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The Center for Global Nonkilling (originally known as the Center for Global Nonviolence) is an international
non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
focused on the promotion of change toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world. The Center for Global Nonkilling is an
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in
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with the
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and a participant organization of the
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...
's Violence Prevention Alliance.


History

The history of the Center for Global Nonkilling started in 1988 in
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, as the "Center for Global Nonviolence Planning Project", an exploratory initiative set up at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of Hawai‘i, by Professor
Glenn D. Paige Glenn Durland Paige (28 June 1929 – 22 January 2017) was an American political scientist. He was Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaiʻi and Chair of the Governing Council of the Center for Global Nonkilling. Paige ...
. Its purpose was to be a creative facilitator of research, education-training, and action in the form of problem-solving leadership for nonviolent global transformation. During this phase the Center was responsible for a series of publications and events in partnership with the University of Hawai‘i. In 1994, the Center for Global Nonviolence was finally established as an independent nonprofit, focusing on research and networking. Notable outcomes where the publication of ''
Nonkilling Global Political Science ''Nonkilling Global Political Science'' is a 2002 book written by political scientist Glenn D. Paige. In his book, Paige challenges the violence-accepting assumptions of the discipline of political science as a whole. Paige introduces the conc ...
'' in 2002 and the celebration of the "First Global Nonkilling Leadership Forum" in November 2007, Co-chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate
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. A major outcome from the Forum was the acknowledged need and demonstrated support for establishing a successor Center for Global Nonkilling, along with an associated Global Nonkilling Leadership Academy. This would come about in 2008 with the transition from Center for Global Nonviolence to Center for Global Nonkilling. On its official website, the Center for Global Nonkilling defines its mission as the following:


Organization

The Center is governed by a chairperson, currently
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, together with a governing council. Its everyday business, such as meetings and publications, is executed by a Director, currently Joám Evans Pim. The Center has three UN Representatives: Christophe Barbey (Geneva), Winnie Wang (New York), and Elina Viitasaari (Gender Focal Point). The Center also has special advisers and honorary sponsors, including Máiread Corrigan Maguire,
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A. T. Ariyaratne Sri Lankabhimanya Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne ( Sinhala:අහන්ගමගේ ටියුඩර් ආරියරත්න, born 5 November 1931) is a Sri Lankan founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka. He w ...
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, Neelakanta Radhakrishnan, and Bernard Lafayette Jr. The Center also maintains a number of research committees.


Activities

The Center engages in four main activities, namely publications and media, including publication of working papers, articles, and books; monitoring and advocacy, mainly at the United Nations; education and training programs, with its own sets of learning materials at school and university level; and research programs, via its research committees, colloquia, and seminars.


See also

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Glenn D. Paige Glenn Durland Paige (28 June 1929 – 22 January 2017) was an American political scientist. He was Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaiʻi and Chair of the Governing Council of the Center for Global Nonkilling. Paige ...
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Nonkilling Nonkilling, popularised as a concept in the 2002 book '' Nonkilling Global Political Science,'' by Glenn D. Paige, refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society. Even though the use of th ...
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Nonkilling Global Political Science ''Nonkilling Global Political Science'' is a 2002 book written by political scientist Glenn D. Paige. In his book, Paige challenges the violence-accepting assumptions of the discipline of political science as a whole. Paige introduces the conc ...
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World peace World peace, or peace on Earth, is the concept of an ideal state of peace within and among all people and nations on Planet Earth. Different cultures, religions, philosophies, and organizations have varying concepts on how such a state would ...


References


External links

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School of Nonkilling Studies at Wikiversity


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