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makingpeace
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
making PeaCe / Page 2
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
making PeaCe / Page 3
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
making PeaCe / Page 4
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.
making PeaCe / Page 5
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.
making PeaCe / Page 6
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.
making PeaCe / Page 7
BuDget Plan
sPonsorIng levels
240’000 .-
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80’000 .-
40’000 .-
cHF
80’000.- 125’000.- 175’000.- 250’000.- N.A.
◊ Makingpeace exhibition (& internet site)
◊ educational syllabus
◊ Makingpeace exhibition (& internet site)
◊ exhibitioncatalogue
◊ educational syllabus
◊ Makingpeace exhibition (& internet site)
◊ Runforpeace
◊ Gardenparty
◊ exhibitioncatalogue
◊ educational syllabus
◊ Makingpeace exhibition (& internet site)
◊ NobelpeaceTalk
◊ peaceDinner
◊ Runforpeace
◊ Gardenparty
◊ exhibitioncatalogue
◊ educational syllabus
◊ Makingpeace exhibition (& internet site)
Peace Runner 30’000.- CHF
Peace Friend 15’000.- CHF
Peace Parent 50’000.- CHF
Peace Promoter 80’000.- CHF
making PeaCe / Page 8
“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
mr ashley Woods
Project manager
T +33-676-499-840
Peaceful demonstration against the Vietnam War. Washington D.C.1967. Photo : marc Ribaud.