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Ada Aharoni
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doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can
change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
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IFLAC STATUTES (2008)
IFLAC Pave Peace is a
voluntary Association, founded by Dr.
Ada
Aharoni,
that strives for peace by building bridges of
understanding and peace through culture, literature and
communication. Its major goals are:
* To strive toward
the promotion of peace and mutual
respect between people and nations.
* To promote social,
cultural and religious tolerance
between people.
* To eliminate violence
in all its forms.
* To organize peace
culture researchers, writers,
and intellectuals.
* To
encourage creativity that promotes culture and peace.
We believe that culture and literature
can promote peace, freedom, and the enrichment of the
quality of life. In the first decade of the twenty first
century, we shall endeavor to pave the way towards the
fulfillment of our main ideal: “One world and
one humanity, all living in
peace”. Our goal is to help build a Middle East and a
world beyond war in the first decade of the 21st
century, by means of literature, culture, art and the
global IFLAC PCTV gigantic project. This endeavor is in
harmony with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
embodied in the Charter of the United Nations.
At IFLAC,
we strive for freedom of speech and expression, and for
freedom from hostile and oppressive violence, whether it
is war, terror, gender, physical, mental or moral
oppression. We believe in the right of people everywhere
to live in peace, and in their rights to pursue their
various cultures, as well as their human endeavors, and
their right to obtain equal civil justice.
DECLARATION OF THE IFLAC WORLD ETHOS
THE IFLAC
GLOBAL COMMON PEACE CULTURE VALUES ARE:
1. Respect, understanding and tolerance for other
Cultures, Opinions and Religions.
2. The right of every individual to humane treatment
and to his/her own cultural values, norms ,cultural
heritage and traditions.
3. The principle of freedom from war, terror and
violence and respect for life.
4. Equal rights for all women and men.
5. Solidarity between people all over the world and
advocacy of a just world economic order.
6. Separation of Religion and the political and public
sphere.
DEFINITION of PEACE CULTURE
Culture:
The Webster New World Dictionary describes "Culture" as:
"The development, improvement and refinement of the
mind, emotions, interests, manners and tastes, as well
as the arts, ideas, customs and skills of a given people
in a given period."
The Oxford
English Dictionary adds that culture is "The
intellectual side of civilization."
The
definition of "culture" in IFLAC, is based on all the
above.
Peace
- Webster's New World Dictionary defines peace as:
freedom from war, public security, harmony, concord, serenity.
The definition of "peace" at IFLAC is based on
all these definitions.
Peace
Culture - A peace culture is based on all the above, and
therefore it can create, mediate and transfer values,
ideas, ethics, information, customs, traditions,
interests, emotions, arts and intellectual
refinement, between: people, generations, nations, and
civilizations. It is both a productive and reproductive
force by transmitting the cultural patterns of the
present and the past, and an important creative and
educational influence, by its power to actively inculcate new
values, norms, attitudes, behavior and trends. | 
