Leaders for Peace
Seventy years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a century after the end of the First World War, the young, former students of the Citadel of Peace launch an Appeal to the entire world population to take the first step towards decisive change regarding human rights issue.
Invited by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Representative to the United Nations, Rondine brought its twenty-year experience in promoting dialogue and the creative transformation of conflicts on all levels – which has been studied and now also applauded by academia – to the United Nations headquarters in New York on December 10th, 2018.
With the “Leaders for Peace” campaign, Rondine asks each of the 193 Member States to take a symbolic sum from its defense budget and direct it towards the training of as many global leaders that will be able to intervene in the main conflict situations in the world, promoting the development of pacified social and political relations. Rondine also asks each Member State to consider including education of human rights in national education systems, integrating them together with the Rondine Method ofr the creative transformation of conflicts.
The objective is the gradual extinction of war contexts from the world through the affirmation of a new culture that unmasks the false concept of enemy, producing immense benefits and spreading among its citizens the skills to positively transform conflicts, integrating the teaching of the Rondine Method with human rights.
Italy signs the Appeal of “Leaders for Peace”
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MAKING PEACE IS AN ENTERPRISE – MILAN
Rondine Cittadella della Pace is an organization committed to reducing armed conflicts around the world and spreading its own method for the creative transformation of conflicts in every context.
Its objective is contributing to a planet free from armed clashes, in which every person has the tools to manage conflicts in a creative and positive way.
The Studentato Internazionale – World House is a project that gives rise and continuous inspiration to Rondine. It welcomes young people coming from countries affected by armed conflict or post-conflict situations, helping them to discover the human being in their enemy, through the difficult and impressive commitment to live together. With its training courses, Rondine encourages them to become leaders of themselves, their communities, and agents of change in a global and civil society, looking for the common good.
Kan Taniya
Abkhazian
Kan Taniya
Abkhazian
I arrived at Rondine at the age of 19 with the intention of becoming a web designer. However, at The Citadel of Peace I had the opportunity to encounter representatives from various institutions, diplomacy, and civil society. I understood that I could, and should, become a leader to provide a concrete response to my country’s profound and urgent need. After returning home, I held an important institutional role as an Abkhazian representative to the International Geneva Discussions (GID) for peace negotiations Southern Caucasus conflict of 2008. In some places, even one person makes the difference!
Maria Karapetyan
Armenian
Maria Karapetyan
Armenian
I was born in 1988, when the Armenian land was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Over the years I have learned to accept events that I cannot change, intervening courageously instead where I can make a difference. This is also thanks to Rondine. I have contributed to innovative projects of dialogue between the people of Southern Caucasus. Since 2012, I have been the Director of Development for the Image Center for the Transformation of Conflict, an independent and apolitical organization born in 2007 that promotes the positive transformation of relationships and the creation of foundations for lasting and sustainable peace in societies that have overcome conflicts. In the spring of 2018, I was protesting in the Yeveran square alongside the protagonists of my country’s political change towards greater democracy: today I’m a Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.
Young people are not only the future, they are also the present: if you offer young people the opportunity to take part in the formation of their future, they can be at the forefront of peacebuilding.
Noam Pupko
Israelian
Noam Pupko
Israelian
I grew up in a war that has lasted for decades. Thanks to the training course at Rondine, I became a social worker and trainer in the field of conflict mediation and transformation, even in critical areas. In 2014, I co-founded The Other Way, a training and consulting center on conflict management, intercultural communication, creativity, and innovation. Since 2015, I have had the extraordinary opportunity to transmit the experience and tools acquired to new generations, dedicating myself to the training and education of young people from all regions of Italy. I dedicate myself to this goal specifically through one of Rondine's innovative projects, the Quarto Anno Liceale d’Eccellenza, which allows young people to transform their conflicts into meaningful life projects.
Manuella Markaj
Kosovan
Manuella Markaj
Kosovan
Since the time I was a child, I had a dream: to positively affect the lives of others. At Rondine, I learned how to make it happen. Today I am vice president of the Rondine International Peace Lab (IPL) the association for former Rondine students. I contributed to the first popular diplomatic IPL project, Initiative for Democratic and Peaceful Elections in Sierra Leone, in which I successfully applied the Rondine Method at a political event, the presidential elections, in a post-civil war situation, in places ranging from the most remote villages to urban contexts. In my country of origin, I collaborated with the Unicef project in Kosovo, contributed to the foundation of the Econ Institute project in Pristina, and worked for the Ministry of Trade and Industry as head of the General Secretariat’s office.
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