24Oct 2013 by peacepeople

Peace in Syria

Campaigns, Syria
Speech by Mairead Maguire in Warsaw, Poland. October, 21-23, 2013 At The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Dear Friends, In May, 2013 I led a 16 person peace delegation into Syria at the invitation of Mussalaha National Movement. What we witnessed happening inside Syria was not fairly depicted in the International media which was not reporting gross violations against international law and humanitarian international law by foreign countries and fighters that are using a proxy war for the purpose of Regime change and geo-strategical benefits. We would remind those foreign governments who are training and funding foreign fighters that it is it is illegal under united nations Charter to arm forces to topple elected governments. During our visit we witnessed that the civilian population was and still is, suffering…
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24Oct 2013 by peacepeople

World Summit Of Nobel Peace Laureates In Warsaw, Poland Oct 21st – 23rd 2013

Events
Address by Mairead Maguire at the 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. ‘STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR PEACE TIME TO ACT’. REPLACING VIOLENCE, ARMED REBELLIONS, MILITARISM AND WAR WITH NONVIOLENCE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Dear Friends, I believe the next stage of our evolution as the human family is to embrace nonviolence. This will mean rejecting violence in all its forms and solving our problems together through nonviolence, human rights and international law. Replacing ‘armed’ rebellions, militarism and war, with international law, is not an impossible task and will happen when we humans reach the critical mass of people who know that each life is sacred, and say ‘no’ to killing, force and the threat of force, which is currently used by most governments and extremist groups around the world. We…
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10Sep 2013 by peacepeople

Mairead Maguire and Ian Chamberlain interview on Syria

Campaigns, Syria
Interview with Mairead Maguire (Nobel Peace Prize Winner) and Ian Chamberlain (Stop The War Coalition UK) from Connolly Media Group on Vimeo. After the PANA ( Peace and Neutrality Alliance ) Public Meeting on Syria & Iran, Mairead Magure ( Nobel Peace Prize Winner ) and Ian Chamberlain ( Stop The War Coalition UK ) talk about the current and future situation in Syria and the wider region.
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