Mit einer Friedensdeklaration, die einen ersten Schritt für ein weiteres Vorgehen gegen Krieg und Gewalt darstellt, wurde am 11. Juni der International Summit for Peace in Ukraine (ISP) beendet. Über 330 Teilnehmer:innen aus 37 Ländern kamen nach Wien und weitere rd. 500 verfolgten den Gipfel online.

> zu den VIDEOS der Konferenz (neu seit 1. Okt. 2023)

PRESSEBERICHTE 

28. Juli 2023: Spinnrad 2 / 2023   
„Von Friedensschwurblern und Cheerleadern des Krieges“
– von Irmgard Ehrenberger (Internationaler Versöhnungsbund)

5. Juli 2023: manova.news  
Ein internationales Gipfeltreffen in Wien für Frieden in der Ukraine rief zum globalen Handeln auf von Medea Benjamin (ÜS: Gabriele Herb & Manova)

30. Juni: Peace & Planet News  
Österreichische Zensur der Friedenskonferenz

27. Juni 2023: pressenza – International Press Agency:
„Militarismus ist der Elefant im Klimaraum“ von Heidi Meinzolt

24. Juni 2023: Ann Wright in frieden-und-diplomatie.de 
Wir müssen uns so schnell wie möglich für einen Waffenstillstand zwischen der Ukraine und Russland einsetzen 

21. Juni 2023: Wiener Zeitung 
Friedensbewegung sichtbar gemacht: Nachdenkliches zum Wiener Friedensgipfel – Erwartungen, Erfahrungen und Erfolge

15. Juni 2023: Global Campaign for Peace Education
Der Internationale Ukraine-Friedensgipfel in Wien ruft weltweit zum Handeln auf
 

The way to Ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine-War will take much longer than we want
> Deutsche Übersetzung 

14. Juni 2023: Junge Welt
USA riskieren Armageddon“: US-Ökonom Jeffrey Sachs sprach in Wien über Vorgeschichte des Ukraine-Kriegs 

12. Juni 2023: Il Fatto Quotidiano3
Ben vengano le force politiche. Il conflitto riguarda anche lavoro, sanitá, ambiente
(
Politische Kräfte sind willkommen. Der Konflikt betrifft auch Arbeit, Gesundheit, Umwelt)
Interview mit Sergio Bassoli, Koordinator von „Europe for Peace“ mit über 600 Gewerkschaften

11. Juni 2023: AVVENIRE (Italy)
La due gioni internazionale dei pacifisti ha „invaso“ Vienna
(Die internationalen zwei Tage der Pazifisten „eroberten“ Wien)
11. Juni 2023: ll Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)
Da Chomsky a Sachs, l’internazionale pacifista ora c’e. Oggi atteso Lula
(Von Chomsky bis Sachs, die pazifistische Internationale ist jetzt da. Lula wird heute erwartet)

10. Juni 2023: World Beyond War
Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage 
10. Juni 2023:
Der Standard  
Wiener Friedenskonferenz: Irgendwo zwischen Antiimperialismus, Verschwörungstheorie und redlichem Redebedarf
10. Juni 2023: KURIER
Wiener Ukraine-„Friedensgipfel“: Organisator fordert Waffenstillstand

9. Juni 2023: VIENNA.AT
Wiener Ukraine-„Friedensgipfel“ in Wien-Penzing  
9. Juni 2023: ORF.at
Ukraine-„Friedensgipfel“ nun in Penzing  
9. Juni 2023: L’HUMANITÉ

Guerre en Ukraine : à Vienne, un sommet pour faire taire les armes 

8. Juni 2023: Der Standard
ÖGB lädt Wiener Friedenstreffen unter Propagandaverdacht aus
>
ANTWORT von Friedensforscher Werner WIntersteiner auf den Standard-Beitrag:
„Der Standard unter Propagandaverdacht“

7. Juni 2023: EMMA
Internationaler Friedensgipfel Wien  
7. Juni 2023: Die FURCHE
Ukraine: Die Waffen nieder, das Gewissen hoch  > pdf 
7. Juni 2023: Die FURCHE
Jurij Scheljaschenko: „Papst Franziskus’ Stimme hat enorme Bedeutung“ > pdf
7. Juni 2023:
puls24.at
ÖGB setzt Wiener Ukraine-„Friedensgipfel“ vor die Tür

6. Juni 2023: L’HUMANITÉ
Guerre en Ukraine : „Les citoyens doivent défendre une logique de paix“, selon Roland Nivet; Publié dans l’Humanité le Mardi 6 juin 2023 Vadim Kamenka 

PRESSEAUSSENDUNGEN

11.06.2023: Final Declaration of the Peace Summit   

11.06.2023: Einladung zur Pressekonferenz am 12.6.23 

08.06.2023 > Der demokratische Dialog findet statt – trotz Absage des ÖGB

06.06.2023: Stellungnahme der Organisatoren zur Diskussion um die Friedenkonferenz in Wien am 10. & 11. Juni 2023

 

WELTWEITE AKTIONSWOCHE im Herbst: 30. September bis 8. Oktober 2023

Wir rufen die Zivilgesellschaft in allen Ländern auf, sich uns in einer globalen Mobilisierungswoche anzuschließen. (Details über Aktionen in Österreich folgen.)

