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Lessons from 10 years of international involvement in Iraq
It has been 10 years since Iraq was invaded by a US-led coalition and the regime of Saddam Hussein was toppled. The invasion led to one of the most violent periods in Iraqi history, during which the present Iraq was shaped. International involvement placed a heavy mark on the process of...
12th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The 12th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will be held on 20 - 31 May 2013 at the UN headquarters in New York. Beth Begley, Patrick Ryan and Mary McDonald will be representing Pax Christi International at this meeting. A provisional...
Pax Christi International calls for the immediate liberation of the two kidnapped bishops in Syria
Pax Christi International calls for the immediate liberation of Yohanna Ibrahim, the Syriac Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo, and Paul Yazigi, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo in Syria. The two archbishops reportedly were kidnapped, and a deacon driving them...
Pax Christi International on Peace Spirituality
Since the beginning, Pax Christi has sustained attention to the spirituality that nourishes our movement and has an impact on the priorities and effectiveness of our work for peace. This spirituality, with roots in, for example, the dignity of every person, active nonviolence...
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
As of 1 June 2013, all 27 European Union member states will be bound by the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, which entered into force on 1 March 1999. The Convention aims at achieving a world free of anti-personnel mines, ending the suffering...
World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel 2013
Pax Christi International will participate in the 2013 World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, to be held on 22 - 28 September. The theme of this year's event will be "Jerusalem, the city of justice and peace". Agencies working for justice are invited to join a week of prayer...
International Day of Action on Nuclear Disarmament, Geneva, 23 April 2013
An International Day of Action for Nuclear Disarmament is taking place today, in Geneva, in the context of the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which Pax Christi...
Peace History International Peace Bureau
The International Peace Bureau, of which Pax Christi International is a member, is planning a seminar on peace history on 23 – 24 May 2013, in Mons, Belgium. The seminar will be followed by the IPB Board meeting, 25 – 26 May, in which Fr. Paul Lansu of the International Secretariat...
Nuclear Weapons Free Zones
Fr. Paul Lansu of the International Secretariat and other members Pax Christi International will be in Geneva next week attending the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons...
Pax Christi International Annual General Assembly
The Annual General Assembly of Pax Christi International, which is the legal body of the organisation, meets on 10 June 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Elections will take place. The General Assembly meeting will be followed by a series of sessions on 11 and 12 June 2013...
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