THE SEVILLE STATEMENT 0N VIOLENCE "The some species who invented war is capable of inventing peace" Support Network c/o David Adams, Wesleyan Psychology Dept. Middletown, Connecticut USA, 05459-0408 NEWSLETTER - VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1, AUGUST, 1993 --- The National Commission of UNESCO of Argentina is including the Seville Statement on Violence as "an important part" of a program of action for peace in the 1994-1995 biennium, according to the enclosed letter. They are planning for a pilot project in 1993. Readers of the newsletter will recognize that this is the result of an initiative by Seville Statement resource contact J. F. Westerkamp, as described in his letter enclosed with the April, 1993, newsletter. And Dr. Westerkamp's initiative, in turn, is the result of the call by Dr. Francesco Robustelli in the newsletters of August, 1992, and January, 1993, for a network of committees for peace education in association with National Ministries of Education. --- The German National UNESCO Commission has recently published a book of three texts for peace, including the Seville Statement on Violence, along with the Yamoussoukro Declaration of 1989 and the 1974 UNESCO Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. --- The Seville Statement will figure prominently in the plans of UNESCO‘s Division of Human Rights and Peace for the next biennium, according to Janusz Symonides, Director. A number of proposals have been forwarded to the General Conference of UNESCO which is meeting in November and which will make the final decisions on the programme of action. Also, the Associated Schools Programme, representing schools in over a hundred countries in association with UNESCO, will make plans for use of the Seville Statement as part of their future activities at a meeting to be held September 12-14 in Soest, Germany. --- An international conference entitled "Education of the Future" is being hosted October 4-8 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, by the Seville Statement resource contact in that country, Dr. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, and it is anticipated that the Seville Statement will be represented either by resource contacts from other Latin American countries or by materials from UNESCO. --- The Seville Statement has become an integral part of peace education in many parts of the world. Professor Thierno M. Bah of the Department of History at the University of Yaounde (Cameroun) has found it to be a very useful prologue to his course on "Conflict resolution and peace promotion: historical perspectives" Professor Bah writes us to suggest that we pay special attention to cultural associations, with an emphasis on youth who "are the most receptive and will be the most effective vectors of our message." --- In Switzerland, Professor Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont of the University of Neuchatel has used the Statement in a course entitled "Learning in a multicultural context." Most of the students are experienced educators and may be considered as "multipliers who can play a role through their responsibilities and professional status to use the Statement and to diffuse the message of peace."