InternatIonal Peace BureauTriennial GaTherinG 2013

September 13-15STOCKhOlM, Sweden

InternatIonal Peace conference:“the world is over-armed and peace is under-funded” (Ban Ki-moon, united nations Secretary-General)

annual Sean MacBrIde Peace PrIze cereMony

‘MaKInG Peace’ – Photo-exhIBItIon (in nobel Museum)

IPB aSSeMBly and councIl MeetInG

In cooperation with aBf-huset Stockholm

InternatIonal Peace conference SaTurday SepT 14 – Sunday SepT 15

Venue: aBF huset - www.abfstockholm.se

every three years ipB holds a special meeting to bring together its members and supporters and to discuss the challenges facing peace movements in an unstable and over-militarised world. This year the conference will explore the inter–relationships between military intervention and the economy of war and will attempt to answer some challenging questions:

• What lessons have we learned from external military intervention in recent conflicts?

• What are the best alternatives to such interventions?

• What is the world spending on the military, and what is the opportunity cost?

• How can we challenge the trend towards robot-warfare?

• How best to support whistleblowers for peace?

• What lessons can we learn from the survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombings?

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IPB councIl MeetInGVenue: aBF huset, palmesalen

IPB aSSeMBly MeetInG Venue: aBF huset, palmesalen

9:00 - 11:00

14:00 - 17:30

lunch BreaK13:00 - 14:00

IPB aSSeMBly MeetInG - continuing

Venue: aBF huset, palmesalen

11:30 - 13:00

coffee BreaK11:00 - 11:30

The (triennial) ipB assembly and (annual) Council meetings aim to analyse the programmes and achievements of the organisation over the past three years, and draw up plans and agree directions for future campaigning and other peace work. The results of the elections will be announced at the assembly.

The meetings are open to all members of ipB member organisations, as well as individual members. Observers are also welcome.

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Venue: The nOBel MuSeuM

Jody Williams, Chair of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, Nobel Peace Laureate 1997

death by machine: stopping the rise of killer robots and the further dehumanisation of war

an american political activist known around the world for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defence of human rights – especially those of women – and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today’s world. her current campaign is against ‘killer robot’ weapons.

MaIread MaGuIre, Nobel Peace Prize 1976

our conscience offers each of us the choice between violence, militarism and war, or choosing love – I choose to love….

Mairead Maguire was awarded the prize for her extraordinary actions to help end the deep ethnic/political conflict in her native northern ireland. She shares the award with Betty Williams. She co-founded the Community of peace people and is an outspoken activist on a number of conflict situations around the world.

teruMI tanaKa, A & H Bomb Survivors’ Organisation, Japan (several times nominated for Nobel Peace Prize)

Grasping the opportunity to free humanity of the danger of nuclear annihilation

nihon hidankyo is the only nation-wide organisation of a-bomb survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki (hibakusha). it works for the prevention of nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons, and for compensation and improved protection and assistance for the hibakusha.

Moderator: Maj BrItt theorIn, Former IPB President, former Disarmament Ambassador of Sweden, member of the Swedish Parliament and European Parliament

The event at the nobel Museum is co-hosted together with the sWedisH Peace and arBItratIon SocIety, the world’s oldest peace organisation that celebrates 130 years since its foundation in 1883.

tIMe: 18:00 - 21:00

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Venue: aBF huset, palmesalen

ToPic 1. iNTeRVeNTioN: WeaPoNs oR WoRds?

The topic of intervention has become much more current than we imagined when we started planning this conference in January, with the war in Syria now escalating into a possible phase of external intervention.

ipB proposes a discussion about the tendency of leaders to choose direct intervention (now-adays with drones, or air strikes as in Mali and many before) instead of conflict prevention, peace-building and civilian-protection approaches.in that discussion we wish to include the impact of the military-industrial complex and its powerful lobbies in favour of armament and military spending.

We will explore this challenging topic through various perspectives and case studies. On Sun-day there will be presentations and debate on what an alternative, non-violent strategy might look like.

