{"id":39761,"date":"2026-07-01T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39761"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:01:37","slug":"english-bulletin-july-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39761","title":{"rendered":"English bulletin July 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

SLOW NEWS VERSUS FAST NEWS . <\/big><\/em><\/p>\n
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\nThe commercial media emphasize “fast news” or what they often call “breaking news.” This tends to ignore or mask the fundamental processes that make for deep historical change by accumulating slowly over time. Their fast news is filled with stories about wars and the threat of wars around the world. They are not reporting what we can call the “slow news for peace.” See my blog for an analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nBut we can find much slow news for peace in CPNN this month.<\/p>\n

\nWriting in the website of Foreign Policy in Focus, the American historian Lawrence Wittner <\/a> provides abundant evidence from various surveys that public support for international solidarity and cooperation is very substantial, and growing in many countries, including the United States. This includes public trust for the United Nations and the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

\nThe World Peace Foundation<\/a>, affiliated with the Fletcher School of Global Affairs at Tufts University in Boston has published a global mapping of contemporary peace-focused work in which they mention in particular the following organizations in the various regions:<\/p>\n

\nNorth America and Europe: Oxford Network of Peace Studies; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; the Peace Research Institute Oslo <\/p>\n

\nLatin America: FLACSO Ecuador\u2019s\u00a0Acci\u00f3n No Violenta program; CALAS\u00a0Visions of Peace\u00a0research program; University for Peace in Costa Rica<\/p>\n

\nAfrica: West Africa Network for Peacebuilding; \u00a0African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\nOceania: University of Otago\u2019s\u00a0National Centre for\u00a0Peace and Conflict Studies; Transcend Oceania\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\nMiddle East: Arab Forum for Alternatives\u00a0 in Lebanon<\/p>\n

\nAsia: \u00a0Toda Peace Institute\u00a0in Japan; \u00a0Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute \u00a0in the Philippines<\/p>\n

\nThe initiatives listed in CPNN this month go beyond the list of the World Peace Foundation.<\/p>\n

\nNorth America and Europe: <\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 In London, over 3,000 delegates from across Europe gathered for the second International Conference Against War<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\u00b0 The School for a Culture of Peace at the Autonomous Universiy of Barcelona has released its annual report on the world’s armed conflicts<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 The Catholic Institute for Nonviolence <\/a> in Rome has added a new co-director, coming from the American peace organization Pace \u00e9 Bene<\/p>\n

\nLatin America:<\/p>\n

\n\u00b0,At the National Autonomous University of Mexico<\/a>, a commission has been established to develop content on a culture of peace<\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 In the Dominican Republic <\/a> a program of violence reduction and peace culture promotion has been established in schools<\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 In Honduras, the sixth edition of the World Peace Congress <\/a> will take place in August<\/p>\n

\nAfrica:<\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 In Benin, the seventeenth edition of the World Social Forum <\/a> will take place in August<\/p>\n

\nOceania:<\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 Leaders from the Pacific Islands are considering how to turn the Blue Pacific Ocean of Peace Declaration <\/a> into a regional treaty.<\/p>\n

\nAsia:<\/p>\n

\n\u00b0 Youth leaders from 33 countries took part in the 12th Youth Leadership Workshop <\/a> on GCED in Seoul, Republic of Korea with the theme “Translating Peace into Action.”<\/p>\n

\nIn the long run, which is more important for human history, the fast news or the slow news? <\/p>\n

\nIf the fast news leads to a Nuclear World War III it may be the end of human history. Otherwise, we may hope that the slow news will enable us to survive this dangerous period of history and help us to cultivate a culture of peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY
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\nLondon: International Conference Against War
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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\nThe China\u2013Gulf axis is reshaping renewable energy in the Global South
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DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
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\nWorld Peace Congress: An International Network Uniting Cultures, Committed to Dialogue<\/p>\n

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WOMEN\u2019S EQUALITY
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\nReport on Strategic Plan by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
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TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY
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\nHaiti: National Conference : Commitments of religious leaders, joint declaration
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EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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\nDominican Republic: Violence Reduction and Peace Culture Promotion Program in Schools
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FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
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\nUAB School for a Culture of Peace annual report: highest number of armed conflicts in the world in the past decade
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HUMAN RIGHTS
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\nUS: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights alarmed at deaths in ICE custody, calls for urgent preventive action
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