Based on lectures that were presented at the International Conference, ""Education towards a Culture of Peace"". This conference was convened on 1-3 December 2003, by the The Josef Burg Chair in Education for Human Values, Tolerance and Peace - UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, Democracy, Peace and Tolerance School of Education, Israel.
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This volume on "Education towards a Culture of Peace" is a timely undertaking, since the United Nations has proclaimed the yearsn2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World." A culture of peace asndefined by the UN is "a set of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts by tacklingntheir root causes to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation among individuals, groups and nations". (UN Resolutions A/RES/52/13n1998: Culture of Peace and A/RES/53/243, 1999: Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace).nMost of the chapters in this book are based on lectures that were presented at the International Conference, "Education towards anCulture of Peace". This conference was convened on 1-3 December 2003, by the The Josef Burg Chair in Education for Human Values,nTolerance and Peace - UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, Democracy, Peace and Tolerance School of Education, at Bar Ilan University,nIsrael. This international gathering was attended by prominent scholars of Human Rights and Peace from Canada, Chile, Croatia, Germany,nMauritius the Netherlands's, The United States, the Palestinian Authority and Israel. Australian, Indian, Jordanian and Moroccan colleaguesnalso submitted papers.nThis conference was held under the auspices of Israel National Commission for UNESCO and supported also by the Ministry ofnForeign Affairs, Jerusalem, The office of Public Affairs of the US Embassy Tel Aviv, Fulbright - United States - Israel EducationalnFoundation
