Swords into plowshares
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Swords into Plowshares is the blog of the Peacemaking Program and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations of the Presbyterian Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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February 2011
February 28, 2011Now brothers and sisters
"They are now brothers and sisters, and now death amongst us shall stop." That's the promise made by Nuer women and Murle women in South Sudan who worked with RECONCILE International - a promise all the more amazing because of...
February 27, 2011
Security Council imposes sanctions on Libyan authorities in bid to stem violent repression
Security Council imposes sanctions on Libyan authorities in bid to stem violent repression.
February 26, 2011
Concrete international intervention needed in Israeli-Palestinian conflict – UN envoy
Concrete international intervention needed in Israeli-Palestinian conflict – UN envoy.
February 25, 2011
Ratify CEDAW
On behalf of Presbyterian participants in the 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Louise Davidson of Presbyterian Women invites the ecumenical community to join in an advocacy effort to secure Senate ratification of the Convention to...
February 25, 2011
Southern Sudan independence secured, ecumenical movement turns to nation-building
Southern Sudan independence secured, ecumenical movement turns to nation-building. Reprinted with permission from Ecumenical News International by the Presbyterian News Service.