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The Second People’s Summit for Ministries and Departments of Peace
 They came by plane, bus, car, ferry, and on foot. Sixty men
and women, representing diverse cultures, nations, ages, and languages, travelled to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, for the Second People’s Summit for Ministries
and Departments of Peace held June 19–22, 2006. Speaking with one voice they called on countries around the world to establish government structures whose goal is to
work hand-in-hand with civil society — reflecting, building, and sustaining a culture of peace.
Government and civil society delegates from Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand,
Palestine, the Philippines, Romania, the Solomon Islands, Spain, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered at Victoria’s Royal Roads University to
give birth to the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace and to pose an effective global and national architecture for peace. Delegates from Cameroon,
Congo, and Sri Lanka were unable to attend due to logistical constraints.
In forming the Global Alliance, the Summit plenary established an intergenerational steering committee and five working groups (communications,
networking, youth, research and field operations, and finance) to develop and carry out a plan of work up to the next Summit in 2007, which will be hosted by Japan. In
its formal Summit Communiqué the Global Alliance affirmed its commitment to partner and cooperate with governments and civil society organisations nationally and
globally in promoting peace by peaceful means and recognised the governments of the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, which have already established secretariats
and departments for peace building, conflict transformation, and reconciliation, as pioneers and examples to the world. See
http://www.departmentofpeace.ca
Jean Paul NOUCHI
President Fondateur
Cercle Universel des Ambassadeurs de la Paix
& UNIVERSAL PEACE EMBASSY
universal-peace-embassy@hotmail.com
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