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UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the General Assembly on the work of the Organization and his priorities for 2024
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“Peace is the UN's raison d’être”: Guterres’ call for action and his priorities for 2024

“Peace is our raison d’être. Yet, as I scan the landscape of today’s world, the one thing missing most dramatically is peace”. The UN Chief Antonio Guterres addressed ...

Last update 18 Feb 2024
International Day of Education
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January 24th: International Day of Education - “Learning for lasting peace”

The 24th of January is the International Day of Education and it is essential to recognise the value of education in promoting peace and development. This year, “learning for lasting ...

Last update 22 Jan 2024
Voting of the Security Council in occasion of the approval of the 1820 resolution that condemns rape and defines it as a true weapon of war.
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UN Security Council decides to end it mandate of the mission in Sudan

Starting from December 4, 2023, the Security Council  ended its UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), despite the continuing war between two rival militaries. ...

Last update 31 Dec 2023
Poster Transforming the Future: Women and Youth Building Peace
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International Workshop "Transforming the Future: Women and Youth Building Peace", 25 October 2023, Rome

On 25 October 2023, the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” and the Civilian Defence Research Centre (CSDC) organize the International Workshop on Women Peace Security "Transforming ...

Last update 20 Oct 2023
Movie poster for the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Drawing of an African woman on a blue background thinking of a dove, symbol of peace
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Screening of the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) by Gini Reticker (V.O.S.)

The screening of the documentary is promoted as part of the project " Transforming the future: Youth, Women and Students in Dialogue for Peace and the Protection of Girls in Italy and Georgia", ...

Last update 19 Oct 2023
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International Day of Peace: 21st September 2023

The International Day of Peace (IDP) is followed annually around the world on the 21st September. Declared by the UN General Assembly as a day dedicated to reinforcing the ideals of peace through ...

Last update 9 Nov 2023
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Unitet Nations: cautious optimism on the Peace agreement in Yemen

Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy, has briefed ambassadors from the internationally-recognized government of Yemen, representatives of the Houthi rebels from the opposition, as well as international ...

Last update 6 Jun 2023
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Human rights ‘best antidote’ to advance peace, Security Council hears

In a recent meeting, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasized the importance of human rights in preventing conflict and instability. He highlighted that ...

Last update 23 May 2023
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United Nations: Implementation and dialogue, the key-words for Colombia

According to UN Special Representative for Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu, in order to guarantee the success of the Colombian peace agreement, signed in 2016 between the government and the FARC-EP ...

Last update 7 May 2023
Women in peacekeeping
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Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new idea and Investments

The UN’s Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) is calling for new investment proposals to improve opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping operations and better serve vulnerable ...

Last update 7 May 2023
Cover Peace Human Rights Governance Journal PHRG - 2017
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Peace Human Rights Governance Journal - PHRG: Call for Contributions

Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG) - the scientific journal of the University of Padova Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” – is welcoming original research articles addressing ...

Last update 7 Jun 2023
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United Nations: Peace in South Sudan depends on local accountability

“Our priority in 2023 is to adopt a peace to people approach, with the support of the government” declared Stephen Par Kuol, South Sudan Peacebuilding Minister.  Through local ...

Last update 14 Mar 2023
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Workshop: P.H.D. Peace Human Rights Development in the new global world

The PhD students of the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca’’ of the University of Padua are pleased to announce the first P.H.D. - Peace Human Rights Development workshop. The ...

Last update 6 Jun 2023
March PerugiaAssisi, 21 May 2023 'Let's transform the future'
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Towards the PerugiaAssisi March "Transforming the Future", 21 May 2023: invitation to participate to the students of the University of Padova

Italian version On May 21, 2023 will be held the Peace and Fraternity March PerugiAssisi "Transform the future", dedicated to young people, schools and universities. The world needs young ...

Last update 28 Mar 2023
Two soldiers of the UNIFIL, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, engaged in a mine clearance operation.
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New data show the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping missions

Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented – and rightly so. But when looking at the overall picture and data, the picture that turns out ...

Last update 17 Jan 2023