--- In Latin America violence is also taking a great toll on the people, and the message of the Seville Statement is being welcomed as a beacon of hope. Circulated by the Peruvian Association of Study and Investigation for Peace, the Seville Statement has been formally endorsed by a representative list of 35 eminent persons. The list, ranging from professors and senators (even the prime minister) to a world famous maker of stained glass, is enclosed with this newsletter. A similar process has taken place in Honduras, where the Statement was published in the June 19 edition of La Prensa, which is the country's major newspaper. The publication was made possible by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Honduras, whose initiatives were featured in our March, 1989, newsletter. Also, in Costa Rica the Seville Statement was warmly received by a workshop of the Conference and Coming Together of the Global Family at the University for Peace, where it was presented by Dr. Carmi Harari. --- Thanks to the initiatives of Professor Francis Dessart of Belgium, we have received the enclosed endorsements from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines, and from the International Association of Educators for World Peace. Professor Dessart has also lectured on the message of the Seville Statement in Paris at the Free University of Communication Sciences, in Belgium to the Edgard Delsant Protestant Foundation and the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, and in Mallorca, Spain, to the European Dragan Foundation --- Other recent support has come from Professor Doctor K. Jurgen Gantzel of the Institute for Political Science at the University of Hamburg, who requested endorsement of the German National UNESCO Commission, and from the California State Psychological Association who endorsed the Statement at their May 7 meeting, thanks to the initiative of Dr. Helen M. Mehr. --- The message of Seville continues to reverberate throughout the world like waves, as one publication leads to another. Since the March newsletter, the following publications have been received: Journal of Humanistic Psychology, volume 29, number 3, pp. 328-337 (along with an article, The Seville Statement on Violence and Why It Is Important, by David Adams); Veterans for Peace Journal (Portland, ME, USA), Spring, 1989, Issue # 9, pp. 12-13; and in the book, Democracy and Hierarchy: Biopolitical Theory, edited by A. Somit and R. Wildenmann, where it will appear along with a chapter by Seville signatory Benson Ginsburg. The publication in Veterans for Peace was made possible by Peter Zuckerman of the American Peace Network, who has been distributing the Seville Statement at conferences of peace activists, The Seville Statement is mentioned, as well, in recent issues of Peace Links Connection of Women Against Nuclear War, the June newsletter of Americans for Universality of UNESCO, the spring newsletter of Psychologists for Social Responsibility and the Chronicle of the Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development. If any of you know of publications that we have not yet listed, please send information. Also we would like to have copies of publications in languages beyond those we have already received (English, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish. and Swedish) so that they can be disseminated by international organizations. --- Let me close this newsletter with the words of Federico Mayor in his concluding address to the Congress at Yamoussoukro: "Violence and the recourse to force are not constituents of human nature; violence is not innate; it is not inevitable. Unfortunately, it is created by society, it stems from the will of certain groups to dominate and oppress others. However, since it is produced by society, it can also disappear. It is therefore vital to take every step to ensure that violence does not become an attitude reflected in behavior and inscribed in thinking. It must be eliminated wherever it is found - whether it be in interpersonal, inter- cultural, or international relations." Peace, David Adams Corresponding Secretary