Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association
The Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association is the Regional Association of International Peace Research Association- IPRA.[1] It is an international non-governmental organization of peace researchers, peace educators and peace advocates.[2]
The Asian Peace Research Association was established on 5 December 1980, at the closing of the conference on Asian Peace Research in the Global Context held in Yokohama, Japan. The name was changed to the current name, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA), on 4 February 1992, during a regional conference organized by the association held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.[3]
Prof. John P. Synott of Queensland University of Technology is currently the convener of APPRA.
Orientation[]
The distinctive orientation of APPRA is towards building societies of peace and justice. Basic to this mission is a comprehensive understanding of peace which means not only the absence of war and conflict but above all the presence of essential conditions for the well-being of humanity.
References[]
- ^ http://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/ipraweb/index.php?action=page&cat=regionalassociations&id=42[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/ipraweb/index.php?action=page&cat=regionalassociations&id=50[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/asiapacificpeace/history.html&date=2009-10-25+12:44:00 History of APPRA
- Peace organisations based in Australia