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| On the foundation of education and experience, we develop cooperative endeavours with counter-partner organizations and individuals both in Japan and around the world. Using tools such as media, awareness-raising, networking, international conference participation, and the ship as a neutral space for meetings Peace Boat is committed to a range of advocacy and cooperation efforts. One of our key goals is to effect change and community attitudes regarding socio-political, economic and environmental issues so as to benefit people at the local level and make a positive impact on the global level. |
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NGO in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN | ||
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Affiliate Member of Friends of the Earth International | ||
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Member of the International Peace Bureau | ||
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Northeast Asia Regional Secretariat – Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) | ||
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World Social Forum | ||
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Founding member of Peace Now Korea Japan | ||
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Member of the Non-Violent Peace Force | ||
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World Peace Now | ||
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Abolition 2000 | ||
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Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines | ||
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Hague Appeal for Peace: The Global Campaign for Peace Education | ||
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Iraq: End the Occupation of Iraq The ongoing campaign is appealing the end to the 3 year long occupation of Iraq. Join World Peace Now to protest the extension of the deployment of the Self Defence Forces from Japan to Iraq, and to call for an end to Japan's cooperation in the US led occupation of Iraq. Date: March 18, Saturday 2006 Time: gathering starts 13:30 / peace march starts 15:30 Venue: Hibiya Park Open-Air Concert Hall, Tokyo (3 min. walk from Tokyo Metro Kasumigaseki Sta. or Hibiya Sta. or a 2 min. walk from Tokyo Metro Uchisaiwaicho Sta.) The event and march will feature many speakers and a peace concert. For more information, please check - www.give-peace-a-chance.jp/wpn-en No War in Iraq – No dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces The dispatch of Japan’s Self-Defense forces to Iraq in support of the US-led invasion and occupation of the country marks the first time since the end of the World War II that Japanese troops have been sent to an overseas combat-zone – an action that violates Japan’s constitution. Peace Boat is campaigning for the troops to be withdrawn, and for the government to support instead civilian-led humanitarian efforts to rebuild Iraq. See archive section for anti-Iraq War activities. Medical supplies for Iraq Peace Boat has initiated a fundraising campaign in Japan with the objective of providing medical and related equipment to support the people of Fallujah, one of the Iraqi cities most devastated by the US-led attacks. To date, Fallujah General Hospital has received hundreds of blankets. |
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Article Nine: Uphold and protect Japan’s Peace Constitution Article Nine of Japan's Constitution, which renounces the sovereign right of the nation to wage war or hold weapons, is under immediate threat of revision. Recognising the value of Article Nine as a conflict prevention method, that its abandonment will significantly destabilize the Northeast Asian region, and that the renunciation of war is a key to peace for the future, Peace Boat is working to protect Article Nine through education, lobbying and campaigns. |
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Common History Textbook for Northeast Asia Japan has so far failed to atone for its colonization and military invasions of neighbouring countries and the human rights abuses and war crimes committed in this period. The teaching of history in this region is therefore intensely politicized and divisive. Besides contributing to a region-wide initiative to write a common history textbook for the region with the objective of building mutual understanding, Peace Boat’s own Asian History Project Team is compiling booklets aimed at Japanese youth which tackle the suffering caused by the Japanese military occupations and highlight the viewpoints of other Northeast Asian peoples. |
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Disarmament Peace Boat is working to promote nuclear disarmament, in particular the creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Northeast Asia. A position paper on this topic was delivered to the Under-Secretary General for Disarmament in 2003. Peace Boat is actively following the NPT Review process and is a member of the Geneva-based NGO Committee on Disarmament. Specialist staff engage in advocacy and outreach work in Japan through lectures, writing and media contributions. |
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Korea – Japan relations Normalization of relations between DPRK (North Korea) and Japan Peace Boat is lobbying the Japanese government to make greater efforts towards the normalization of Japan-DPRK relations. Dialogue on history and reconciliation – peace voyages to Korean peninsula Peace Boat has organized a total of six peace education voyages to the DPRK since 1991. Approximately 2000 participants have taken part in these voyages that promote grassroots level interaction and understanding. Topics for dialogue have included Japan-Korea history and the problem of Japan’s revisionist textbooks, war responsibility and reconciliation between Peace Boat participants and Korean civilians, and the creation of a Northeast Asia Nuclear-Free Zone. Humanitarian support to the DPRK Through public fundraising campaigns, made possible with the support of Korean-based NGOs, Peace Boat aims to provide humanitarian support for the people of the DPRK. |
