“TOGETHER FOR PEACE”
“Proposals for a Peaceful Coexistence”
Peace Ambassadors´ Contributions in view of the
Current Situation
We consider that:
- If we
wish to live in Peace it is
necessary that we learn to coexist peacefully.
- We need
to promote Peace in all places:
especially in families, schools, colleges and universities as well as on the
streets and in clubs, spiritual centers, hospitals and jails.
- Good behavior and respectful coexistence
are not only necessary but also possible to practice in all levels of
society.
- The media
can play an important part in governmental and private campaigns - in order to
increase awareness and encourage a
sense of brotherhood among all citizens.
- The right
to Peace is a right of each and every
human being.
We believe that:
…it is
urgent to promote Peace to children,
young people, their parents and society as a whole; so that they may choose
peaceful resolutions to the conflicts they face in all aspects of daily life
and work.
…the way to
learn about peaceful coexistence is through practicing it; that our speech, values, attitudes and positive and
peaceful behavior must be apparent from early childhood to the later stages
of life as individuals as well as in communities.
We agree that:
- Peaceful coexistence means the way in
which we connect and foster growth in individuals as well as in communities in
search of the common welfare.
- Peaceful
coexistence implies the recognition of the intrinsic dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of
the human race. (ONU 2006).
- Society
as a whole is fully responsible for fostering an education that leads towards a
peaceful coexistence.
- The main principle of ahealthy coexistence
is Peace, which is inherent to all human beings and the final goal we
search to achieve.
- Only
through trust and personal commitment
this aim can be achieved.
- Each and
every member of a community has an essential
and undeniable role to play in achieving peaceful coexistence.
- It is essential to generate and promote a cheerful, warm and respectful atmosphere.
- It is
vital to recognize that body, soul and
spirit need to be in harmony in order to generate feelings, thoughts and deeds
with integrity and humility.
- It is
necessary to search for, teach and put
into practice new methods that lead to solving conflicts by means of constructive dialogue.
- We are fully responsible for the future of our
planet.
- We wish
to be part of a community, society,
nation and planet where life can be lived with freedom and justice, love and
respect, forgiveness and reconciliation, dignity and
equality, truth and honesty, responsibility and commitment.
We Propose:
1-To work
towards instilling a change in
consciousness by means of personal commitment, the power of creative
thought, healing words and constructive
deeds.
2-To begin
each day with a quietness of spirit
by means of simple practices in accordance with the beliefs and living styles
of every given community, some related to very antique customs and traditions
passed on by worldwide peace leaders of all times.
3-To teach
and learn individual and group dynamics
such as breathing, relaxation,prayer, meditation, visualization and other tools
and resources - yet to be acquired - in the process of appropriation of more
harmonic attitudes.
4-To be
proactive rather than reactive in social skills. To favorcooperative play as an efficient learning tool in order to
integrate different skills, abilities and human capacities in all stages of life.
5-To practice and teach forgiveness and
reconciliation through oral and written techniques, etc. indispensable in
the healing process in relation to others and thus, enabling future evolution
of human bonds, especially in the home and during early childhood.
6-To
encourage participation, especially
in youngsters, in decision-making and the taking of action, so the commitment
to service may be an example to all group members and so help to improve the
quality of life of the group and their communities.
7-To teach
and learn respectful listening and
speaking skills in relation to needs, wishes, plans, feelings and emotions,
both in our own community and in diverse cultures.
8-To value constructive dialogue and responsible and
peaceful communication in order to establish agreements and help to
understand and improve human relationships.
9-.To use speech clearly and in a positive and
balanced way in order to foster trust and willingness in the listener as
well as to raise his/ her self esteem.
10- To reinforce
civic commitment, knowing and practicing
rights and responsibilities.
11- To
motivate by various means, the importance of looking after, protecting and respecting our belongings, those of
others and those that belong to the community.
12- To promote
the sense of unity: to recognize
that we are part of the Universe and that everything we do - or everything we
fail to do - affects us all.
13- To
promote awareness and coordinate plans, programs and campaigns directed to motivate Peace.
14- To educate forPeace with a sacred view on
life in the knowledge that the dignity
of all beings is an essential axiological basis.
15- To
value truth, justice and love as the
main foundations for the construction of Peace.