Peace courses at UN-New York and in Switzerland

[Dietrich Fischer <102464.1110 at compuserve.com>]

THERE ARE STILL OPENINGS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE.  IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT VIRGINIA SWAIN, THE INSTRUCTOR, AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE: <vswain at global-leader.org> Tel 508-753-7683.
SHE CAN ALSO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.

DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
New York, 14-17 November, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Dedicated to the International Decade for a  Culture of Peace and
Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)

Patron:  Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary General
and High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked
Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. Ambassador
Chowdhury is a past President of the Security Council and the
initiator of the Culture of Peace Programme and the International
Year (2000) and the Decade of a Culture of Peace (2001-2010) in the
United Nations General Assembly. United Nations, New York

H.E. Zeid Raad Al Hussein, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
at the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations

H.E. Jean De Ruyt, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the
United Nations

Key Invited Presenters:

Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen, Ottawa, Co-Co-Director, Transcend: a
Peace and Development Network: A History of the Middle East Crisis
- What went wrong and what needs to be done to achieve peace
(confirmed)

Professor Dietrich Fischer, Co-Director, Transcend: a Peace and
Development Network: A Peace Proposal for the Middle East
(confirmed)

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Imam of Masjid al-Farah, New York City,
helps Muslims seeking to discover and assimilate the spiritual
dimension of their faith from the Quran and Islams ritual teaching
and aids non-Muslims in understanding the Islamic experience.

Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, former National Director for Interreligious
Affairs, American Jewish Committee, former Jewish Chaplain for the
US sixth Fleet, graduate of the US Naval War College, initiator of
the Vietnam War Memorial,Board Member, Carnegie Council on Ethics
and International Affairs.

This is the fourth course given on this topic and is for people who
are searching for a new way to address global challenges that
emphasize respect for human rights, peaceful settlement of
disputes, global ethics, values and systems that will secure
greater ecological integrity, economic and social well being.
Participants will learn how the United Nations addresses a global
challenge as well as an intervention process for a civil society
response to complement and strengthen the United Nations'
initiatives for global challenges. Skillbuilding will be cultivated
at personal, systemic and global levels. This course will be taught
from the perspective of Reconciliation Leadership, developed by
Virginia Swain and dedicated to the International Decade for a
Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World
(2001-2010).  A final project will show how global citizens can
address the Middle East peace process. Each day begins with
reflection, prayer and/or meditation in the Dag Hammarjskold
Meditation Room at the United Nations.

More information on the history of this course....

This course draws on the following research, presentations and
practice of Ms. Swain, Director, Institute for Global Leadership.

February 2002. Presentations on UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Programmes to implement the Millennium Development Goals of 189
Heads of State and the Global Compact, the United Nations programme
with business. September 2000 and 2001. Presentations at the State
of the World Forum in San Francisco and New York on Reconciliation
Leadership (c) and Leadership for the United Nations and the
Harmonization of Nations.

22 May 2000.  Presentation at We the Peoples Millennium Forum,
calling for a Mediation and Conciliation service for the General
Assembly and the Security Council referring to the Special
Committee of the General Assembly on the Charter and Strengthening
the Work of the Organization, Chapter 6, Article 33-38,  dealing
with peaceful settlement of disputes.

9 May, 1999.  At the Conference organized by The Hague Appeal for
Peace at the Hague:  Establishing Professional Mediation and
Reconciliation Services at the United Nations and A Proposal for a
Global Mediation and Reconciliation Service for the International
Community in the Transforming Violent Conflict Strand of the
conference.  The presentation was made on the panel Building an
Effective World Security System:   Enhancing the Capacity of the
United Nations to Prevent and Resolve Armed Conflict.

14 February 1996.  Engendering a Dialogue between the United
Nations and International Business. Presentation to Ms. Rosario
Green, Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary-General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali, by Virginia Swain, Co-Chair, International Business
Task Force, and other members.

9 December 1992. Celebration of the Children of the World: A Model
for Building Global Community,  United Nations, New York.  A
Peacebuilding Process of Reconciliation was introduced, developed
in local and international settings over nine years.

For More Information:  This course is offered by the Institute for
Global Leadership, Box 20044, Worcester, MA 01602, 508-753-7683
vswain at global-leader.org, www.global-leader.org, In New York: 212
947-7111 ext 171.

Nonrefundable Registration and Materials Fee: $300, by November 1.
Tuition: $400. Room and Board in New York City the responsibility
of participants.  For a list of reasonable accommodations in New
York, please ask Virginia Swain.

