Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict network of peacebuilders in Northeast Asia
We know that ''every voice matters for peace on the Korean Peninsula'' - the title of the new blog series by the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict. Get to know the diverse voices of people passionately building peace as part of the Ulaanbaatar Process. Read the story of Dr. Wang Danning, professor… Continue reading Every voice matters for peace on the Korean Peninsula: A Perspective of Dr. Wang Danning from Beijing
Our members in Ulaanbaatar including Blue Banner and Y4RP enjoyed an unforgettable Europe Day on May 28! While it was a rainy day, Mongolians welcome rain prior to the start of summer believing that the summer would be green and beautiful, and that in the fall the crop would be abundant, so people were very… Continue reading Europe Day Day in Ulaanbaatar
May 19, 2022 On May 19, around twenty representatives of civil society throughout Northeast Asia gathered online to join the Ulaanbaatar Process monthly dialogue, convened by GPPAC Northeast Asia. Some of the participants in the May 19 Online Dialogue The session began with a presentation by Kawasaki Akira, Peace Boat Executive Committee Member and President… Continue reading Ulaanbaatar Process Monthly Dialogue – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and Northeast Asia
On April 20, 25 GPPAC Northeast Asia members and friends joined an online dialogue to discuss the results of the recent Republic of Korea Presidential election and their implications for peacebuilding and security on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia more broadly, as part of the Ulaanbaatar Process. Participants from throughout Northeast Asia including… Continue reading GPPAC Northeast Asia Dialogue on ROK Presidential election implications for peacebuilding
March 18 is the date the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adopted in 2015, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan. On this day we reflect upon the connections between natural disasters and COVID-19 from a peacebuilding perspective. This is a report from a webinar in… Continue reading Cross-border cooperation – Disasters, COVID-19 and Confidence Building
What is the link between Youth, Peace and Security? What issues do young people in Northeast Asia face in their lives in Northeast Asia in relation to peace and security? And how are youth taking action to create a more peaceful community, region and world? 21 young Mongolian leaders gathered at a training held by… Continue reading GPPAC Youth, Peace and Security Workshop in Mongolia
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors of society and civil society, and peacebuilding organisations are no exception. In late 2020, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung invited the Japan-based NGO Peace Boat, in its role as the Northeast Asia Regional Secretariat for the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), to organize a series of webinars focused… Continue reading Cooperation and Coalitions: Civil Society Activism under the Pandemic
As peacebuilders many of us know what it means to live through war. The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict network stands in solidarity with all who desire peace, all who believe in it, and all who take action to make peacebuilding more powerful than conflict, more compelling than war. This video is… Continue reading Stop the War in Ukraine, Stop All Wars!
In late 2020, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung invited Japan-based NGO Peace Boat, in its capacity as the Regional Secretariat for the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) in Northeast Asia, to convene a series of webinars on non-traditional security and COVID-19 in Northeast Asia. In this third and final webinar of the series, speakers… Continue reading COVID-19 and Women in East Asia: Collaboration toward a Redefinition of ‘Security’
As we begin this new year of 2022, the Northeast Asia Regional Secretariat of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), hosted by Peace Boat, expresses our gratitude and solidarity to all of our friends and partners! Click here to see our highlights of 2021 and some words looking toward the new… Continue reading GPPAC NEA Wishes you a Happy and Peaceful 2022