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Letter
to Peacebuilders
March
30, 2008
http://lettertopeacebuilders.ning.com/
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Dear friends,
Greetings. If
your work and interest is focussed on peaceful change, under whatever
heading, the attached Letter to Peacebuilders is for you.
We believe there
is, at this moment, a window of opportunity for transformative peacebuilding
to come of age, to be taken seriously by governments, social movements
and business alike. While many injustices and conflicts across the
world continue to resist conventional, often militarized solutions,
environmental factors are introducing an additional and increasingly
devastating new element for the future. There is a clear and urgent
need for fresh approaches. However, the international peace and
development community is in our view not currently capable of taking
this opportunity. It is not simply a question of size or resources.
Despite all the achievements to date, we believe much well-intentioned
work may be largely irrelevant to the change that is needed, at
both local and global levels.
The Letter sets
out the situation as we see it. It is informed by our own, varied
experience and the voices and views of many organizations and colleagues
we have worked with in different parts of the world. While we make
a number of practical proposals as to what can be done, we are aware
how limited these inevitably are. We hope that this Letter will
stimulate conversations and encourage new and imaginative thinking,
out of which fresh initiatives will come.
Please take
time to read it, and to discuss it with colleagues. We hope you
will send it on to others who may be interested. We invite you to
leave your comments on the website, or write us at lettertopeacebuilders@gmail.com.
Please tell us if anything you write should be treated in confidence.
Would you be
interested in taking some of this thinking further, and turning
aspects of it into action?
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