Axis for Peace
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Axis for Peace was a conference organised by Voltaire Network
to
"gather political and intellectual personalities... already committed against the war logic and who wish to install a permanent structure that could make the voice of peace be heard."
The event was partially rebroadcast to the Arab World by Al Jazeera
, to Latin America some days later by Telesur
and to the Slavic world by Russia Today
.
The Secretary General of the Arab League
and several personalities did not attend the conference due to the unexpected call for a diplomatic summit in Cairo aimed at dealing with the future of Iraq.
Voltaire Network
The Réseau Voltaire is an international non-profit organisation, based in Paris. It stated aim is the promotion of freedom and secularism , that is separation of church and state, faith and politics...
to
"gather political and intellectual personalities... already committed against the war logic and who wish to install a permanent structure that could make the voice of peace be heard."
Axis for Peace 2005
The First Axis for Peace Conference was held on the 17 November and 18 of 2005 at the Résidence Palace, a conference centre managed by Belgium’s Prime Minister. The conference gathered some 150 leaders from 37 countries including intellectuals, journalists, politicians, diplomats and military officers. Also present at the conference were high level delegations from the Arab World, Eastern and Western Europe, the Americas; however Black Africa, Asia and Oceania were not largely represented at the forum.The event was partially rebroadcast to the Arab World by Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
, to Latin America some days later by Telesur
Telesur
Telesur may refer to* teleSUR, a Latin American terrestrial and satellite television network* Telesur , a telecommunications operator from Suriname...
and to the Slavic world by Russia Today
Russia Today
Russia Today may refer to:* Russia Today, an English language 24-hour television news channel from Russia. It was launched in 2005 and is not related to an online news service of the similar name operated by EIN News...
.
The Secretary General of the Arab League
Arab League
The Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organisation of Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia . It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan , Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a...
and several personalities did not attend the conference due to the unexpected call for a diplomatic summit in Cairo aimed at dealing with the future of Iraq.
Main members
- Ayman Abdelnour (relator of the Bass Congress, Syria)
- John D. Antony (president of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, United States)
- H. H. Prince Issa El-Ayoubi (journalist Lebanon)
- Andreas von BülowAndreas von BülowAndreas von Bülow is a German writer, lawyer and former SPD politician. He has been working on books about intelligence agencies, including In the Name of the State. CIA, BND and the criminal machinations of secret services. and The CIA and September 11...
(former minister, Germany) - Giulietto ChiesaGiulietto ChiesaGiulietto Chiesa is an Italian journalist and politician, and was a Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Independent - Di Pietro-Occhetto List Civil Society. Originally he represented Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, since 2006 - Party of European Socialists...
(European lawmaker, Italia) - Michel CollonMichel Collon-Biography:Michel Collon started his career in the Belgian weekly Solidaire. He continued his work independently by writing books, making films and an Internet newsletter broadcast to 40 000 subscribers. He's close to...
(journalist, Belgium) - Enrique Román Hernández (special ambassador, Cuba)
- Salim el Hoss (former prime minister, Lebanon)
- General Leonid IvashovLeonid IvashovLeonid Grigoryevich Ivashov is a vice president of the Academy on Geopolitical Affairs and former Joint Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, general-colonel....
(former Chief of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Russia) - Thierry MeyssanThierry MeyssanThierry Meyssan is a French journalist and political activist.He is the author of investigations into the extreme right wing , as well as into the Catholic Church Thierry Meyssan (born 18 May 1957 in Talence, Gironde) is a French journalist and political activist.He is the author of investigations...
(writer, France) - Craig MurrayCraig MurrayCraig John Murray is a British political activist, former ambassador to Uzbekistan and former Rector of the University of Dundee....
(former ambassador, United Kingdom) - James PetrasJames PetrasJames Petras is a retired Bartle Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York and adjunct professor at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who has published prolifically on Latin American and Middle Eastern political issues.-Academic and...
(university professor, United States) - Mateusz PiskorskiMateusz PiskorskiMateusz Piskorski is a Polish politician and political scientist. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5610 votes in 41 Szczecin district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list....
(lawmaker, Poland) - General Vinod Saighal (former military academy director, India)
- Jhanett Madriz Sotil (Vice-president of the Andean Parliament, Venezuela)
- Webster G. TarpleyWebster G. TarpleyWebster Griffin Tarpley is an American author, journalist, lecturer, and critic of US foreign and domestic policy. Tarpley maintains that the September 11 attacks were engineered by a rogue network of the military industrial complex and intelligence agencies...
[historian, author of 9/11 Synthetic Terror, USA] - Ahmed Tibi (lawmaker, Israel)
- Subhi Toma (sociologist, Iraq)
- General René Vargas Pazzos (former Chief of General Staff, Ecuador)
- Antonio Alberto Vulcano (organizer of anti-Bush demonstrations, Argentina)
- Helga Zepp-LaRoucheHelga Zepp-LaRoucheHelga Zepp-LaRouche is a German political activist, wife of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche, and founder of the LaRouche movement's Schiller Institute and the German Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität party .She has run for political office several times in Germany, representing small...
(Schiller Institute, Germany)
External links
- Official Website
- Conference for the unity of Peace Forces, Al Jazeera
- Hoss: Only through democracy can peace be established, Daily Star
- Axis for Peace declares war on hawks, Gulf News
- International Colloquium for peace, Granma