FW: [MO-NP] NP Convening Event Press Release 4

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Da: nickmele@attbi.com
Data: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 16:32:01 +0000
A: MO-NP@yahoogroups.com
Oggetto: [MO-NP] NP Convening Event Press Release 4

NONVIOLENT PEACEFORCE TO GO TO SRI LANKA


In a long day of business sessions the delegates to the Nonviolent
Peaceforce 
Convening Event chose Sri Lanka as the site of the new organisation’s first
project.  The group also elected its first International Governing Council
for 
a three-year term. 

Sri Lanka was one of three conflict areas visited by Nonviolent Peaceforce
teams to collect data for a set of criteria used to evaluate the invitations
from local groups.  The other sites were Guatemala and Israel/Palestine.
Each 
of the three projects met the evaluation criteria differently but each
attracted strong report.  Consensus on Sri Lanka was reached after hours of
impassioned discussion and at times profound deliberation.  Donna Howard,
who 
led the Sri Lanka team, commented, “The people who invited us (the
Nonviolent 
Peaceforce) are facing serious dangers with land issues and spoilers of the
peace process.  I believe the Nonviolent Peaceforce can help them over the
next few years.  I can’t wait to tell them!”

The new International Governing Council replaces the Interim Steering
Committee that has guided the development of the Nonviolent Peaceforce since
its origins in May 1999 at The Hague Appeal for Peace Conference.  The
members 
of the new governing body were selected through a consensus process that
reflected the geographic and gender diversity of the international
community.  
The members of the International Governing Council are:
Lyn Adamson, Canada
Omar Diop, Senegal
Donna Howard, USA
Young Kim, Republic of Korea
Akihiko Kimijima, Japan
Ramu Mannivanan, India
Michael Pokawa, Sierra Leone/USA
Renad Qubbaj, Palestine
Phil Ritter, USA
Elizabeth (Rabia) Roberts, USA
Claudia Samayoa, Guatemala
Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thailand
John Stewart, Zimbabwe
Francesco Tullio, Italy
Tim Wallis, Britain

Three additional Council members will be chosen, one each by international
organizations such as the International Fellowship of Reconciliation;
Serpaj-
Latin America; and Israeli organisations who are members of the Nonviolent
Peaceforce.
 
The Council meets tomorrow to elect a chair and other officers and begin
considering a lengthy work agenda assigned by the delegates at the close of
the business session.


--
Nick Mele
Director of Communication
Nonviolent Peaceforce
531 W. Kellogg Road
Bellingham, WA 98226
tel. 360-671-0238
e-mail: nickmele@attbi.com
www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

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