Syria – Page 10 – the Peace PEOPLE

27Aug 2013 by clive

No arms to rebels

Press release 26th August 2013 Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate, today appealed to the Rt. Hon. William Hague, British Foreign Minister, and M. Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister, to stop calling for military action against Syria which, she said, will only lead the Middle East into even more violence and bloodshed for its people. Maguire said: Arming rebels and authorizing military action by USA/NATO forces will not solve the problem facing Syria, but indeed could lead to the death of thousands of Syrians, the breaking-up of Syria, and it falling under the control of violent fundamentalist jihadist forces. It will mean the further fleeing of Syrians into surrounding countries which will themselves become destabilised. The entire Middle East will become unstable and violence will spiral out of control. Contrary to…

17Jun 2013 by peacepeople

G8 Protest Belfast City Centre

Campaigns, Syria

Peace people members, Ann Patterson and Mairead Maguire, protest outside city Hall, Belfast, during visit of President Obama and head of the G.8 during their visit to northern ireland. During media interviews, including Russia and China, Maguire called for ‘No guns to be send to syria' And no intervention from outside countries, as asked for by Syrian civil community including all religious leaders.

24May 2013 by peacepeople

Partnership for Change Conference in Oslo Norway 18-21st March 2012

Syria

Mairead Maguire speaks at \" The Partnership For Change Conference\" on Dignity and Empowerment. Dear Friends, I am very happy to be with you and would like to thank you for your kind invitation to address this Partnership for Change Conference. Ending rape and sexual violence is a huge challenge to us all, but it can Be done when we join in Partnership and co-operation, and use a multi-faceted approach to transforming a culture of rape and sexual violence into a culture of nonkilling, nonviolence and respect for life and human dignity. In the Nobel Peace Laureates Charter for a world without violence, Chapter 13 states: ‘We have a right not to be killed and a responsibility not to kill each other’. We could add alongside this, ‘women and girls,…

24May 2013 by peacepeople

Report and Appeal – mussalaha del Syria

Syria

Report and Appeal to the International community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government and reject outside intervention and war. BY Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate. Spokesperson for Mussalaha International Peace delegation to Lebanon/Syria l-llth May, 2013, After a 10 days visit to Lebanon and Syria, leading a 16 person delegation from 8 countries, invited by Mussalaha Reconciliation Movement, I have returned hopeful that peace is possible in Syria, if all outside interference is stopped and the Syrians are allowed to solve their own problems upholding their right to self-determination. An appeal to end all violence and for Syrians to be left alone from outside interference was made by all those we met during our visit to Syria. We have…

27Jan 2012 by peacepeople

Trident Ploughshares Founder Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

Syria

Angie Zelter nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize The Scottish Parliament congratulates Angie Zelter, founder member of the anti-nuclear weapons campaign group, Trident Ploughshares, on being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead McGuire, who won the award in 1976, and notes Ms Zelter's 30 years of peace activism, which is seen as inspirational and empowering in Scotland and around the world and which included, in 1999, being acquitted of damage to a Trident research barge in Loch Goil on the basis of what is considered the illegality of the UK's nuclear weapons under international law.