The illegal assassination of Iranian General Soleimani was an act of war by the United States that must not be tolerated. Whatever the crimes of Soleimani have been, the United States has no legal or moral right to take such unilateral action or for the recent bombings of five Iranian related facilities in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading “No to War – Statement on the U.S. Assassination of General Soleimani EN/FR”
IPB Statements
Press Release – COP25 (EN/DE/FR)
Press Release (EN/DE/FR)
COP25 Madrid – the ‘carbon boot-print’
No free pass for military emissions anymore!
Military is a climate killer!
IPB calls for countries to be obliged to cut their military emissions!
Nobel Peace Prize 2019 for Reconciliation
IPB welcomes the decision of the Nobel Peace Prize committee to give the 2019 award to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Continue reading “Nobel Peace Prize 2019 for Reconciliation”
No to war against Kurds
No to war against Kurds – IPB calls for negotiations
The war started by Turkey is an aggression against the Kurdish people and an attack against the Syrian territorial sovereignty. Tenth of civilians have already been killed by the Turkish bombing and many of them are escaping from the region. Continue reading “No to war against Kurds”
IPB MacBride award 2019 for Elayne Whyte Gómez and Bruce Kent
Every year the IPB awards a special prize to a person or organisation that has done outstanding work for peace, disarmament and/or human rights. These were the principal concerns of Sean MacBride, the distinguished Irish statesman who was Chairman of IPB from 1968-74 and President from 1974-1985. MacBride was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1974), deputy General Secretary of the UN and founder if the disarmament committee of the UN. Continue reading “IPB MacBride award 2019 for Elayne Whyte Gómez and Bruce Kent”
IPB Statement – No War Against Iran
No War against Iran.
Defending the Iran nuclear deal.
Preventing another US warfare.
The International Peace Bureau calls for worldwide protests against the planned war. Continue reading “IPB Statement – No War Against Iran”
Post-Conference Statement – Growing Nuclear Risks in a Changing World: New Thinking and Movement Building
Statement of Reiner Braun (IPB) and Joseph Gerson (IPB, AFSC, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security) on the Conference “Growing Nuclear Risks in a Changing World: New Thinking and Movement Building, co-organised by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New York Office.
IPB Statement on the SIPRI Report on Military Spending
On April 29th, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its report on global military spending in 2018. According to the report, the global military budget rose in 2018 by 2.6%, and is now estimated at $1.822.000.000.000 ($1,822 trillion.)
Continue reading “IPB Statement on the SIPRI Report on Military Spending”
IPB Statement Call for Your Action for a Nuclear-weapon Free, Peaceful and Just World
Call for Your Action for a Nuclear-weapon Free, Peaceful and Just World
Dear IPB family,
We live with the increasing danger of nuclear weapons that continue to threaten the survival of humanity. Continue reading “IPB Statement Call for Your Action for a Nuclear-weapon Free, Peaceful and Just World”
The IPB Calls on Irish Authorities for the Release of Activists Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers
The IPB strongly condemns the imprisonment of Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers, US Veterans for Peace activists, and calls on the Irish authorities for their immediate release.