International Coalition for the Decade
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On November 10th, 1998, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, the years 2001 to 2010, as the "International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World".
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Since 2001, some national NGOs coalitions promoting the Decade have been established in several countries, including Austria, France, Italy and the Netherlands. These national coalitions along with international organizations decided to found the International Coalition for the Decade in June 2003.Members of the International Coalition
National Coalitions :- Comitato Italiano per il Decennio (Italy)
- Coordination Française pour la Décennie (France)
- Kooperation für des Frieden (Germany) observer member
- Österreichisches Netzwerk für Frieden und Gewaltfreiheit (Austria)
- Platform voor een Cultuur van Vrede en Geweldloosheid (Netherlands)
- Caritas Internationalis
- Church and Peace
- FIACAT (International Federation of ACAT, Action of the Christians for the Abolition of Torture)
- Franciscans International
- Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers)
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)
- Pax Christi International
- Pax Romana / ICMICA
- Réseau Foi, Culture et Education (Central Africa)
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- World Council of Churches (WCC)
- Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- Servicio Paz y Justicia en America Latina (SERPAJ)
Honorary Board
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Joseph Rotblat (†), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Elise Boulding, Author
- Anwarul K. Chowdhury, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative
- Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Peace Niwano Prize Laureate
- Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches
- Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- Queen Noor of Jordan
- Marshall Rosenberg, Director of Educational Services, Center for Nonviolent Communication
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