IDP Peace Building

Peacebuilding is different from "peacemaking" and "peacekeeping" in that it focuses on creating a long-term culture of peace, rather than solving existing conflicts or preventing old ones from re-occurring. Peacebuilding activities aim at building understanding and tolerance between individuals, communities and societies and establishing new structures of cooperation.

Peacebuilding activities range in scale from personal acts of kindness toward others to global inter-governmental programs. Following are articles on various aspects of Peacebuilding, what it is, quotes, supporters, and personal Peacebuilding; please enjoy and share them with others.

Peace Day Supporters

While there are thousands of organizations worldwide that observe the International Day of Peace every year, there are some that promote Peace Day among their members and encourage participation, to an extent that it results in large scale events and impact. These organizations usually post information and material on their websites, and present their own lists of Peace Day events online. 24-Hour World Peace Celebration & Global Telecast * Every year since 2009, the United Nations' International Day of Peace is celebrated with a global telecast via the Internet, radio…

Peace Quotes

"On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace." — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "Simply the absence of war is not peace" — Anam Prem, India "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal." — Martin Luther King Jr. "Peace is not a thing…

What is Peacebuilding

The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date. It was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. In 2002 the General Assembly officially declared September 21 as the permanent date for the International Day of Peace. By creating the International Day of Peace, the UN devoted itself to worldwide peace and encouraged all of…

Personal Peacebuilding

Definitions of Peacebuilding Peacebuilding is the construction of new environments and new cultures which transform deficient structures and capabilities which unite the strengths of emerging innovations in all pathways of our local-global planetary life. Peacebuilding creates and maintains beneficial conditions for sustainable (life-enhancing) social, economic, political and spiritual development of all peoples. (Adapted from speech given at UN by PTP and "An Agenda for Peace", a UN Report of the Secretary-General, 1992) Unlike peace-making and peace-keeping, which are related to warfare and settlement of conflicts, "...the concept of peace-building (is)…