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International Institute For Peace

History

The International Institute for Peace was founded in Vienna in 1956 and re-founded by Erwin Lanc in 1989.^[1]

Definition

"The International Institute for Peace (IIP) is an international and non-governmental organisation (NGO and INGO), with consultative status at ECOSOC and UNESCO. The IIP pursues the objective of contributing to the maintenance and strengthening of peace through its research activities and as a platform to promote non-violent conflict resolution in different areas of the world and to a wide range of people."

Founders

It has consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and the United Nations Organization for Education, Science, Culture and Communication (UNESCO). Its current president is Dr. Hannes Swoboda.^[1]

According to Dr Julian Lewis, a campaigner against the peace movement, it was "set up by the Kremlin after the WPC [World Peace Council] was thrown out of Austria for subversion."^[2] According to another source it was set up on the initiative of the WPC,^[3] and according to J.G.Barlow of the Heritage Foundation, the WPC operated under cover of the IIP after the WPC was expelled from Vienna.^[4]

After 1989, Erwin Lanc re-founded the institute as a non-governmental organization and introduced new statutes. The IIP since 1989 is an Austrian association according to Austrian Law and is independent from any state.

About

The International Institute for Peace was classified as an institute that is closely associated with UNESCO in 2011. Both IIP and UNESCO work together to address any and all violence that takes place, mainly in a lot of cities and populated places. The cases are then analyzed and members of the IIP and UNESCO think of and attempt to find ways of distribute peaceful ways to take care of the situation(s) at hand. The work that the IIP does helps UNESCO gain a more developed practice of peace and is taught how it can benefit younger people. The collaboration of these two organizations will most likely increase the chance of eventually obtaining world peace. ^[5]

The IIP does a lot of things and helps in many ways. A few of the things that they do include: incorporating peace-building practices into various aspects such as art, climate change and the environment, provide mediation efforts for those who are in very stressful/violent situations (such as war), and building a global platform that people can access in order to help create peaceful societies. ^[6] The art, climate change and environmental aspects are different ways for people to see and understand the importance of peace in a creative way and or emphasize peace in a way that is understandable. Mediation efforts are a way for the institute to suggest and or provide ways for people to practice peace. The global platform would/will do essentially the same thing, but on a global, more accessible scale.

The people who work at the IIP come from various countries and backgrounds. These people are experts in areas such as politics, peace research, and conflict resolution. This international organization focuses on promoting peaceful solutions to people in a wide variety of places. Typically, these things are taught in schools and the military, but this is an exception. Research is something that the IIP focuses on all around the world, including Austria, which is where the IIP is founded and based out of. They do a lot of research on topics such as international organization, peace, etc. The institute also looks at some findings which are based on how the economy, society and effectiveness of conflict resolutions. ^[7] Their findings look at all of these things combined, because they all play a significant role when it comes to peace.

The IIP also focuses on trying to get people to experience the world and different cultures. The purpose of this is to get people to travel, as well as to get them to understand how international relations work. In a way, this also gets people to practice peace with the people in different countries/of different cultures. The cultural differences and learning about them is an important concept that the IIP tries to emphasize. ^[8] Peace plays a role in traveling, because the relations with other countries determines how much peace there is and whether it needs to be enforced more and if so, what and or how can the IIP do to help.