Posts Categorized: Peace

Update from the Mosaic of Peace Conference

Resistance to the Occupation and Human Rights Work Among Israelis (These blog entries provide brief reports and insights from our conference in Israel and Palestine.  They are written by our participants and are neither comprehensive nor in depth reports, but simply glimpses into the amazing experiences we are having together.) We had the privilege of… Read more »

Update from the Mosaic of Peace Conference

Visits to the Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Western Wall and the Wojoud Cultural Center (These blog entries provide brief reports and insights from our conference in Israel and Palestine.  They are written by our participants and are neither comprehensive nor in depth reports, but simply glimpses into the amazing experiences we are having… Read more »

The Mosaic of Peace – Travel and our first morning in Jerusalem

(These blog entries provide brief reports and insights from our conference in Israel and Palestine.  They are written by our participants and are neither comprehensive nor in depth reports, but simply glimpses into the amazing experiences we are having together.) Wednesday, April 6th – Arrival in Jerusalem Everyone arrived safely in Jerusalem by dinnertime on… Read more »

The 2016 Mosaic of Peace Conference Begins with Orientation

Greetings from the Mosaic of Peace Conference in Israel and Palestine. The brief blog entries you will see over the coming days provide brief reports and insights from our conference in Israel and Palestine.  They are written by our participants and are neither comprehensive nor in depth reports, but the first opportunity we have to… Read more »

Presbyterian Ministry at the UN hopeful for political solution in Colombia

On January 25, 2016, the United Nations Security Council acted to “to set up a United Nations political mission in Colombia, approving a team of international observers to monitor disarmament should the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) reach a final agreement to end Latin America’s longest armed conflict.” We… Read more »

16 Days of Activism – Day 15: Militarism and Priorities

by Robert Arrington According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), by 2015 in low and middle income countries, 100 million children, or 1 in 6, will not have completed primary school. Furthermore,UNICEF reports that half of children who are out-of-school are from countries that have been affected by conflict, with more than… Read more »

A just and lasting peace for South Sudan

“The needs of the people must take priority over the interests of the powerful.” And what the people of South Sudan need is a just and lasting peace. That’s the message shared in the UN community by the Rt. Rev. Peter Gai, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan and Sudan.  The Rev. Gai… Read more »

YAV attends UN General Assembly

Matt Cowell, our YAV attended his first UN General Assembly this week. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is accredited to the United Nations and through the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations advocates and engages the United Nations. Read his blog below:   Greetings from the United Nations!  The General Debate of the seventieth session of… Read more »

The Presbyterian Ministry at the UN welcomes our first YAV!

We welcome Matt Cowell, the first Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) to serve with the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. Below is Matt’s first blog: Greetings to all!  My name is Matt Cowell and I am a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) serving in New York City at the Presbyterian Ministry at the… Read more »