These issues will be at the heart of a High Level Debate on the Culture of Peace and Non Violence organized by UNESCO, in the presence of the UN Secretary-General, UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser and prominent intellectuals and peace advocates, including Wole Soyinka, Elie Wiesel and Forrest Whittaker.

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It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime.

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Moammar Gadhafi's North African state, which recently pledged to give up its weapons of mass destruction, ranks with Scandinavia and much of Eastern Europe as being relatively safe from terrorism, organized crime and political violence.

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The World Conferences on School Violence (2001 in Paris, 2003 in Quebec, 2005 in Bordeaux) have been regularly organized by the International Observatory on Violence in Schools.

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Peace and Sport participated in the round-table discussion on youth violence prevention in the Great Lakes Region, organized by UNESCO in June 2011.

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As NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports, military intelligence and defense analysts say the dip in violence tells us something: that the insurgency is getting more organized and that it has a political agenda.

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Valls also condemned violence that broke out Thursday evening at a march against same-sex marriage, when "organized groups" refused to disperse and clashed with police.

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