The Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association is the Regional Association of International Peace Research Association- IPRA. It is an international

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

of peace researchers, peace educators and peace advocates. The Asian Peace Research Association was established on 5 December 1980, at the closing of the conference on Asian Peace Research in the Global Context held in

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, Japan. The name was changed to the current name, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA), on 4 February 1992, during a regional conference organized by the association held at the

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, New Zealand.https://web.archive.org/web/20091021080123/http://geocities.com/asiapacificpeace/history.html History of APPRA Prof. John P. Synott of

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is currently the

convener The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group ...

of APPRA.

Orientation

The distinctive orientation of APPRA is towards building societies of peace and

justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

. Basic to this mission is a comprehensive understanding of peace which means not only the absence of war and conflict but above all the presence of essential conditions for the well-being of humanity.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (Appra) Peace organisations based in Australia