Islands of Peace is a Belgian non-governmental organization which works for development. It was founded by Dominique Pire, a Belgian Dominican who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Its head office is located in Huy, Belgium.
Islands of Peace[1] is also a nickname for a region and archipelago in the south of Finland named Åland, an autonomous and demilitarised region since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations.
^"Åland - fredens öar, YouTube video", Government of Åland, March 22, 2023. Short 10 minute film for schools with information about Åland, subtitles available in English
IslandsofPeace is a Belgian non-governmental organization which works for development. It was founded by Dominique Pire, a Belgian Dominican who won...
IslandofPeace, or Al-Baqoura as it is known in Jordan, is an area in northern Jordan bordering the Jordan River. The park is at the confluence of the...
the four southernmost Kuril Islands. The Kuril Islands are a chain ofislands that stretch between the Japanese islandof Hokkaido at their southern end...
separate peace treaty; that the draft treaty violated the rights of China to Taiwan and several other islands; that the draft treaty, in violation of the Yalta...
The IslandofPeace massacre was a high-profile shooting attack that took place on 13 March 1997, when a Jordanian soldier opened fire on a group of young...
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is a country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania...
Australian External Territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. In Belgium, the justices of the peace (Dutch: vredegerecht, French: justice...
demilitarization of those islands at the peace talks held in Lausanne in 1923. This was eventually inserted in the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947, to which Turkey...
The Aegean Islands are the group ofislands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the islandof Crete delimits...
Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940, and the ratifications were exchanged on 21 March. It marked the end of the...
occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey...
International (awarded in 1977), the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and the IslandsofPeace. The British philanthropist Sue Ryder was the...
Islandof Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park (Irish: Páirc Síochána d'Oileán na hÉireann), also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower...
Cabinda, "Lemba is the spirit ofpeace, as its name indicates." The Moriori, of the Chatham Islands, practiced pacifism by order of their ancestor Nunuku-whenua...
A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties...
PeaceIslands Institute (PII), formerly known as Interfaith Dialog Center (IDC), is a non-profit, tax exempt (501(c) (3)) organization founded by Turkish-Americans...
largest island in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire–associated North Solomons. Most of the islands in...
the Habomai Islands. The Habomai Islands were occupied by Soviet forces in the last few days of World War II. The islands were eventually annexed by the...
Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country west of the...
be") Cayman Islands: He hath founded it upon the seas Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Maju Pulu Kita (Cocos Islands Malay: Onward our island)[citation needed]...
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