Mairead Lectures to students on ‘Ending Wars’ – 27 Feb 2016
Mairead Maguire meeting with students at the Ingeid Segeratedts college after giving a lecture on ending wars.
STOP BOMBING SYRIA
Mairead Maguire along with over 100 supporters gathered tonight at Belfast City hall for a peaceful vigil to call upon the people of Belfast & the world to promote peace for Syria. Please let your voices be heard in the promotion of 'Non violence' in support of the Syrian civil society. STOP BOMBING SYRIA
INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO SYRIA 2015
Mairead Maguire and Ann Patterson from The Peace People along with 14 delegates are currently in Syria to promote peace. Their delegation is hoping to express support for all Syrians who have been victims of war and terror since 2011. [caption id="attachment_865" align="alignnone" width="300"] 25 Nov 2015. Peace Delegation had a meeting for peace with the Patriarch Gregarious III at the Byzantine Cathedral in old city Damascus .[/caption] [caption id="attachment_867" align="alignnone" width="300"] 25 November Syria 2015. The Delegation had meetings at the Umayyad Mosque in the Old Town Damascus, Umayyad, Mosque. [/caption] Ms Maguire has again called for the International Community to listen to the voices of countless Syrians who call for peace and speak of the truth and the reality of the conflict in Syria.
STATEMENT OF THE XV WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES, BARCELONA Nov 2015
THE BARCELONA DECLARATION: REFUGEES: MEETING THE CHALLENGE TO OUR HUMANITY STATEMENT OF THE XV WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES, BARCELONA We, the Nobel Peace Laureates and Peace Organisations, in the presence of youth from all over the world, gathered together in Barcelona from 12 - 15 November 2015, have considered issues affecting world peace - with special emphasis on the current refugee and migration crisis. We are profoundly shocked and outraged by the barbaric killing of more than 150 innocent people in Paris on the evening of 13 November. We express our deepest sympathy and solidarity with the families of the victims and with the people of France. This outrageous attack stresses the urgent need to address the root causes of the current refugee crisis and insecurity in the…
15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Barcelona 13-15th November, 2015 Mairead Maguire Speech
"ENDING THE ERA OF WARS" My dear Friends, I would like to thank the Major of Barcelona, Ada Colau I Ballano, the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit, and all those who have worked so hard to make this great event possible. It is wonderful to see so many people here and in particular to see so many young people. I hope you will enjoy the next few days making new friends and leave feeling joyful and enthusiastic about the great tasks and challenges ahead of you. There are enormous challenges which will require all your energy, and enthusiasm, and above all your creativity and imagination to dream of, and to build a disarmed, peaceful world starting with ending militarism and wars… But in order to build a disarmed world,…