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Landegg International University in Switzerland (www.landegg.edu)
offers three Master's Degrees, all taught in English:

MASTER OF ARTS IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Conflict resolution is a subject area closely related to the
mission of Landegg International University: to equip students with
the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to the emergence
of a peaceful and united world civilization.The Master of Arts
degree in Conflict Resolution acquaints students with the theories
and processes of conflict resolution at all levels of society.
Students are encouraged to think critically and creatively about
the challenges of resolving conflict and constructing peaceful
societies, and to apply the skills they acquire in new and dynamic
ways. This degree exposes students to the contemporary literature
and practice of mediation, negotiation, arbitration, nonviolence,
reconciliation, and other techniques; introduces new models of
conflict resolution; and explores the connections among conflict
resolution, peace building, and the emergence of structures and
processes of world order. The program is distinguished from those
at other universities by, among other things, the study of
Conflict-Free Conflict Resolution, a unique model of transformative
dispute resolution authored by members of the Landegg International
University's Department of Conflict Resolution faculty, and by its
association with the Education for Peace Project (see:
www.landegg.edu/main.cfm?SID=417).

More information is available at: www.landegg.edu/main.cfm?SID=194

MASTER OF ARTS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Landegg International University's Master of Arts degree in Social
and Economic Development offers students a comprehensive program of
theoretical study and practical experience. The degree is a
multidimensional approach to development based on the concept that
human development is an organic, global process at individual,
societal, and environmental levels. Any transformation in the human
condition is the outcome of interaction between the environment and
individual's knowledge, values, emotions, and behavior. Development
is understood as an integrative process of transformation aiming at
the well-being, security, and advancement of the totality of the
human condition in all its diversity. The degree is designed to
facilitate a collaborative learning environment and systematic
training for those who seek to improve the human condition.
Students acquire the skills necessary to participate in and to
organize the necessary frameworks through which communities and
individuals promote their own well-being. Toward this end, students
will become familiar with theories of development, strategies, and
processes employed in development programs through both study and
field practice.

More information is available at: www.landegg.edu/main.cfm?SID=450

MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

The Commission on Global Governance has written that to meet the
challenges of our changing planet, the world needs leadership: that
is "proactive, not simply reactive..."; that is "...inspired, not
simply functional..."; that "...looks to the longer term and future
generations for whom the present is held in trust..."; that is not
"...confined within domestic walls...", but which "...must embrace
a wider human constituency, be infused with a sense of caring for
others, a sense of responsibility to the global neighborhood. The
Master of Arts Degree in Leadership and Global Governance (LGG) has
been designed specifically to respond to this need: to impart the
skills and perspective necessary to create the type of leadership
and the type of leaders in the public, private, and nongovernmental
sectors necessary to meet the challenges of the twenty-first
century. This program is designed to provide both the theoretical
understanding and the practical skills that will be required as
institutions of society become increasingly global in scope and
culturally diverse. With rapid developments taking place in the
world, emerging leaders require a new mindset and training in
cutting-edge theories in leadership while exploring fundamentally
new concepts of power, authority, service, and success. Through the
mastery and application of these concepts, students in LGG can
become catalysts in developing a new international culture of
cooperation, consultation, efficiency, creativity, justice, and
sensitivity to the diverse needs of individuals, organizations, and
communities. Students in Leadership and Global Governance will
develop an interdisciplinary knowledge of the historical evolution
of organizations and leadership, an understanding of the historical
framework that has led to increasing mechanisms of global
integration, and the practical skills that will be required to lead
organizations in the emerging global society. These skills include
the basics of modern management; multicultural communications and
decision making; the skills of consensus building, organizational
development, and design; and practical experience in either global
corporations/intergovernmental organizations or nongovernmental
organizations.

More information is available at: www.landegg.edu/main.cfm?SID=440

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There are still a few openings for the workshop on "PEACEFUL
TRANSFORMATION OF COMPLEX CONFLICTS: The TRANSCEND Approach"
with Johan Galtung, Professor of Peace Studies and Director,
TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network, and
Hamid Mowlana, Professor of International Relations at the School
of International Service, The American University
November 23-24, 2002, in Manassas, Virginia near Washington, DC
For information, see www.transcend.org or contact Dietrich Fischer
<fischer at transcend.org>, Tel +1-914-773-3440.

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