University for Peace

University for Peace

"Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations.”"

"Dr. Julio María Sanguinetti, former President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on two occasions, is the President of the Council of the University for Peace, and Ambassador Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General in Geneva, is the Vice-President."

Council
Accessed December 2008:


 * Julio María Sanguinetti - Former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; Chair of the Council (Uruguay)
 * Mohamed Sahnoun - Vice-Chair of the Council (Algeria)
 * Ruth Dreifuss - Chancellor, Former President of the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)
 * Francisco J. Aguilar-Urbina - Ambassador of Costa Rica to The Netherlands (Costa Rica)
 * Princess Basma bint Talal - The Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development (Jordan)
 * Luis Alberto Cordero - Representative, Costa Rican Government (Costa Rica)
 * Luiz Soares Dulci - Minister of the Presidency, Brazil (Brazil)
 * Konrad Osterwalder - Rector, United Nations University (Switzerland)
 * Jorge Grandi - Representative of the Director-General of UNESCO (Uruguay)
 * John. J. Maresca - Rector (United States of America/Italy)
 * William F. Martin - Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc. (United States of America)
 * Julia Marton-Lefevre - Director General of the World Conservation Union (Hungary/USA/France)
 * Ban Ki-moon - Honorary President: H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

International Academic Council
Accessed December 2008:


 * Ana Maria Jaramillo- CHAIR
 * Meenakshi Gopinath
 * Ryokichi Hirono
 * Paul Rogers
 * Leila Abdul Hamid Sharaf
 * Gabriel Macaya
 * Richard Rubenstein
 * Eltayeb Attia
 * Rysbubu A. Beybutova
 * Ofelia L. Durante

University for Peace Council of Honour
Accessed December 2008:


 * Norman E. Borlaug - 1970 Laureate
 * Mairead Maguire - 1976 Laureate
 * Betty Williams - 1976 Laureate
 * Adolfo Pérez Esquivel - 1980 Laureate
 * Desmond Tutu - 1984 Laureate
 * Elie Wiesel - 1986 Laureate
 * Dalai Lama - 1989 Laureate
 * Nelson Mandela - 1993 Laureate
 * F. W. de Klerk - 1993 Laureate
 * Joseph Rotblat - 1995 Laureate
 * José Ramos-Horta - 1996 Laureate
 * Jody Williams - 1997 Laureate
 * David Trimble - 1998 Laureate
 * John Hume - 1998 Laureate
 * Oscar Arias Sánchez - Chair, Council of Honour; 1987 Laureate

Contact

 * Web: http://www.upeace.org

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