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tIMe: 10:00 - 16:00

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reGIStratIon: 8:30 - 10:00

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Welcome aNd iNTRoducTioN

Moderator: toMaS MaGnuSSon, IPB Co-President

Keynote SPeech

10:05 - 10:25

obama’s Wars: imperial power in a multi-polar world

joSePh GerSon, American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) – USA

Joseph serves as aFSC’s disarmament coordinator, as director of programmes in new england, and as director of the peace and economic Security programme. he has worked with aFSC since 1976. Joseph plays a leading role in building collabo-rations among u.S., asian, and european peace and nuclear weapons abolition movements. his programme work focuses on challenging and overcoming u.S. global hegemony, including its preparations for, and threats to initiate, nuclear war and its military domination of the asia-pacific and the Middle east.

SeSSIon 1 – SyrIa 10:25 - 11:25

10:05 - 10:25MaIread MaGuIre, Nobel Peace Laureate 1976

Mairead will report on her recent 10 day visit to lebanon and Syria, leading a 16 person delegation from 8 countries, invited by Mussalaha reconciliation Move-ment. The visit was to promote a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government and reject outside intervention and war.

10:25 - 10:40

roots of the conflict and Possi-ble Solutions

MIchael Schulz, University of Gothenburg

Michael Schulz is associate professor in peace and development research at the university of Gothenburg. he is a Middle east expert and spent the first half of this year in the region, studying the conflict in Syria.

10:55 - 11:25

discussion

11:25 - 11:55

coffee BreaK

afGhanIStan11:55 - 12:40

11:55 - 12:10

The law against war – and why 12 years of intervention in afghanistan must come to an end

larS-Gunnar lInljeStrand,chair, Afghanistan Solidarity Organisation

lars-Gunnar liljestrand is a lawyer and has together with some colleagues just published a book on international law and interventions, called “The law against war”. lars Gunnar is chairman of the Swedish afghanistan Solidarity Organisation.

12:10 - 12:25

2014 - from an afghan perspective

freShta doSt

Freshta dost is an afghan refugee living in Sweden. She is an active member of the

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Swedish afghanistan Committee, and will give a women’s perspective on the current situation in afghanistan.

12:25 - 12:40

european resistance to prolonged war

KarIM PoPal, Afghan lawyer

Karim popal is an afghan refugee living in Germany. he has been active in the build-up of european resistance to the prolonged war in afghanistan, he is a lawyer and has taken part in the German legal case on the killings by German soldiers at Kunduz in 2009.

12:40 - 13:00

discussion

13:00 - 14:30lunch BreaK

sessioN 2 – sPace WeaPoNs, droneS and InterVentIon14:30 - 16:00

Moderator: tarja cronBerG, MEP, IPB Board Member, Chair, Peace Union of Finland

14:35 - 14:50

The militarisation of the High North

aGneta norBerG, Swedish Peace Council

agneta norberg is an ipB Board mem-ber, and represents the Swedish peace Council. She was a convener of the recent conference of the Global network against nuclear power and Weapons in Space, in Kiruna, northern Sweden..

14:50 - 15:05

campaigning against drone warfare – the Norwegian experience

alexander haranG, Norwegian Peace Association

alexander harang is leader of the nor-wegian peace association, and an expert/activist on arms trade.

15:05 - 15:20

discussion

15:20 - 16:00

discussion in small groups

Small groups will discuss a draft ipB Triennial statement, highlighting the need for much greater investment in peaceful methods of preventing armed conflicts. The final session of the conference will bring together all the themes in order to develop a better understanding of the inter-linkages.

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annual MacBrIde Peace PrIze cereMonySaturday eVenInG, SePteMBer 14

every year the ipB awards a special prize to a person or organisation that has done outstanding work for peace, disarmament and/or human rights.

These were the principal concerns of Sean MacBride, the distinguished irish statesman who was Chairman of ipB from 1968-1974 and president from 1974-1985.

Over the years we have honoured many courageous and committed peace workers and organisations. For more information, please click here

This year’s prize will be awarded to:

Bradley MannInG, the uS whistleblower recently convicted in a much publicised court-martial.

