What is a Culture of Peace?
As defined by the United Nations, the Culture of Peace is a set of values, attitudes, modes of behavior and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tackling their root causes, to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals.

Manifesto 2000
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates wrote the Manifesto 2000. It incorporates eight keys that create a framework for a Culture of Peace:

1. Respect for all life: Respecting the rights and dignity of each human-being;

2. Nonviolence: Rejection of violence, obtaining justice by convincing and understanding;

3. Sharing: Developing attitudes and skills for living together in harmony, putting an end to exclusion and oppression;

4. Listening to understand: Giving everyone a chance to learn and share through the free flow of information;

5. Preserving the planet: Making sure that progress and development are good for everyone and for the environment;

6. Tolerance and solidarity: Appreciating that people are different and that everyone has something to contribute to the community;

7. The equality of women and men: Ensuring an equal place for women and men in building society; and

8. Democracy: Participation by everyone in making decisions.



International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the children of the world (2000 - 2010)