Blogs
This page features blog posts and updates from Peace SOS.
Topics include peacebuilding efforts, humanitarian concerns, and reflections on current events.
Messages from our partner in Gaza, Wednesday 11 October 2023
Our dear friend, Mai, I am sending you this message, and perhaps this will be the last message. For 4 days, I have been moving with my wife and son from one place to another, and all I think is that it will be safe, but unfortunately I have separated from my family...
Women Wage Peace about the attacks of Hamas
Israel, 10 October 2023 There are no words to describe the pain, the shock and the loss. How can one possibly deal with the cruelty of the terrorists, the bloodbath which claimed the lives of young people at an outdoor party, of young children who were slaughtered...
Canada and the Netherlands in proceedings against Syrian torture at the International Court of Justice in The Hague
At Peace SOS we believe that everyone, including prisoners, should be treated with care and respect. Everyone’s life needs to be cherished. Someone from Syria sent Peace SOS a press release of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the...
Visit to Ukraine by the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
Peace SOS followed online the press conference of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. The statements below by the Committee are taken from their press release. Erik Møse, Chair of the Commission: “First, we visited Uman in the Cherkasy region and then...
The need for interfaith and intrareligious harmony in Pakistan
In the present map of the world, Pakistan 🇵🇰 came into existence in 1947. Before the partition of the great subcontinent of India, a number of religious communities were living together in harmony. There were no real feelings of hatred against each other on the basis...
Please drop the charge against Ukrainian peace advocate Yurii Sheliazhenko
Peace SOS is shocked by the decision of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to charge peace activist Yurii Sheliazhenko with ‘’justification of Russian aggression’’ and to search his apartment. The charge is based solely on Sheliazhenko’s Peace Agenda for Ukraine...
Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom: Peace Village “Oasis of Peace” in Israel’s Latrin Salient (half-way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem)
Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom (WASNS) is a unique Peace Village with its ideological base and day-to-day experience as a place of equal co-existence between Israeli Palestinians and Israeli Jews. For those who wish to see more places like WASNS, not just in Israel but...
Socio-economic injustice in South Asian countries, specifically in Pakistan
On the current map of the world, South Asian countries include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. All of these countries feature on the list of developing countries. This is where socio-economic injustice forms the major cause of unrest among...
Work for peace for Ukraine at NATO summit
On 11 and 12 July, the NATO summit will take place in Vilnius. The summit will discuss, among other things, the war in Ukraine and nuclear deterrence and defence. The North Atlantic Treaty that is the basis of NATO begins with the words, "The parties to this Treaty...
Amid Soaring Poverty and Hunger, Amnesty Demands ‘Universal Social Protection’ Worldwide by Jake Johnson Common Dreams
"We cannot continue to look away as inequality soars, and those struggling are left to suffer," said Amnesty International's secretary-general. With global poverty and hunger rising amid the intertwining crises of war, public health emergencies, and climate change,...
The Quest for World Peace by Abaho Gift Conrad
World peace is a term that encompasses the collective aspirations of individuals and nations around the globe. It refers to the absence of violence, war, and conflict, and the promotion of harmony, cooperation, and understanding between all peoples. The quest for...
A call for more and new diplomacy: for a ceasefire and peace in Ukraine
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General Guterres recently warned that tension between the major powers is historically high as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There is also a risk of conflict due to setbacks or miscalculations, Guterres...