Moderator: reIner Braun, IPB Board member and Exec. Director, International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms

toMaS MaGnuSSon and anna eK – Whistleblowing in sweden: Bofors and beyondTomas and anna will describe the case in which an engineer and sales promoter from the Bofors arms factory revealed illegal transfers of weapons to forbidden countries - and will assess its importance today. The presentation will include a short TV clip.

Speakers:

aNN WRiGht – Private Manning Support Network, USA. acceptance speech

ann Wright is a retired uS army Colonel and a former uS diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the iraq war – she is now a peace activist – for outspoken opposition to torture, indefinite detention at Guantanamo, assassin drones and israeli occupation of palestinian lands etc.

PIerre SchorI individual integrity and state security in a Wired World?

pierre Schori is a retired Swedish Minister for Foreign aid and Migration and deputy Foreign Minister. he worked with prime Minister Olof palme in the Socialist international. among his most recent books are “The road out of afghanistan” and “nine-eleven, the war in iraq and the world after Bush”.

Peter BecKer – International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, Germanypeter Becker has for over 20 years been Chair of the German section of the international association of lawyers against nuclear arms (ialana) and is now international Co-president. he made important contributions to the international Court of Justice nuclear verdict in 1996 and the lawsuit against the stationing of u.S. nuclear weapons in Germany. he also worked to reject German participation in the illegal wars in afghanistan and iraq. he established europe’s leading energy law firm, which ran many successful cases against nuclear power plants, and in 2011 he won ipB’s MacBride peace prize.

The award ceremony will be followed by a short concert and a reception. JOhan nOrBerG, a well-known guitarist and JeSSiCa pilnäS, jazz singer, will perform some inspiring music.

Venue: IMManuelSKyrKan, KunGSTenSGaTan 17

tIMe: 18:00-21:00

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ToPic 2: moNey aNd miNds

ipB will make its case for including military spending in the un’s post 2015 development agenda. With military spending at levels higher than at any time in history ($1.7 trillion in 2012), it is high time that this huge financial resource be considered within the framework of ‘innovative funding for development’. discussion point: how to mobilise civil society on this important issue?

We will also focus on the ‘misuse of brainpower’ ie the tendency for science/engineering/technology to be put at the service of the military system, rather than on human needs. how many know that over 50 per cent of the uS government’s research & development budget is spent by the pentagon?

Venue: aBF huset, palmesalen

tIMe: 09:30 - 14:00

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Below: Consequences of a three-week military campaign named “Caast Lead” waged by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip in 2008/09.

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alternatIVeS to InterVentIon a culture of Peaceful conflIct reSolutIon09:30 - 10:40

Moderator: hedda lanGeMyr, Norwegian Peace Council

09:35 - 09:50

‘Peace Monitor’ - a report on positive examples of peaceful conflict resolution

chrIStoffer Burnett-carGIll, Secretary-General, Swedish Peace & Arbitration Society

Christoffer Burnett-Cargill has for 3 years been Secretary General of SpaS. previously he has been living in conflict areas in the Balkans and the Middle east, working with development cooperation and peace-related issues.

09:50 - 10:05

Proactive Presence – Protection of human rights defenders in colombia

frIda larSSon, Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation

Frida larsson has a background in peace and Conflict Studies and is now programme Secretary at SweFOr for the peace Service and international accompaniment programme in Colombia.

10:05 - 10:20

Hunger for Talking Peace: somali diaspora programme after 20 years of war

SuleIMan aBdI alI, SWedSOM aid

Suleiman abdi ali has been living in Sweden for 25 years, and has been actively involved in vocational training and “Culture of peace” programmes in Somalia. he rep-resents SwedSom aid Organisation from Gothenburg, Sweden.

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10:20 - 10:40

discussion

10:40 - 11:10

coffee BreaK

Money and MIndS11:10 - 13:40

IntroductIon/Moderator: InGeBorG BreIneS, IPB Co-President, former Director of UNESCO Liaison Office, Geneva.

11:55 - 11:30

Global military spending: facts and trends

carIna SolMIrano, Senior Researcher, Military Expenditure Project, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Carina Solmirano is a Senior researcher for the Military expenditure project at the Stockholm international peace research institute, where she is responsible for latin america, Middle east and South asia. prior to Sipri, she worked at the university of denver, where she obtained her Ma in international Security. She has also worked on disarmament issues at the asociacion para politicas publicas and as a political advisor in the argentine Senate.

