Advancing World Peace through Rotary Service

Al Jubitz

Sydney – June 3, 2014

RI President Sakuji TanakaPeace through Service

In 1914, at the onset of the first World War, delegates to Rotary’s international convention in Houston adopted a resolution that called for the convening of an international peace conference.

At the 1921 convention in Edinburgh, Scotland, Rotarians agreed to incorporate peacemaking into Rotary’s constitution and bylaws.

Waterton-Glacier Int’l Peace Park1932 - 80th Anniversary - 2012

Rotarians adopted a resolution calling for “freedom, justice, truth, sanctity of the pledged word, and respect for human rights.”

At the 1940 convention in Havana, Cuba,

Human Rights

In 1942, British Rotarians convened a conference to plan a world at peace. Chaired by Past RI President Sydney W. Pascall, and attended by ministers of education and observers from around the world, the conference led to the establishment of UNESCO* four years later in 1946.

*United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

In 1945,

49 Rotary members served in 29 delegations to the United Nations Charter Conference.

Today, Rotary maintains close relationships with many UN agencies. RI’s representatives to the UN host an annual Rotary UN Day to celebrate this partnership for peace.

2002 -Rotary Peace Centers and Fellowships

• FULL FUNDING (tuition, room & board, transportation)

• 50+ MASTERS DEGREES each year offered inpeace studies, conflict resolution, international relations, sustainable development

• 50 – 3 Month Certificates each year in same fields of study every year

• APPLY through local Rotary Club (January - May)

Applications due each spring

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2012

2013 TRF New Grant Model

Peace & Conflict Prevention / Resolution

Disease Prevention &

Treatment

Water & Sanitation

Maternal & Child Health

Basic Education & Literacy

Economic & Community Development

• AIDS• Blindness Prevention• Blood Donation• Dental• Diabetes• Health Fairs• Hunger & Malnutrition• Malaria• Multiple Sclerosis• Polio Survivors• Population & Development• RAG for Hearing

Six Areas of Focus

• RAG for Peace • WASRAG • RFPD • Literacy RAG • Micro Finance RAG

28 Trends in the Global Peace System

Social Change Trends

Eleanor Roosevelt

Conflict Transformation Trends

University of Uppsala, Sweden

Global Collaboration Trends

The United Nations

WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW

1. Start a Peace Committee in your Club2. Recruit Peace Scholar Candidates3. Find a conflict – start a conversation –

facilitate the solution.4. Start a peace project5. Join the Rotarian Action Group for Peace

The Rotarian Action Group For Peace is not an agency of, nor controlled by, Rotary International.

North KohalaWorld Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements

IF I HAD A WISH FOR ROTARIANS

“There is nothing impossible for Rotary now.” Paul Harris, 1915

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