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UPCOMING: Article 9 and Article 12 Conference -- Peace Constitutions for Global Disarmament
Date: July 15-16, 2009 *PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE*
Venue: On board Peace Boat (SS Oceanic)
Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
A year after the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War, an international follow-up event will explore the value of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution and of Article 12 of the Costa Rican Constitution in their historical perspectives and contemporary contexts, as well as their regional significance.
Furthermore, in light of the current financial and food crises, as well as violent conflicts and massive poverty that ravage the world today, the conference will look at the links between these peace clauses and Article 26 of the United Nations Charter, which calls for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments with the least diversion of the world's human and economic resources for armaments in order to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security.
The conference will explore how to develop and synergize national, regional and global efforts towards shifting priorities by which resources are allocated and advocate for a decrease in military expenditures to invest in financing sustainable development and human security.
Read the conference's concept paper, here. Also see the provisional program, here.
Click here for more information about how to participate. Fill and return the registration form no later than July 10, 2009.
The event is being co-sponsored by the Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War, Peace Boat, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA)-Latin America Branch, the Faculty of Law of the University of Costa Rica and Japanese Lawyers International Solidarity Association (JALISA). |
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NEW: Call for the Release of Mairead Maguire and Human Rights Activists Detained by Israel
The Global Article 9 Campaign and Peace Boat have issued a joint appeal calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and approximately 20 human rights activists participating on a mission of the Free Gaza Movement aimed at delivering critically needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. Mairead Maguire is a strong advocate of the Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War.
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Global Article 9 Declaration to Abolish War
Adopted by participants of the Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish
War (May 4-6, 2008) and endorsed by Nobel Peace Laureates Mairead
Maguire, Jody Williams, and by the Nobel Women's Peace
Initiative.
To read all the outcome documents of the Conference, click here.
A report of the Conference is available here. |
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Peace Boat Hibakusha Project Continues
After the success of the first Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World, during which 103 Hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bombings) of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shared their experiences of the atomic bomb, gave testimonies and generated exchange around the world, Peace Boat is embarking on a second global voyage. With a focus on nuclear disarmament education, Hibakusha and youth will come together to learn and pass on the stories and memories of the Hibakusha to future generations, their sufferings and hopes for the future, and give a new breath of life to the global network of people working for peace and nuclear abolition. The Global Article 9 Campaign support this project as Hibakusha not only act as peace and disarmament educators, raising awareness on the dangers of nuclear weapons and the human costs of war, but also forcefully add their voices to the call to abolish all nuclear weapons and create an alternative vision for peace and global stability that does not rely on force. >> Read about the first Global Voyage For A Nuclear-Free World here.
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Global Article 9 Campaign Letter to the UN Security Council
This letter was sent to all Council members, as they were preparing to hold a debate on "strengthening collective security and armament regulation." The letter reiterated that Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution supplements Article 26 of the UN Charter and called on governments to regulate armament, reduce worldwide military spending and reallocate the world's limited resources to sustainable development and peace promotion. |
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Joint Global Article 9 and Disarmament for Development Campaigns Leaflet
The Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War and IPB's Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development Programme are both advocating a shift in resource allocation from the military to sustainable development and human security. Three years after their launch, the two campaigns are jointly seeking to develop a global network of organizations and institutions, which would work together towards the reallocation of resources spent on the military. |
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Support Article 9
The Global Article 9 Campaign is now seeking international
supporters and solidarity messages through the internet |
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Download the Global Article 9 Campaign brochure (pdf format):
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*Soon coming: Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Russian |
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