On September 18, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/ES-10/L.31, demanding Israel end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) within 12 months and to immediately comply with the provisional measures in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Since then Israel has entrenched its occupation and escalated its genocidal attacks on Gaza causing the United Nations to declare famine in Gaza. The Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) and Global Civil Society is calling for a Global Strike and Day of Action on September 18, 2025, to denounce Israel’s refusal to comply with this order, and to demand that UN member nations act immediately to end Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.
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Citizen Barometer of Peace and Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Produced and directed by the Pamoja kwa Amani Consortium, C-PKA / with the support of PAEMA, Special Issue of August 21, 2025 for the special attention of the members of the United Nations Security Council.
From the security and peace index in the provinces of North and South Kivu:
There is no peace, let alone security, in the entire two provinces. Everyday it is not known if we will survive. Getting through a day, sleeping, and waking up alive is currently a miracle. Attacks against peaceful citizens have become commonplace. Killings, assassinations, massacres, forced deportations, torture, and flagrant violations of human rights have reached unbearable proportions.
Continue reading “Citizen Barometer of Peace and Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo”Bearing Witness: Reflections from the World Conference against A and H Bombs
By Philip Jennings, IPB Co-President
“I forget things easily, but I can’t forget that day. I want to, but I can’t. I need to hand down my experience. Until the age of 80, I refused to speak about August 6, but now I do. I was 15. I worked in a tobacco factory; we were 600 metres from the epicentre. There was a white light, then a blast which rocked me. I had a moment to seek shelter that saved me, but my friends did not. There were fires and bodies everywhere. Children and adults with skin covered in blisters. The skin was hanging from their bodies. Children were crying, and then silence as their hearts stopped. I collected the bodies, and we made funeral pyres day after day.”
These words from a Hibakusha were shared at the 2025 Gensuikyo A & H conference in Hiroshima. The audience listened in respectful silence, with many tears being shed.
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World BEYOND War launched a campaign on the Global Day of Education to #CloseBases, inviting organizations and individuals worldwide to plan local educational events about military bases on October 4, 2025.
The thousands of military bases, both foreign and domestic, around the world are a critical piece of the war machine that must be dismantled. Closing bases is a necessary step to shift the global security paradigm towards a demilitarized approach that centers common security — no one is safe until all are safe.
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Date and Time: 22 Sep
Location: Greece
Description of Activity:
PADOP devoted to UN INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY (21st September), will be held the next day, i.e. on MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2025 at the cultural premises of the Athens Municipality, focused on awarding this years’ “NIKOS NIKIFORIDIS” PEACE AND DISARMAMENT PRIZE.
Organizer/s: Observatory of International Organisations and Globalisation (PADOP)
Contact Details
Contact Person: Evdokia Roka
Contact Email Address: info@padop.gr
Website: https://padop.gr/
Greece | Nikos Nikiforidis: Peace and Disarmament PrizeLesvos Peace Festival
Date and Time: 2-7 Sep
Location: Greece
Description of Activity: LESVOS PEACE FESTIVAL, 2-7 SEPTEMBER 2025, on a Greek island renowned for its peace and solidarity tradition. “Local government diplomacy” and its contribution to peace is a highlight, involving elected local government officials from Greece and Turkey; bold action!
The 80th years since the HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI HOLOCAUSTS will also be marked.
Organizer/s: Observatory of International Organisations and Globalisation (PADOP)
Contact Details
Contact Person: Evdokia Roka
Contact Email Address: info@padop.gr
Website: https://padop.gr/
International Peace Day 2025
The International Day of Peace, observed every year on September 21, calls on us to strengthen the ideals of peace within and among nations and peoples. In a world marked by conflict, inequality, and discrimination, it is a reminder of our urgent responsibility to foster solidarity, advance disarmament, nurture empathy, and build sustainable peace for all.
On this day, let us remember: peace must always be created together and for everyone.
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United Kingdom | Choral singing by the Network of International Women Brighton & Hove
Date and Time: 21-Sep
Location: Brighton Dome Theatre, England
Description of Activity: Choral singing by the Network of International Women Brighton & Hove
Organizer/s: Network of International Women Brighton & Hove
Contact Details
Contact Person: Valerie Mainstone
Contact Email Address: valerie.mainstone@gmail.com
Website: https://niwbh.org/
Canada | PEACE WALK 2025: 80 km for 80 Years
Date and Time: 15-21-Sep
Location: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Description of Activity:
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To honour this solemn milestone and renew our collective commitment to peace, Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace and Peace Quest Cape Breton invite you to participate in the “80 km for 80 Years Peace Walk.”
Led by Mi’gmaq water and land protectors, this walk will trace an 80 km route across Mi’kma’ki from Pugwash to Truro from September 15 to 21, culminating on the International Day of Peace.
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Date and Time: 21-Sep, 10:00 am local time
Location: Hiroshima University Higashi-Senda Campus, Senda Lab and online.
Description of Activity: Eighty years have passed since the end of the war, and yet, international tensions and armed conflicts persist, affecting the peace situation both inside and outside Japan.
Amid this, we are once again asking ourselves what we have learned from peace education thus far and how we should proceed in the future.
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