IPB, METO, and IPPNW jointly released a statement on Israel-Palestine. This collaboration ensures it reflects our stance and local voices. Read the full statement and help us share it widely.
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UNODA’s Statement on the Global Days of Action on Military Spending
Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, issued the following message on the occasion of the 2024 Global Days of Action on Military Spending. The figures released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show that global military expenditures rose by...
Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2023
Published by: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Date: 22 April 2024 Authors: Dr Nan Tian, Dr Diego Lopes da Silva, Xiao Liang and Lorenzo Scarazzato World military expenditure increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a total of $2443 billion. The 6.8 per cent...
IPB Statement on Recent Escalation in West Asia
18 April 2024, Germany The International Peace Bureau (IPB) is deeply concerned over the continued escalation and open violation of international law in West Asia. Both the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria and Iran’s launching of missiles and drones from its own soil toward Israel...
C7 Statement to the G7 Foreign Ministers
14 April 2024. Ahead of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Capri, 17-19 April 2024, we, the C7 (Civil7), issue a statement with our recommendations to call on the G7 Foreign Ministers to take concrete actions to promote human rights and the common interests of humanity and the...
War Costs Us The Earth · GDAMS Statement 2024
War Costs Us The Earth · GDAMS Statement 2024 Disarmament now to save people and planet Humanity is at a crossroads where political decisions on defence budgets will determine the trajectory of the multiple crises in which we are immersed. Wars and armed conflicts are devastating whole regions of...
Sean MacBride Awarding Ceremony 2024
Berlin, 22 March 2024 – The recent award ceremony honored peace activists, recognizing their dedication to promoting conscientious objection and advocating for peace...
Left leaders, intellectuals demand: ‘Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all anti-war political prisoners in Russia’
Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign March 23, 2024 | For immediate release An international campaign for the freeing from prison of well-known Russian intellectual, writer and anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky, along with all other jailed opponents of the war in Ukraine, was...
PETITION IN SUPPORT OF BORIS KAGARLITSKY
On February 13, the court overturned the previous decision on release and sent Boris Kagarlitsky to prison for five years. Sign the petition for his release. Sign the petition now for his release: https://freeboris.info/...
March 8, 2024 – International Women‘s Day
CSP WG women and gender realities In 1914, the celebration of March 8th turned into a demonstration against the arrest of Rosa Luxemburg who spoke out against weapons and imperialist wars. In 1975, the United Nations proclaimed March 8 the „Day of the United Nations for the rights of...