Dublin Quaker Peace Committee

Consultation on Peace and Security in the Emerging Global Context Meeting of Reference Group on IEPC Follow-up 9-11 February 2012 Geneva, Switzerland IEPC Message Glory to God and Peace on Earth The Message of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may [...]

A seminar on Saturday 19th May 2012 at Churchtown Meeting House, 82 Lower Churchtown Road, Dublin 14 Originated by Yearly Meeting Peace Committee with the assistance of Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee 11.00am-3.30pm Contact: Seán McCrum smccrum.1949@gmail.com  087-947 4459 01 / 00-353-1/ 679 3279 Yearly Meeting Peace Committee discovered that they do not know what [...]

Below is the Yearly Meeting Peace Committee’s statement for 2012…   PEACE COMMITTEE OF IRELAND YEARLY MEETING THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS [QUAKERS] IN IRELAND. WHO ARE WE? We are Quakers. We base our thinking and actions on our Peace Testimony. Our view of peace is positive – we seek for peace because it is [...]

News from the blog for the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA): Israeli authorities demolished Beit Arabiya (“Arabiya’s House”) last night (Monday, January 23rd) for the fifth time, along with structures in the East Anata Bedouin compound.  Beit Arabiya, Located in the West Bank town of Anata (Area C) just to the northeast of Jerusalem, is a living symbol [...]

International Peace Studies Public Lecture “War Crimes in Sri Lanka:International Implications” Denis Halliday & Mary Lawlor Thursday, October 77 PMJ. M. Synge Theatre Arts Building Trinity College Dublin Denis Halliday is former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mary Lawlor is Director of Front Line, The International Foundation for theProtection of Human Rights Defenders. Denis [...]

As Haiti rebuilds from this disaster, please work to secure the immediate cancellation of Haiti’s $1 billion debt and ensure that any emergency earthquake assistance is provided in the form of grants, not debt-incurring loans. Haiti needs a sustained international effort as it seeks to recover from this earthquake. The current outpouring of support is [...]

IRISH FORUM FOR PEACE IN SRI LANKA J.M. Synge Theatre, Trinity College Dublin Saturday 16th January @ 2.00pm The Permanent People’s Tribunal (successor to the Bertrand Russell Tribunal) will be conducting a People’s Tribunal on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath in Dublin on the 14th, 15th & 16th of January 2010. On [...]

We received a recent request from Neil Endicott, Policy Officer (Sustainable Energy Security) at the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA). He brought our attention to the publication of the QCEA Sustainable Energy Security programme’s first report – ‘The Nabucco Gas Pipeline: A chance for the EU to push for change in Turkmenistan’. You can [...]

Enclosed below is a document (PDF format) released by the Palestinian National Authority as it’s Program of the Thirteenth Government on August 2009: This document presents the program of the 13th government of the Palestinian National Authority. The program, which sets out our national goals and government policies, centers around the objective of building strong [...]

Greetings from Georgia, We continue the relief work for refugees. But only medical relief programme for now. It was expected that the refugees from South Ossetia will be accommodated in the new build homes or will get financial compensation by the end of September, but approximately 3500 families still live in shelters. Only 400 families [...]