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May 20, 2005

The Third Annual Department of Peace Conference

Make sense. Make peace. Make history.

Support a U.S. Department of Peace
September 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2005
Washington D.C.

Join us in our nation's capitol to lobby for a Cabinet-level Department of Peace, as the legislation is re-introduced in the House of Representatives as a tribute to victims of September 11th.

Featuring:
Marianne Williamson, Hon. Dennis Kucinich, Patch Adams, Judy Collins, Azim Khamisa, Tim Reynolds, and more...
From a culture of peace will come a world without war.

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At the Conference:

~ Join with hundreds of citizens from across the country.

~ Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Department of Peace
legislation.

~ Discover and practice effective lobbying strategies.

~ Network with citizens from around the country: Visit Capitol Hill and
walk the halls of Congress, Meet your representatives, Make your voice
heard.

~ Form a new political constituency with the power to make an historic
impact.

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Every generation has its moment.
This is ours...

We hope to see you there!

Register now and learn more at:
http://www.thepeacealliance.org/events/sept_conf_05.htm

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May 19, 2005

Côte d’Ivoire: Let the children live in peace

Since the beginning of the armed conflict in Côte d’Ivoire in September 2002, children are being recruited by both government armed forces and armed opposition groups. Forced to fight other people’s wars, these child soldiers, many of them refugees from Liberia, are brutalized and traumatized by their experiences.

Shortly after the conflict started an Amnesty International delegation met child soldiers in the north of the country. They were under the command of the Forces Nouvelles, an armed opposition group. As recently as February 2005, two boys (aged ten and eleven) apparently of Liberian origin, were rescued by the UN forces in Côte d’Ivoire. In April 2005, the UN mission in Liberia arrested a man who is accused of recruiting child soldiers in Liberia for the Ivorian government’s armed forces.

The government of Côte d’Ivoire and Forces Nouvelles have failed to genuinely engage with the disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers. It is time for them to act to give the children a chance for peace.

Take action!

Write to Guillaume Soro, Secretary General of the Forces Nouvelles, and Laurent Gbagbo, President of Côte d’Ivoire. For more information and to take action, visit:
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/civ-270405-action-eng

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