Our vision and goals
The Peace Conference recognizes that there is no singular definition of peace, let alone a prescribed route to attain it. The path to peace involves overcoming uncountable obstacles and moments of impasse, but this does not detract from our steadfast dedication.
At the heart of the Peace Conference lie the following visions, which govern and guide our journey:
1) Explore the barriers and bridges to peace, by:
(i) Gaining a thorough understanding of our world conflicts and the measure taken to resolve them from the viewpoint of youth, diverse in origin and opinion.
(ii) Engaging in genuine discussion, that invites all parties to the forefront of deliberation.
2) Spark activism and, where relevant, initiatives, throughout the realms of our global society, by:
(i) Deriving knowledge from all spreads of society.
(ii) Instilling a sentiment of global responsibility in the youth.
(iii) Emphasizing the accessibility of both peace and the path towards it.
3) Develop a keenness to view peace from a multidimensional perspective, ensure that biases are set aside, and assimilate a sense of critical idealism
About the United World Colleges (UWC)
At the core of the Peace Conference is a movement that aims to use education as a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Without United World College Maastricht, Ido would have never met Mohannad. The dream for a conference would never have been born. It is UWC that brought together the PC team.
UWC’s values are in many ways in tandem with those of the peace conference. With some of the guiding values as international and intercultural understanding; celebration of difference; personal responsibility and integrity; mutual responsibility and respect; compassion and service, and a sense of idealism, UWC has aided in conceptualizing and realizing what we as youth set out do.
Above all, UWC is not merely an institution. It is a paragon of making the impossible possible. Kurt Hahn, the movement’s founder, set out about just over forty years ago to bring an end to the perturbing conflicts that shook the world at his time. He saw the solution in one word: youth. Today, the movement has educated over 50,000 young minds, broadening the view of each graduate to include the possibility for a harmonious world.
It is with the help of UWC that the International Peace Conference has been able to reach out so far and so wide. Many of our attendees are UWC students themselves, and the college has helped us to an extraordinary degree in grounding our idealism in reality.
It is for this reason we say that the Peace Conference cannot be seen as mutually exclusive of the United World College movement.
At the heart of the Peace Conference lie the following visions, which govern and guide our journey:
1) Explore the barriers and bridges to peace, by:
(i) Gaining a thorough understanding of our world conflicts and the measure taken to resolve them from the viewpoint of youth, diverse in origin and opinion.
(ii) Engaging in genuine discussion, that invites all parties to the forefront of deliberation.
2) Spark activism and, where relevant, initiatives, throughout the realms of our global society, by:
(i) Deriving knowledge from all spreads of society.
(ii) Instilling a sentiment of global responsibility in the youth.
(iii) Emphasizing the accessibility of both peace and the path towards it.
3) Develop a keenness to view peace from a multidimensional perspective, ensure that biases are set aside, and assimilate a sense of critical idealism
About the United World Colleges (UWC)
At the core of the Peace Conference is a movement that aims to use education as a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Without United World College Maastricht, Ido would have never met Mohannad. The dream for a conference would never have been born. It is UWC that brought together the PC team.
UWC’s values are in many ways in tandem with those of the peace conference. With some of the guiding values as international and intercultural understanding; celebration of difference; personal responsibility and integrity; mutual responsibility and respect; compassion and service, and a sense of idealism, UWC has aided in conceptualizing and realizing what we as youth set out do.
Above all, UWC is not merely an institution. It is a paragon of making the impossible possible. Kurt Hahn, the movement’s founder, set out about just over forty years ago to bring an end to the perturbing conflicts that shook the world at his time. He saw the solution in one word: youth. Today, the movement has educated over 50,000 young minds, broadening the view of each graduate to include the possibility for a harmonious world.
It is with the help of UWC that the International Peace Conference has been able to reach out so far and so wide. Many of our attendees are UWC students themselves, and the college has helped us to an extraordinary degree in grounding our idealism in reality.
It is for this reason we say that the Peace Conference cannot be seen as mutually exclusive of the United World College movement.
The PC annually organizes the celebration of the International Peace Day on the 21st of September at UWC Maastricht. Here, a diverse group of motivated youth come together to share profound ideas and spread their idealism.