August 9,2021. Nagasaki, Japan. I bring you greetings from the world’s oldest peace organization: the International Peace Bureau. I bring our respect to the tireless work of the Hibakusha to bring their message of peace to the world. They must be the last people to suffer from nuclear weapons. My message to you is one … Continue reading “Philip Jennings, Co-President of the IPB: Remarks to the 2021 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs”
The amount of military spending in the world is a political, social, ecological, economical and ethical scandal. It reveals the continued misplaced priorities of global leaders. Despite the ongoing pandemic, environmental emergency, and growing inequality, military spending increased by 2.6%, from US$ 1.917 trillion in 2019 to $ 1.981 trillion – just shy of 2 … Continue reading “IPB Statement on the Release of SIPRI’s Military Expenditure Data for 2020”
Written by Colin Archer, IPB Secretary-General (retired) The end of the Cold War ushered in a particularly complex decade. Loss of peace movement momentum due to the end of East-West confrontations and the immediate nuclear threat was accompanied by a diversification of focus. Human rights, social development, gender, environment and other causes all absorbed activist … Continue reading “A short history of the International Peace Bureau: 1990 – 2017*”
On Nagasaki Day 2020, the 75th anniversary of the USA dropping an atomic bomb on the city, IPB Co-President Philip Jennings gave the following speech to the attendees of the 2020 World Conference against A and H Bombs:
US Conference of Mayors Calls for Human-Centered Security in a Time of Global Pandemic At the close of its 88th Annual Meeting, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 30, 2020, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Executive Committee unanimously adopted a sweeping resolution Calling for Human-Centered Security in a Time of Global … Continue reading “IPB Partner, USCM, Calls for Human-Centered Security in Times of Global Pandemic”
The IPB was founded in 1891-92, as a result of consultations at the Universal Peace Congresses, large gatherings held annually to bring together the national peace societies that had gradually developed, mainly in Europe and North America, from the end of the Napoleonic Wars onwards.
Written by Patricia Pérez, Executive Director of ILAPyC and IPB Board Member. Starting in April 2020, we will begin providing regular updates and a platform for the exchange of ideas and opinions that strengthen our actions for peace and citizenship in the Latin America and Caribbean region. In this part of the world, there are wars, … Continue reading “Updates from Latin America: Everyday Wars in the Search for Peace”
We are looking forward to welcoming you to CND and IPB’s conference which will be held on Sunday October 20 London, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Our Triennial Congress, under the banner: “21st century security: challenges and solution” will also be held in London.
IPB Youth Network Conference – Transform! Towards a Culture of Peace (as of 5th of July 2019) Organizers IPB Youth Network, IPB in partnership with ITUC and ITUC Youth
IPB – ITUC World Youth Summit – Transform! #ChangeTheRules – Just transitions towards peace, social justice and environmental sustainability Organizers IPB and IPB Youth Network in partnership with ITUC With the support of ILO ACTRAV, DFG-VK, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Date 20-22 September 2019 Location Technical University Berlin, Building of Mathematics, Strasse des 17. Juni 136, Berlin, Germany … Continue reading “IPB-ITUC World Youth Summit 2019”
