This Annual Erskine Childers Lecture is the 16th in a series of lectures which Uniting for Peace is presenting in memory of Erskine Childers, author and UN Diplomat. the 2012 meeting will explore ideas, strategies and solutions for preserving peace and achieving a just and fair world.
Guest speaker Jan Pronk - former development minister of Netherlands.

Speakers, readings, music, stalls, films, alternative therapies and refreshments. If you or your group would like to take part in the Peace One Day event or attend Bromley Peace Council meetings, please contact Ann Garrett. Please come and share information/ideas/talk. Meetings are at 3pm; next one on 21 October at Therapy Centre, 96 Martins Rd, Shortlands BR2.

The London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group meet on the second Tuesday every month, from 7pm to about 9pm, at Housmans
Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1.

The London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group meet on the second Tuesday every month, from 7pm to about 9pm, at Housmans
Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1.
Is sport usually just an excuse to indulge our most primitive tribalist instincts? Does the hysteria around many sports events bring out the worst in people?

An afternoon conference on improving UN peacekeeping.

Take part in UNA-UK's biggest event of the year - UN Forum 2012 - and engage with movers and shakers in the international arena on the most pressing issues facing the world today. Confirmed speakers: Lord Bates, who walked from Olympia to London to raise awareness of the Truce, will join Dame Margaret Anstee, Margaret Beckett MP, Lord Browne, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Lord Hannay, Wilfried Lemke, David Nussbaum, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Honey Thalijeh and Baroness Williams. UN Forum tickets will sell out quickly so book your place now to avoid disappointment.

Enfield and The Barnets UNA Branch are holding a public meeting on Threats to Peace.

"Advancing 4D for World Peace"
AGM: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Lunch: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Conference: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Speakers:
Prof. Meghnad Desai, Economist and Labour Politician
Dr. Nafeez M Ahmed, Executive Director, Institute for Policy Research and Development
Simon Hughes MP, Liberal Democrat [invited]
Vijay Mehta, Chair, Uniting for Peace

Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, a Quaker, peace and justice activist and member of Independent Jewish Voices - Canada, will be speaking about her book, 'Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Non-Violent Resistance against the Israeli Occupation'. Refreshments and home-made cake.

With Dave Webb, chair of CND, recently returned from Jeju Island, South Korea, and from the anti-NATO protests in Chicago, and Rae Street.

Events for everyone - celebrate the 2012 Games on your doorstep. Bring picnic, scooter, skipping rope, egg and spoon, best running shoes or your walking boots! 5-a-side football teams welcome (give us details by 1 July). Register for events from 12 - 1pm.
Organised by Justice and Peace and Fun Picnic Planning Group, 4 Vincent Road, London N15 3QH.

Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp is held on the second full weekend of every month. See the events section at http://aldermaston.net for dates of forthcoming camps. We arrive at camp on Saturday morning or sometimes on Friday evening (please ring to check we are there if you plan to come Friday evening). We stay until Sunday lunch-time.

All women are welcome to come along at any time - and male visitors are welcome at camp during the day, but not during the evening or at night.

World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel Focus for 2012 is Displacement and Dispossession. Resources leaflets can be ordered from Pax Christi. 0208 203 4884.

Contact June for details. Wheelchair transport possible.

South East Hants Peace Council stall, outside Chichester City Office promoting the September 21st UN International Day of Peace.

The panellist will be discussing the new book The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World by Vijay Mehta which will be followed by Q/A and a reception.
Speakers: Humphrey Hawksley, BBC World Affairs Correspondent, Shashank Joshi, Research Fellow, RUSI, Tobias Ellwood, MP, Vijay Mehta, Author, The Economics of Killing. Chair: Rita Payne.

Please come and join the demonstration outside the South Korean Embassy and demand a halt to the building of a naval base that will be used by the US in their attempt to surround and control China. The villagers of Gangjeong are resisting the destruction of their beautiful, fragile, coastal environment and sacred places - they want Jeju to remain an Island of Peace and to prevent this military base from being built. The villagers need the strong and visible support of the international community.

With Nitasha Kaul. Nitasha Kaul is a Kashmiri novelist, academic, economist, and artist. Her first book was ‘Imagining Economics Otherwise’ (Routledge, 2007). Aside from publishing fiction and poetry she has also authored numerous articles on several themes including identity, economy, social theory and democracy. She is a Visiting Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Westminster, London.

With Dr. Stathis Kouvelakis. As the crisis in Greece develops, living standards are on a downward spiral, welfare and health services have virtually collapsed, and the European bail out demands greater austerity which will make the situation even more desperate. Is there a way out of this dark crisis? Dr. Stathis Kouvelakis researches and teaches on political theory at Kings College, London and is an informed commentator on the political and social meltdown that has taken place in Greece.

With Professor Abbas Edalat. A war on Iran is threatened by the US and its allies if current negotiations and sanctions fail. Professor Edalat discusses recent Iranian history and the myths propagated by western governments and mainstream media in particular concerning Iran's nuclear programme, which are intended to demonize Iran and prepare the public for military action. Professor Abbas Edalat is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College London and the founder of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII)