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3 unusual facts about World peace


Peaceful World

World peace, an ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations and/or peoples

World peace

The Japanese Shogun Tokugawa initiated the Edo Period, an isolationist period where Japan cut itself off from the world as a whole.

World Peace One

World Peace One (or WP1 Foundation, Inc.) is a non-profit organization based in Florida and California, whose intent is to promote World peace by a multiplicity of global campaigns, programs and activities whose intent is to aid humanity in "ending all war".


Östermalmstorg metro station

The major artwork of the subway station was created by Siri Derkert and symbolises women’s rights, world peace, and the green movement.

World Peace Corps Mission

Robert L. Leggett and Dr. Han Min Su, and operates under the principles of inter-religious collaboration, and in the spirit of altruism and world peace.


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Blaine, Washington

In 2006, a local group called the Blaine Peace Alliance unsuccessfully solicited City Council support to formalize a sister-city relationship with Pugwash, Nova Scotia, where promotion of world peace had been an ongoing effort for 50 years.

Branimir

It is a combination of the (Slavic) verb braniti ("to defend") and the noun mir ("the world" or "peace" in Old Slavic), and hence means "the one who defends the world/peace".

Buffy Wicks

Co-founded Hoi-Polloi, "a people’s organization created by a small group of conscientious thinkers striving for world peace."; Campaign manager on Jay Fetcher's 2004 state Senate campaign in Colorado; Des Moines organizer on Howard Dean's Iowa caucus campaign.

Chin Kung

In 2006 he sponsored and attended actively the solemn and sumptuous celebration of the 2550th birthday of the Buddha Shakyamuni, which took place in the office of the UNESCO in Paris, organized by the Venerable Tampalawela Dhammaratana, ex-president of the Buddhist Union of France, it was an event of international scale, that left a big influence in the Buddhist and non-Buddhist world, by the distribution of its message of world peace and peace of mind in the heart of each.

Delta Prize for Global Understanding

The Delta Prize for Global Understanding, presented annually by Delta Air Lines and the University of Georgia, recognizes individuals or groups whose initiatives have helped promote world peace as well as globally significant efforts that provide opportunities for greater understanding among nations and cultures.

Hendrik Christian Andersen

This enormous tome (the text weighed over ten pounds) was written with Ernest Hébrard and grew out of Andersen’s earlier writing, The Fountain of Life. Central to the work was Andersen’s belief that art, more specifically monumental Beaux-Arts architecture, could bring about world peace and international harmony.

Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde

The settlements on the island include the Centre for World Peace and Health, founded by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, on the north of the island.

Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula

The feature is named after Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) for his contribution to world peace and understanding among people.

James Beveridge

In 2006, his life was made the subject of a film entitled The Idealist: James Beveridge, Film Guru, which won the Platinum Remi Award for World Peace and Understanding at the 39th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

James Mancham

In a welcoming speech Dr. Adish Aggarwala, President of the International Council of Jurists and Chairman of All India Bar Association, said the award for Mr Mancham was to recognise his role in promoting world peace and the pivotal part he has played in helping to settle international disputes.

Let's Go Away for Awhile

An early full working title was "Let's Go Away for Awhile (and Then We'll Have World Peace)" - the parenthetical being a reference to Del Close and John Brent's comedy album How to Speak Hip.

Malina Moye

In 2011, after playing the main stage at one of Europe's biggest rock festivals, Bospop, Moye headlined the west coast's largest peace concert "Artists for Peace" with Chaka Khan, Eric Benet, and Flora Martirosyan honoring the iconic Stevie Wonder for his musical lifetime achievements and promoting world peace.

Megan Rice

Justifying their infiltration of the Oak Ridge facility, the trio cited both Biblical verses calling for world peace and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as justifications.

Political Poetry

World Peace: AE Ballakisten - describes how the politics of identity influences beliefs and behavior, and can ultimately lead to conflict.

Terasawa Junsei

Rev. Terasava participated in the annual sessions of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva as a representative of International Peace Bureau and is one of the advisors Inter Religious Federation for World Peace, headed by Dr Frank Kaufmann.

Tetsuzō Tanikawa

He questioned how world peace could be realized in the face of nuclear proliferation at the beginning of the Cold War.

The Five Fists of Science

Nikola Tesla, Mark Twain and Bertha von Suttner combine forces to try to bring about world peace through superior firepower.

The Tej Gyan Foundation

In 2011 the foundation managed the event World Peace through Words of Peace, where Shahrukh Khan inaugurated the book “The Source – Power of Happy Thoughts”, which was written by Sirshree.

Trini Kwan

When Thuy Trang, Austin St. John (Jason), and Walter Jones (Zack) left the show (over contract disputes), their characters stopped making new on-screen or face-to-camera shots before they were written off in the two-part "Power Transfer" episode in which their characters were chosen to attend the World Peace Conference.

Wladimir Köppen

He was a strong advocate for the use of Esperanto in the cause of world peace, translating several of his publications into Esperanto.

World Peace Corps Mission

While witnessing the success of the Peace Corps initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the two gentleman co-founded the World Peace Corp Mission as a civilian organization emulating the spirit of the United States Peace Corps Volunteer Service.

World Peace Foundation

The World Peace Foundation is an operating foundation affiliated with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

World Peace One

The World Peace One Global Leadership Council is chaired by Claes Nobel, grandson of Ludvig Nobel and grand nephew to Alfred Nobel, who established the Nobel Prizes.

World Peace Party

The World Peace Party featured an inside and outside area complete with the soon to be ubiquitous fun park of: inflatable castles, human gyroscopes and vendors serving fast foods and miscellany.

World Policy Institute

Founded in New York City in 1961 as the Fund for Education Concerning World Peace through World Law by bankers Harry B. Hollins and C. Douglas Dillon, who were inspired by the World Federalism thinker Grenville Clark.

Zack Taylor

When Walter Jones (Zack), Austin St. John (Jason), and Thuy Trang (Trini) left the show (over contract disputes), their characters stopped making new on-screen or face-to-camera shots before they were written off in the two-part "Power Transfer" episode in which their characters were chosen to attend the World Peace Conference.

Zakaria Badat

In July 2006, Molana Zakaria Saab gave a speech at a peace conference organized by Shree Morari Bapu of India in Leicester, and in November 2006 he gave a speech at a world peace conference in Miami.