Educating Toward a Culture of Peace (Hc)

This volume on Education towards a Culture of Peace is a timely undertaking since the United Nations has proclaimed the years2001-2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. A culture of peace asdefined by the UN is a set of values attitudes modes of behaviour and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tacklingtheir root causes to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals groups and nations. (UN Resolutions A/RES/52/131998: Culture of Peace and A/RES/53/243 1999: Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace).Most of the chapters in this book are based on lectures that were presented at the International Conference Education towards aCulture of Peace. This conference was convened on 1-3 December 2003 by the The Josef Burg Chair in Education for Human ValuesTolerance and Peace - UNESCO Chair on Human Rights Democracy Peace and Tolerance School of Education at Bar Ilan UniversityIsrael. This international gathering was attended by prominent scholars of Human Rights and Peace from Canada Chile Croatia GermanyMauritius the Netherlands's The United States the Palestinian Authority and Israel. Australian Indian Jordanian and Moroccan colleaguesalso submitted papers.This conference was held under the auspices of Israel National Commission for UNESCO and supported also by the Ministry ofForeign Affairs Jerusalem The office of Public Affairs of the US Embassy Tel Aviv Fulbright - United States - Israel EducationalFoundation