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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,…
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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…
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Moving Beyond Militarism & War: An International Conference

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The conference – hosted in Belfast by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire –  will for the first time bring together all six Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.  They will be joined by over 80 influential activists, academics, and decision makers from across the globe whose work focuses on ending militarism and war with nonviolent strategies for peace. War, militarism, and violence affect communities around the world on a horrific scale. Of those affected by conflict, women are often among the most vulnerable and marginalized. Alarmingly, militarism and war are on the rise; the last two decades have witnessed a steady rise in global military spending while funding is diverted from critical social services such as healthcare and education. In particular, sexual violence, inequality, environmental destruction, and natural resource conflicts…
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Concluding Declaration of the Mussalaha International Delegation to Syria, 7.10.201

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    Syria exhibits a massive and terrible breakdown of human decency and respect.  There are millions of innocent victims and many individual acts of heroism, but amongst the powerful we see an appalling degree of violence, hypocrisy and corruption. Tens of thousands have died, millions have been displaced, and nearly the entire population of 23 million lives in fear. The international community has stated and we confirm that the Syrian tragedy is possibly the worst since World War II. States, political organizations and combatants are the primary causes of the misery, which they pursue for their own advantage, sewing terror and manipulating the suffering to reflect badly on their opponents while all too often refusing to compromise or even talk to each other. These are the findings of our…
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Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire To Visit Syria On Peace Mission

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Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire and Peace People member Ann Patterson Left on the 1st of May for a 10 day Peace Mission to Lebanon/Syria.   They had been invited by Mussalaha Peace and Reconciliation movement in Syria to take part in a mission of peace. This Mission has the support of the Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III. The International Delegation includes people from Ireland, USA, Australia, Italy, Canada, And  Middle Eastern countries. Before leaving  Ms.Maguire said : ‘We are grateful to Mussalaha for their invitation to Syria.  We are grateful too for this Opportunity to join in love, friendship and solidarity with the Syrian people in these terrible days of violence, suffering and death in their country. We wish to learn for ourselves what is happening on the ground in Syria and what the Syrian people want for…
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