Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 21. April 2005 / Time Line April 21, 2005
Version 3.020. April 2005, 22. April 2005
04/21/2005
Jan Oberg receives the Swedish Peace Council's "2005 Small Peace
Prize"
Lund, Sweden - April 21, 2005
We want to share with you the happy news that Jan Oberg, TFF
co-founder and director, has been awarded the "2005 Small Peace
Prize" of the Swedish Peace Council. The Prize is instituted as
"complimentary to the 'big' Nobel Peace Prize."
The Council is an umbrella organisation for the following members:
Artists for Peace, the Iraqi Democratic Association, Association of
Christian Humanism and Social Perspective, Women for Peace,
Psychologists Against Nuclear Weapons, the Swedish Peace Committee,
Swedish Women's Left Association, and the Society of Friends
(Quakers) plus 5 other associated NGOs.
The Prize - which comes with 25.000 Swedish kronor - rewards an
individual's "courage and idealism in promoting reconciliation
among groups in conflicts outside Sweden."
In its motivation, the Council emphasises the energy and creativity
by which TFF's international work is carried out; its integrated
approach to research and activism based on about 100 highly
competent people, all voluntarily working for global peace.
It further highlights TFF's website for making "a substantial
contribution to a better understanding of the world, its problems
and possibilities."
- "I receive this with much gratitude and happiness and - naturally
- on behalf of TFF and all those wonderful people who make it what
it is," says Jan Oberg. "TFF's work is for, by and to the people.
We are people-financed and now also rewarded by the finest people's
organsations in Sweden."
- "It's particularly stimulating that the Council emphasises our
work for reconciliation."
- "I am very happy since this is the third peace prize in three
years and the first recognition of this kind from a Nordic country.
We have always wanted to be globally oriented but this Award
stimulates us a lot to make an extra effort in terms of public
education work useful to Scandinavians."
04/21/2005
Belgian Senate Resolution
A. considering the upcoming NPT Review Conference on 2-27 May
2005;
B. considering the adoption by consensus of the Final Document at
the 2000 NPT Review Conference
04/21/2005
Former general Baril hired for landmine effort
Canadian Press
From CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1114031214288_133/?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory
OTTAWA - A former chief of defence staff is set to get an
untendered government contract to persuade China, the United States
and others countries into signing the Ottawa Convention that bans
landmines.
His primary role will be to talk "hard" countries like China and
the United States into signing the convention banning landmines.
Since 1997, 152 countries have signed, though only 144 have
actually ratified the document.
Baril will help raise money for Canada's multimillion-dollar mine
action program, which includes demining, victim assistance and
stockpile destruction. He will also serve as advisor to Canada's
ambassador on landmines, Ross Hynes.
 |
 |