Established Ministries and Departments of Peace

Nepal

Department name:    Nepal Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction
Minister:                    Hon Ram Chandra Paudel
Website(s):               www.peace.gov.np

Solomon Islands

Department name:   Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
Minister:                   Hon. Sam S. Iduri
Website(s):              http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Gov/PresentGov.html#unit

Campaigns for Ministries and Departments of Peace

Below are listed campaigns from around the world that are seeking to bring about the establishment of Ministries and Departments of Peace in their respective countries. If you are interested in starting a new campaign, please contact Binnie Innocenti on the New Campaign Support team.

Active Campaigns

Australia

Campaign name:   Ministry for Peace, Australia
Contact(s):             Biannca Pace
Website(s):            www.ministryforpeace.org.au
Founded:               2003

Canada

Campaign name:   Department of Peace, Canada
Contact(s):             Saul Arbess & Bill Bhaneja
Website(s):            www.departmentofpeace.ca
Founded:               2003

Democratic Republic of Congo

Contact(s):            Jean-Pierre Mfuni Mwanza (Central Africa Conflict Prevention Association)
Website(s):            www.cacopa.org
Founded:               2006

Costa Rica

Campaign name:   Campaign for a Ministry of Justice and Peace
Contact(s):            Rita Marie Johnson (Academy for Peace of Costa Rica)
Website(s):            www.academyforpeacecr.org
Founded:               2006

Denmark

Campaign name:   Peace Alliance, Denmark
Contact(s):            Birger Norup
Website(s):            www.peacealliance.dk
Founded:               2007

Ghana

Contact(s):             Sammy Jacobs-Abbey (International Centre for Conflict and Human Rights Analysis)
Website(s):             www.icchra.org
Founded:               2006

India

Campaign name:   Indian Initiative for Department of Peace
Contact(s):            Dr. N. Radhakrishnan
Founded:               2006

Israel

Contact(s):            Gershon Baskin
Website(s):            www.ipcri.org
Founded:               2005

Italy

Campaign name:   Ministero per la Pace, Italia
Contact(s):            Binnie Innocenti
Website(s):            www.ministeroperlapaceitalia.org
Founded:               2006

Japan

Campaign name:   Japan United for Ministry of Peace (JUMP)
Contact(s):             Yumi Kikuchi
Website(s):            www.ministryofpeace.jp
Founded:               2003

Nepal

Campaign name:   Asian Study Center for Political & Conflict Transformation (ASPECT)
Contact(s):            Manish Thapa
Website(s):            www.aspectasia.org
Founded:               2006

New Zealand

Campaign name:   Ministry for Peace: Aotearoa – New Zealand
Contact(s):            Sophia La Toa
Founded:               2006

Nigeria

Campaign name:   Nigeria Alliance for Peace
Contact(s):            Oseremen Irene
Founded:               2007

Pakistan

Campaign name:   Ministry for Peace in Pakistan
Contact(s):            Jahangir Piara
Founded:               2007

Palestine

Contact(s):             Zoughbi Zoughbi (Wi'am - The Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre)
Website(s):            www.alaslah.org
Founded:               2005

Republic of the Philippines

Contact(s):             Kaloy Manlupig and Franklin Quijano
Founded:               2006

Rwanda

Contact(s):             Jean de Dieu Basabose (Shalom Center for Africa)
Founded:               2007

Senegal

Contact(s):             Amadou Coly Gomis (Operation Understanding)
Founded:               2007

South Africa

Campaign name:   South Africa Peace Alliance
Contact(s):            Karen Barensche
Founded:              2007

Uganda

Campaign name:   Ministry for Peace Uganda Working Alliance; Project of Uganda Peace Foundation                                       Initiative
Contact(s):             Peter Lukwiya
Website(s):            ministryforpeaceugandaalliance.blogspot.com
Founded:               2006

United Kingdom

Campaign name:   Ministry for Peace, United Kingdom
Contact(s):             Diana Basterfield
Website(s):            www.ministryforpeace.org
Founded:               2003

United States of America

Campaign name:   The Peace Alliance and Peace Partnership International
Contact(s):             Dot Maver & Mike Abkin
Website(s):            www.thepeacealliance.org and www.peacepartintl.org
Founded:               2005

Exploratory Campaigns

Brasil

Contact(s):      Carlos Alberto Emediato
Organisation:  Studies of the Future Institute

France

Contact(s):      Rosette Rozenberg

Liberia

Contact(s):      Timothy Al Paulus
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Serbia

Contact(s):      Alexsandar Djokic
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Spain (Catalonia)

Contact(s):      Simonetta Costanzo Pittaluga
Organisation:  Nova - Center for Social Innovation

Cameroon

Contact(s):     Kan Cho Ngwafor
Organisation: Cameroon Network for Peace Advocacy

Iraq

Contact(s):      Muhaned Habeeb

Romania

Contact(s):      Corina Simon
Organisation:   PATRIR

Sierra Leone

Contact(s):      Paul L. Koroma
West Africa Network for Peace building in S. Leone

International Supporters

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)

Contact(s):      Paul van Tongeren
Position:          Secretary General
Website(s):      www.gppac.org

Peace Action Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR)

Contact(s):      Kai Brand-Jacobsen
Position:          Director
Website(s):      www.patrir.ro

Hon. Odanga Otto Jr. MP
Parliament of Uganda

Contact(s):      Hon. Odonga Otto Jr.
Position:          Member of Parliament
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World Spirit Youth Council


Contact(s):      Nina Meyerhof
Position:           President, Children of the Earth
Website(s):      www.worldspirityouthcouncil.org