> of a Declaration on the Right to Peace, such as occurred in this case.
>> After almost twenty years, the Declaration on the right to Peace has
>> definitely been adopted. This longstanding humankind’s aspiration has
>> finally realized within the framework of the General Assembly after its
>> first serious attempt carried out by UNESCO in 1997.
>> The Declaration will pass to the UN history for being the first peace
>> Declaration adopted by the General Assembly in this new Millennium, after
>> the adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on Culture of Peace
>> in 1999 by the same body.
>> PSF wants to thank all people, governments and institutions for having
>> successfully ended this joint adventure in New York. In particular, PSF
>> openly thanks Costa Rica for having chaired in Geneva the Intergovernmental
>> Open Ended Working Group on the Right to Peace, Cuba for having presented
>> this Declaration before the Third Committee of the General Assembly and the
>> Latin American and Caribbean Group, among others, for having actively
>> supported this initiative. Recently the Latin American and Caribbean
>> nations decided to declare this region of the world as a “zone of peace”.
>> However, this Declaration is the clear result of the important role
>> played by some sectors of civil society and Universities for years, which
>> have shown that genuine dialogue among all stakeholders and regional groups
>> are the foundation of peace and understanding in the world.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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