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Buildinga Culture of Peace
For the Childrenof the World
 This exhibit
brings together the ideas o hundreds o people and organizations dedicatedto nding a path to lasting peace. We hope that you will leave with renewedcondence that a culture o peace is possible—and a necessity or lie on earth.Everything that is needed to build a culture o peace already exists in each o our hearts. Asstated in the United Nations denition, a Cultureo Peace is a set o values, attitudes, modes o behavior and ways o lie that reject violence andprevent conficts by tackling their root causes andsolving problems through dialogue and negotiationamong individuals, groups and nations.
 
“It is not the violence o a ewthat scares me,it is the silence o the many.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
EnvironmentalIrresponsibility 
Pollution and the destruction o thenatural environment require solutionsthat go beyond national boundaries.
Global warming could cause 40 to 50  percent o the world’s population to be aected by insect-transmitted diseasessuch as malaria and dengue ever.
Isolationism
People can become rightened by the risingtide o internationalism. Some retreat toamiliar places and customs and avoidencounters with “oreigners.”
 Ignorance o other cultures and countries createsa narrow, distorted view o lie and the world. Education is key to ostering global-minded individuals.
Poverty 
Need is the root cause o many o theconficts in the world. Where childrenare hungry, there can be no peace.
78% o Sub-Saharan Aricans and 84%o South Asians live on less than $2 a day.O the world’s 1.3 billion poor people, it isestimated that nearly 70 % are women.
Greed
A struggle between powers orterritorial dominance led to two World Wars and the Cold War. The struggle now is or economicdomination.
 Europe consumes roughly 14 timesthe resources it contains. The United States, with just over 4 % o the world’s people, consumes 28% o world resources. Japan, with about 2% o the world population, is the world’s 4thlargest energy consumer. More than80% o Japan’s energy is imported.
Nuclear Threat
Nuclear weapons are the ultimateembodiment o human negativity. Abalance o nuclear power is impossible.
There are enough nuclear weaponsstockpiled to devastate the Earth and kill every person on the planet several times over.
 The Illusion of “Efciency”
In the technocratic view that places theutmost value on technological progress,eciency and expediency, human beingsare reduced to things.
This dehumanizing tendency is starklyevident in the language o war planning where the death o innocent people becomes“collateral damage,” attacks become “strikes,” and “liquidation” and “neutralize” become euphemisms or killing.
Prejudice andStereotyping
 To motivate people to make war, the enemy must be a recognizable evil—a stereotype.Prejudice and hate are ueled by ignorance.
“All war is based on deception.”— 
 The Art o  War,
by Sun Tzu, circa 500 BCE 
Barriers to Peace
 
 The United Nationsand the Culture of Peace
A “culture of peace” was rstexpressed ofcially at theInternational Congress on Peacein the Minds of People held inIvory Coast, Africa.UN designated the year 2000 the“International Year for the Cultureof Peace.”On September 13, the UNGeneral Assembly adopted the“Declaration on a Culture of Peace” and the “Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace.”“International Year for a Cultureof Peace” UNESCO supportedthe Manifesto 2000 signature-collecting campaign.Start of the “International Decadefor a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World.”
 As dened by the United  Nations, the Culture o Peace is a set o values, attitudes,modes o behavior and ways o lie that reject violence and prevent conficts bytackling their root causesto solve problems throughdialogue and negotiationamong individuals, groupsand nations.
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