Nobel Laureate Arias Opens Rotary Peace Symposium in São Paulo
Former Costa Rican President Óscar Arias promised that “we are not only dreamers, as our opponents often like to say. We are simply pragmatists who have our priorities straight.” Watch President Óscar Arias' address here: 'The money other countries spend on arms, here it's spent on roads, on running water, [...]
Peace Is…
What if we started thinking about Rotary as more than a collection of service clubs and started thinking of ourselves as a global peacebuilding force? What if together we wage peace? Just imagine, Rotarians building a world beyond war. Watch our new video below and help us spread the word. [...]
AP Interview: Top Yemen Shiite rebel commander welcomes UN peace talks
By Ahmed Al-Haj, June 3, 2015, published in USnews SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The second-in-command of Yemen's Shiite rebels on Wednesday assailed the Saudi-led airstrikes pounding his group's positions and allied forces, insisting they are ready to travel to Geneva for U.N.-mediated peace talks on ending the country's civil war. [...]
Refugees Organize New Union in Hong Kong
By Francesco Vecchio and Cosmo Beatson, June 2, 2015, published in WagingNonviolence As nightfall descended on April 19, word spread quickly in the refugee community of Hong Kong that a fire had erupted on a footbridge in Sham Shui Po, a derelict low-income district on the Kowloon peninsula. The countless impoverished families [...]
Nigeria: Making Nigeria’s Change Count
By Udo Jude ILO, June 2, 2015, published in AllAfrica May 29, 2015 stood out as one of the most important dates in Nigeria's history. For many, it was Nigeria's epiphany. For the first time since Nigeria's independence in 1960, an opposition party is took over government through the ballot. [...]
Pope Heads to Bosnia as ‘Messenger of Peace’
By Carol Glatz, June 2, 2015, published in Crux VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said he will dedicate his one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to encouraging a minority Catholic community in the faith, fostering ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, and calling for peace and harmony after the devastations of war. He said he [...]