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Peace for Palestine and Israel: End the Occupation – Peace through Dialogue Peace Boat actively supports work towards a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, recognising that both Palestinians and Israelis deserve to live in peace, security and justice. However, peace cannot be achieved without an end to the Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Activities include an onboard scholarship programme for Israeli and Palestinian students, study visits to Palestine and Israel and advocacy work in Japan. |
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Food security and environmental recovery for the Arroyo de Piedra Community (Cartagena-Colombia). Since Peace Boat’s first visit to Colombia in 2002, we have been cooperating with the local environmental group Kontiki and the network of afro-descendant communities, Jorge Artel, in the development of an integrated coastal area plan for the village of Arroyo de Piedra. >>read more |
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Colombian Women Consensus for Peace: supporting the role
of women in the conflict prevention and resolution. After meeting for the first time on Peace Boat in 2001, a group of Colombian women coming from different political backgrounds and experiences of the Colombian conflict, created the “Women’s Consensus for Peace”. The group has been mandated to organise the Colombian Chapter of the Court of Women to be held in 2004. Read testimonies from the latest gathering of women onboard, including activists from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. |
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!NO AL ALCA! The Free Trade Area of the Americas (ALCA in Spanish) plans to impose on the Latin American continent a set of rules that will facilitate access to its natural resources. This will expose the continent to indiscriminate degradation, leading to the destruction of its wealth in biodiversity, minerals, oil and water, and endangering the survival of local cultures. |
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Organic Agricultural Project Growing rice, wheat and other crops in Japan using organic practices for consumption onboard Peace Boat, this project aims to raise awareness of sustainable agriculture and provide a hands-on education in organic farming for volunteers. |
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Mangrove project Assisting in local mangrove planting projects in Eritrea and Colombia to support the global environment and sustainable economic development programs for local communities. |
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Olympic Truce Campaign Ekecheiria (Olympic Truce) is the ancient Greek tradition of calling a cease-fire from all hostilities for the duration of the original Olympic Games. Under the slogan “From Fires of War to Flames of Peace,” Peace Boat campaigned for the renewal of an Olympic Truce for the Athens Games, carrying a flame lit from the memorials at Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Greece onboard the ship. |
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No War in Iraq As a member of Japan-based coalitiion World Peace Now and part of the Global Anti-War Assembly developed through the World Social Forum network, Peace Boat campaigned at a national and international level against the US-led invasion of Iraq. |
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Patagonia, Human Heritage campaign, No to ALUMYSA For many years, Codeff - Friends of the Earth Chile - has been fighting against the Canadian firm, Alumysa, and its plan to build a aluminium industrial complex in one of the most pristine areas of the world. During last visit to Puerto Montt and Valparaiso, Peace Boat joined the “Patagonia, Human Heritage” campaign. |
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Kyoto Protocol Support Campaign At the end of 1997, 160 nations met in Kyoto to agree to limit their greenhouse gas emissions. In spite of the dramatic effects of climate change - one of them being the increase of the ocean level in the South Pacific – Japan did not ratify the protocol until 2002. Peace Boat carried out a series of activities towards its ratification. |
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“No Sustainability without Peace, No Peace
without Sustainability” Peace Boat in the World Summit for Sustainable Development, WSSD In 2002, 10 years after the Earth Summit in Rio, Johannesburg was host of the WSSD, the UN conference intended to check the progress of the Agenda 21 decided in Rio. Peace Boat’s delegation sought to stress the importance of peace as a pre-condition for sustainability. |
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Judicial Cooperation Project – Eritrea Working towards the development of the new legal system in Eritrea, Africa’s newest country, the law faculty of Asmara University and Peace Boat began co-operation towards increasing the resources in the legal library of the university. Knowledge exchanges between young Eritrean and Japanese lawyers were also initiated. |
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World Campaign against French nuclear testing in the Pacific France resumed nuclear testing in the Pacific in 1995 and continued until early 1996. Demanding an immediate end to the tests, Peace Boat held protests outside French Embassies in many of the ports of call on our voyages. A photo exhibition of Hibakusha (survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings) and other victims of radiation was held throughout the world. |
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Extradite Fujimori to Peru! Peruvian former-President Alberto Fujimori has been living in Japan since fleeing Peru in 2000, despite demands by the Peruvian government that he be extradited to face charges including crimes against humanity and murder. Arguing that the Japanese government’s actions in sheltering Fujimori raise serious doubts about its commitment to human rights and accountability, Peace Boat has been calling for his extradition. |
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