11:30 - 11:45

diakonia’s perspective on peace and the post 2015 agenda

anna åKerlund, advisor, Conflict and Justice issues, Diakonia

11:45 - 12:00

from reaction to prevention: economic and political aspects

Prof. larS InGelStaM, Professor

Lars Ingelstam, PhD in mathematics, Professor Emeritus of Technology and Social Change (Linköping University), former head of Secretariat for Future Studies, a unit created in 1973 to work with the Swedish Government. Lars has published books and papers on social economics, systems theory, weapons exports and security and defence policies.

12:00 - 12:15

campaigning on military spending

colIn archer, Secretary-General IPB

Colin archer has been the ipB’s Secretary-General since 1990. he has an academic background from the uK in languages and development studies. he has been a peace and global justice cam-paigner for over 40 years, and since 2005 has concentrated on ipB’s disarmament for Sustainable development programme and the Global day of action on Military Spending.

12:15 - 12:35

discussion

fInal Plenary12:35 - 13:00

14:00 - 16:00

the nordIc MeetInG– only for nordic members of the IPB

Venue: aBf-huset

MaKinG peaCephOTO exhiBiTiOn

The conference coincides with the showing at the nobel Museum in Stockholm of

ipB’s special centenary exhibit ‘Making peace’, a photo exhibition curated by

ashley Woods (realexpo.org).

it features 120 high quality photographs illustrating the struggle for peace around

the world over the last century. Visits to the Museum and the exhibit will be part of

the programme. See http://www.makingpeace.org

Venue: The nOBel MuSeuM

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oPenInG hourS: 10:00 - 20:00

praCTiCal inFOrMaTiOn

Our VenueS:

aBf huSet(Saturday 14th – Sunday 15th September)

Our main conference venue.

address:Sveavägen 41, 2 tr111 83 StockholmTel: 08-453 41 00

noBelMuSeet (noBel MuSeuM)(Friday 13th September, 18:00 – 21:00)

address:Stortorget 2, Gamla Stan103 16StockholmTel: +46 (0) 8 534 818 00

IMManuelSKyrKan (IMManuel church)(Saturday 14th September, 18:00 – 21:00)

address:Kungstensgatan 17113 83 StockholmTel: +46 (0)8-587 503 00

GettInG to StocKholM froM the aIrPort:

By BuS: From arlanda, Bromma and Skavsta airport, it’s easy to get to Stockholm City Terminal/T Centralen with the airport bus. For more information visit Flygbussarna’s website.

PrIce: arlanda-Stockholm City Terminal: 99 SeK (takes about 45 minutes, depending on the traffic)

By traIn: Get to Stockholm from arlanda airport in 20 minutes! For more information visit arlanda express website.

PrIce: 260 SeK per person (return ticket: 490 SeK)

nOTe: Make sure to buy the ticket before you go on board of the train. Arlanda Express charges 50 SEK extra for buying the ticket on board. It is not necessary to book the ticket in advance.

By taxI: Taxi stands are located just outside the airport entrance, clear markings will guide you to the nearest taxi stand. The ride to Stockholm takes about 30-40 minutes from the arlanda airport, depending on the traffic.

PrIce: about 500 SeK (from the arlanda airport – prices vary from one company to another)

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note: For more information about hotels, transportation and venues, please click HERE

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sWedisH PaRTNeR GRouPs:

Swedish peace Council

Swedish peace and arbitration Society, SpaS

Swedish Fellowship of reconciliation, SWeFOr

iPB wishes to acknowledge financial support from:

polden-puckham Charitable Trust, uK

rissho Kosei Kai, Japan

all are welcome! To register, please click here. Send conference registrations to: stockholmconfer@ipb.org

conference coordinator (Stockholm): aida Burnett-Cargillaida@ipb.org

IPB Secretary-General (Geneva): Colin archersecgen@ipb.org

Full details and registration forms at: http://www.ipb.org