Cooperation for Peace and Development – CPD -

Cooperation for Peace and Development (CPD) works to contribute in enhancing peace and development in Afghanistan in linkage to the regional and global changes. Since 2009, a coalition of Afghan civil society and media organizations has organized advocacy campaigns around the World Peace Day. The aim of 2011 campaign was to send a clear message to the Afghan government and international community that “peace cannot be attained without justice”. The past decade has showed all too clearly that trying to make peace in Afghanistan with no attention to justice does not work, and that moving forward the appeasement of a few cannot be done by sacrificing the rights of all.
In 2011, the coalition decided to organize a week long campaign under the slogan “Peace for Justice”. Key messages of the week were “implement peace, because God has invited you for peace”, “a nation’s happiness and eminence is in peace and justice implementation”, “human Rights implementation is the main step for peace”, “peace decreases poverty, violence and disability” and “peace is complete with justice”.

CPD as a key partner of campaign has joined Peace One Day in calling for a Global Truce on Peace Day 2012. To celebrate Peace Day 2011, and to help launch the 365-day countdown, there were a variety of events including Peace Concert, Sports Tournaments, Awareness Raising Sessions at Schools, Article Writing and Drawing Contests, Broadcasting Peace Messages through radio and TV channels and others throughout Afghanistan including Kabul and provinces. CPD was leading the Sports Tournaments and Article Writing and Drawing Contests in the 2011 Afghan Campaign for Promoting Peace. Please visit:
http://www.peaceoneday.org/en/truce-2012/gt2012-partners (under the NGO & INGO tab) for more information.

A blog on Peace for All Campaign in Afghanistan: Please go to this website http://aan-afghanistan.com/index.asp?id=2085, then go to Sari Kuovo name; you will find a blog with A Message for Peace in the Middle of War.

21^st September is the World PEACE Day. Every year it is globally celebrated and variety of messages is disseminated from different people and communities throughout the world. PEACE IS LOVELY & WAR IS HATEFUL makes the similarity among thousands of messages given out.

Since a couple of years, Afghanistan is also part of the global coalition mobilized to promote PEACE. This campaign has been regularly organized since 2009 by the coalition of same-minded organizations established by Saba Media Organization (SMO). The coalition is comprised of implementing and media partners that have been getting further strengthened year by year. From beginning of 2011, Watch on Basic Rights Afghanistan Organization (WBRAO) has taken over the secretariat of PEACE Campaign coalition.

This year, the PEACE for All campaign in Afghanistan will be held from 17 to 23 September 2011 as the action week with a focus on celebration of the World PEACE Day September 21^st with variety of events and performances (media, artistic and sports events, gatherings etc). The theme for campaign would be “PEACE for Justice” that will be organized by a coalition of NGO, CSO and media partners throughout Afghanistan.

The CPD (Cooperation for Peace and Development) is an active partner of campaign that has undertaken the lead for sports competitions on PEACE in coordination with National Olympics Committee, the Ministry of Education of Afghan Government and other coalition members. We, the Afghans, have joined hands to raise our voice for PEACE targeting the conflict sides, international community and neighboring countries in special to consider this very needy desire of war-affected Afghan communities for ensuring PEACE and STABILITY.