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2007 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
Sydney Town Hall, Wednesday 7th November, 2007

Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees AM, Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation welcomes Dr Hans Blix, Chairman Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, to give the 2007 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture.


2007 Sydney Peace Prize Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner - Great Hall at the University of Sydney, Thursday 8th November, 2007


2007 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient is welcomed to the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, Thursday 8th November, 2007.

The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS) welcomes the 2007 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient to an informal morning forum at the University of Sydney.

CPACS students relish the opportunity to discuss ideas behind the globalisation of peace with Dr Hans Blix, including issues of international humanitarian law and global disarmament.


"Circle for Peace" - Cabramatta High School hosts the Sydney Peace Prize Recipient Friday 9th November, 2007.

Dr Hans Bix, Chairman weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, was delighted to be welcomed by a thousand school students at the "Circle for Peace" Ceremony hosted by Cabramatta High School and supported by over twenty other New South Wales primary and high schools


Sydney Peace Foundation 10th Anniversary Lecture, 2007

Associate Professor Jake Lynch, Director, Sydney Peace Foundation

Promoting Dissent, Reviving Democracy
Associate Professor Jake Lynch
Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

Chaired and introduced by Professor Stephen Garton
Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney

World War II was won by The Allies.
The world now is a more dangerous place than at the end of the Cold War in 1990.
The enemy in the invasion of Iraq was the regime of Saddam Hussein.
The most powerful country on earth is the United States of America.

Right?
Think again.

All these statements are representations of conflicts, all partial and often misleading. They squeeze out the views and voices of peace and non-violence.
To hear those voices and to revive debates about the nature of democracy, we need to promote a culture of dissent.

Promoting Dissent, Reviving Democracy

Sydney Peace Foundation 10th Anniversary Lecture, by Associate Professor Jake Lynch, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, held at the University of Sydney on Monday 23 July 2007.

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