Der Ablauf der Friedenskonferenz in Bildern

(C) Fotos Robert, 2023

Statements der Konferenz in Wort und Bild (Videomitschnitt) und Nachbericht sind in Arbeit

Invitation to the International Summit for Peace

> FINAL PROGRAM (pdf) 

The goal of the Peace Summit is to publish an Urgent Global Appeal, called the Vienna Declaration for Peace, calling on political leaders to act in support of a ceasefire and negotiations in Ukraine.

The summit will have different parts:
A conference to discuss the controversial questions related to the Russian-Ukrainian war, to hear the voices of civil society representatives of the various NATO countries, as well as representatives from Russia and Ukraine who support the aims of the Peace Summit. Participants from the Global South will share the dramatic consequences this war has had for the people in their countries and emphasize how they can contribute to peace. The Conference will focus not only on critics and analysis, but also on creative solutions and ways to end the war and how to prepare negotiations. This is not only the task of states and diplomats but nowadays more and more also of global society. The conference will include a combination of lectures, working groups, expert groups, and dialogues.

After the summit a march in Vienna to the various NATO-country embassies, as well as the embassies of Russia and Ukraine and international organizations located in Vienna will take place to meet with embassy representatives and deliver the Vienna Declaration for Peace from people around the world; The summit will also be supported by a send-off for delegations to visit the capitals of various European countries with the purpose of meeting with government officials and international organizations. Also further events for late 2023 will be developed.

Date: Vienna/Austria, June 10th/11th 2023

Note: The 9th of June is the 180th Birthday of the Austrian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bertha von Suttner, the first female Nobel Peace Prize laureate ever.

Inviting Organizations who are calling for this international civil society gathering in Vienna, Austria :
International Peace Bureau (IPB)
CODEPINK – women for peace
Assembly of the World Social Forum
Transform Europe
Europe for Peace
IFOR – International Fellowship for Reconsiliation 
Peace in Ukraine
Campaign for Peace Disarmament and Common Security (CPDCS)

Local Organizers and Supporters:
AbFaNG (Action Alliance for Peace, active Neutrality and Non-violence)
Internationaler Versöhnungsbund / IFOR Austria
IIRC – Institute for Intercultural Research and Cooperation

Sponsors:
CODEPINK
Transform Europe
Rosa-Luxembirg Foundation
TNI

A call for peace

We condemn the illegal Russian invasion in Ukraine. We are fully aware of NATO’s co-responsibility for this long-term conflict as one of many examples of violations of international law. At the same time, we are affected by the consequences this war and all wars have on societies – from injuries and deaths to the long-term deprivation striking the women who are providing vital care even in times of war, fighting for livelihood and peace despite violations of human rights. It is destroying the country’s environment and infrastructure, causing rising food and energy prices around the world, exacerbating poverty and hunger – especially in the global South – and threatening the entire world with a nuclear war.

It is time for the weapons to fall silent and for diplomacy to begin to resolve the conflict. We must counter the logic of war with the logic of peace.

Let us gather to discuss the state and the wider context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the positions of our various governments, the efforts, obstacles, and opportunities of the various peace movements and most importantly, how we can work more effectively to promote a ceasefire and negotiations, and peaceful solutions as the alternative to war.

Peace is not only the task of states and diplomats but nowadays more and more also of the global civil society. What is urgently needed now is a global movement demanding that all parties stop fighting and start talking. The international support garnered by the International Peace Bureau’s Christmas ceasefire appeal, the appeals at the UN General Assembly and by many governments, even comments from some political leaders of Russia and Ukraine show that a window of opportunity may be opening.

Why Vienna?
Austria is a neutral country. It is a “UN City” and the home to the Secretariat of the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), which had been monitoring the situation in the Donbas since the signing of the Minsk II agreement.

Join the Peace Summit!
It is the responsibility of peace movements all around the world and of all peace-loving peoples to strengthen these efforts. The Vienna Summit for Peace in Ukraine can be a powerful sign of hope and a catalyst for more and stronger peace actions globally.
The future of humanity hangs in the balance; we must seize the moment before it’s too late.
Contact: International Peace Bureau, Marienstraße 19-20, 10117 Berlin, viennaconference@ipb-office.berlin