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geneva june 2010

Centenary of the nobel Peace Prize

awarded to the International Peace Bureau,

geneva (1910)

an invitation to join our celebration and help contribute to peace

throughout the world.

ProvIsIonal Programme

◊ makIng Peace Photo exhIBItIon motivating people to make their own

contribution to peace. Organised in collaboration with geneva University and

the United nations Cyberschoolbus.org.

◊ run for Peace an invitation for the whole family to run, walk or bike and discover the reasons why geneva deserves to be called the Capital City of Peace.

◊ noBel Peace talk a unique opportunity to meet and debate

a global cause in the presence of a nobel Peace laureate.

◊ Peace DInner an occasion to wine and dine in the

distinguished company of a United nations messenger of Peace.

◊ garDen Party a chance for the public to get to meet

with celebrities and people who work for international organisations.

nobel

Peace Prize

100th anniversary

Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE

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geneva is an important home to many

governmental and non-governmental organi-

sations including the United nations, the

International committee of the red cross

and also the International Peace Bureau

(IPB) — the world’s oldest peace federation in

existence (est. 1891), with over 300 member

organisations in 70+ countries — who through

their efforts in a range of fields including

disarmament, conflict prevention, peace

education, humanitarian aid, human rights,

environmental protection, and sustainable

development — continue to work for a safer

and more sustainable world.

In 2010 IPB will celebrate its 100th year

as a nobel Peace laureate in its own right.

thirteen of its leaders, including the swiss

Élie Ducommun and albert gobat have

also been recipients of the nobel Peace

Prize (a number unequalled by any other

organisation).

Through Making Peace the iPB would like to

pay tribute to the immense work that has been

done by the global peace movement over the

past century. Despite two World Wars and many

bloody conflicts, there have been significant

triumphs, such as the ending of the Cold War

and the apartheid regime, the banning of

landmines and the creation of the international

Criminal Court (iCC) — all of which were in large

part the result of civil society efforts.

iPB board meeting, Bern 1899.

geneva City of PeaCe

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The aim of the exhibition is to communicate —

through photography and accompanying texts

in english and French, why the global peace

movement is important and how it has shaped

the modern world. Presented along Quai

Wilson, geneva, the exhibition will also be

freely available for download from the internet

site www.makingpeace.org (now reserved),

enabling schools everywhere to print and

mount the show in their own country.

Possible collaboration with the international

network of museums for Peace (inmP), which

the geneva-based international Red Cross

museum is a member, will facilitate the tour

of the original exhibition to other countries,

including norway where the nobel Peace

Institute, Oslo will hold a special ceremony in

tribute to the iPB in September 2010.

Visits by school groups to the exhibition and

other events will be combined with a full

educational syllabus * that teaches students

about the history of the peace movement;

motivating them to make their own contribution

to peace.

* Organised in collaboration with geneva University,

geneva education Dept, Fondation education

et Développement (CH), the United nations

Cyberschoolbus, Peace Child international (Uk) and

the Peace History Society (USa).

Making PeaCe exhIBItIon

exhibition, Quai Wilson, geneva. Photomontage

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inspired by Philip noel-Baker, former Vice-

President of the iPB and the only person to

have ever won an Olympic medal (1920), and a

nobel Peace Prize (1959).

This is not a race, but an opportunity for the

international community and geneva public

(regardless of age) to participate in a Run for

Peace. Following a designated route — the so-

called geneva Peace trail (l’esprit de genève)

originally created to celebrate the centennial of

the nobel Prize itself in 2001 ; visiting important

historic locations, this family orientated event

will allow people to discover the reason why

geneva deserves to be called the Capital City

of Peace.

to inaugurate Run for Peace, we intend to

invite the athlete usain Bolt to come to geneva

to run ‘100m for Peace’; the exact length of

the photo exhibition along Quai Wilson.

This event is organised in collaboration with

the City of geneva, Fondation pour genève,

Peace and Sport, monaco and the Council for

Responsible Sport (USa).

run for Peace

Usain Bolt, athlete, 100m world record holder.

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Palestinian refugee writing on the israeli Security Fence. Photo courtesy of images for Life project.

comPlImentary events

noBel Peace talk

a unique opportunity to listen to a nobel Peace

laureate (possibly President Barack Obama)

invited to geneva as part of the Rendez-vous

mondiaux de genève (geneva Lecture Series)

http://www.unitar.org/gls

Peace DInner

Taking place after the nobel Peace Talk, will be

the Peace Dinner, attended by invited local and

international guests including representatives

of Heads of State and a United nations

messenger of Peace such as the actor michael

Douglas.

garDen Party

Taking place on the same day as Run for

Peace, this is a chance for the public to get

to know the work of international ngO and

igO organisations : meet representatives

and exchange information about ongoing

campaigns.

guIDe to Peace

For mark this historic occasion we propose

to publish an exhibition catalogue or guide

to Peace, which would include all photos and

text from the exhibition including the history

of geneva as a City for Peace and important

information relating to the global peace

movement.

Organised in partnership with Club Diplomatique de genève (CDg), Foundation for geneva,

group agiR, geneva Welcome Centre, mandat international and UniTaR.

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award-winning actor and producer michael

Douglas was appointed a United nations

messenger of Peace by Secretary-general kofi

annan in 1998.

as a messenger of Peace, he has focused his

advocacy on disarmament, including nuclear

non-proliferation and stemming the spread of

small arms, as well as on human rights.

The iPB intends to invite mr. Douglas to officially

open making Peace in geneva.

“We still have a long distance to go in order to

achieve the lasting peace we inherently owe

each other as inhabitants of this planet.”

Michael Douglas,

Un messenger of Peace

guest of honour

michael Douglas, actor and United nations messenger of Peace.

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BuDget Plan

sPonsorIng levels

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cHF

80’000.- 125’000.- 175’000.- 250’000.- N.A.

◊ Makingpeace exhibition (& internet site)

◊ educational syllabus


◊ exhibitioncatalogue



◊ Runforpeace

◊ Gardenparty




◊ NobelpeaceTalk

◊ peaceDinner

◊ Runforpeace

◊ Gardenparty




Peace Runner 30’000.- CHF

Peace Friend 15’000.- CHF

Peace Parent 50’000.- CHF

Peace Promoter 80’000.- CHF

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“We sincerely hope that the Making Peace programme will inspire ordinary people to make a

contribution to peace, however large or small, whether in Switzerland, Angola, Afghanistan or

elsewhere”.

Tomas Magnusson,

iPB President

InternatIonal Peace Bureau

41, Rue de Zurich

1201 geneva

Switzerland

www.ipb.org

COnTaCT :

mr colin archer

iPB general Secretary

T +41-22-731-6429

F +41-22-738-9419

[email protected]

mr ashley Woods

Project manager

T +33-676-499-840

[email protected]

Peaceful demonstration against the Vietnam War. Washington D.C.1967. Photo : marc Ribaud.