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CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of August 1, 2018
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Last month we reported on reforestation projects in Africa: the Great Green Wall that streteches from one side of Africa to the other; and the Million Tree Initiative in Zambia. And previously we reported on reforestation projects in China , Pakistan and Brazil.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of July 1, 2018
SLOW NEWS FROM AFRICA
While the headlines are mostly pessimistic about peace, there have been two stories that give us some hope for solutions to two of the longest running international tensions. In Korea, there are some positive assessments coming out of the summits between the Presidents of the two countries and the summit of the Presidents of North Korea and the United States. Similarly, there are some positive assessmens of the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of June 1, 2018
CIVIL SOCIETY TAKES INITIATIVE
Two major international events for peace that had been scheduled for May and June were cancelled or postponed this month, and, as a result, civil society has taken up the initiatives.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of May 1, 2018
IS THERE PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE?
We started off this year with news that South and North Korea would hold high-level talks and that they would compete jointly in the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. That came off well. “In PyeongChang, the world became one,” said Lee Hee-beom, head of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee. “Transcending the differences of race, religion, nation and gender, we smiled together, cried together, and shared friendship together.”
The Network Meetings
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