The following individuals and organisations have endorsed the Global Peace Index as a groundbreaking piece of research that will help form the basis for more rigorous research into peace. They all agree that without a world that is basically peaceful, it will be exceedingly difficult to solve many of the intractable problems facing humanity today.
NOBEL LAUREATES
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama*
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu*
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Professor Muhammad Yunus
- Mrs. Betty Williams*
- President Jimmy Carter*
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Amnesty International*
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The Grameen Bank
- Professor Joseph Stiglitz*
EMINENT INDIVIDUALS
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Mary Robinson. former President of Ireland & former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan*
- His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan*
- Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group*
- Ted Turner, Founder of CNN & Chairman of the Board, United Nations Foundation
- Honorable John Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former Prime Minister of Norway & former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
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Honorable Pär Stenbäck, former Foreign Minister of Finland & former Secretary General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Dr Ruth Cardoso, Chair, Comunidade Solidaria & former First Lady of Brazil
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Dr Nafis Sadik, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and former Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Lord St. John of Bletso, House of Lords, UK*
- George Russell, Chairman Emeritus of Russell Investment Group, Chair of the EastWest Institute, The National Bureau of Asian Research, One Nation, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies, Inc. & Honorary co-chair Business Humanitarian Forum
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Tony Baldry MP, UK. former Minister and International Development Select Committee Chair*
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Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, Anglo American plc & Chairman, Foundation for the United Nations Global Compact
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Lord Alderdice, President of Liberal International, former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly*
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Senator Lyn Allison, Federal Leader of the Australian Democrats
- Professor Richard Broinowski, former Australian Ambassador*
- Maria Cattaui, former Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce & former Managing Director, World Economic Forum
- Major General Patrick Cordingley DSO DSc*
- Dr Stella Cornelius, Director, Conflict Resolution Network*
- Professor Emeritus Meredith Edwards, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra*
- Dr Scilla Elworthy, Founder of Peace Direct & Founder and Chair of Oxford Research Group*
- John Garamendi, Lieutenant Governor of California*
- Dr Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician and Director, Statistics Directorate, OECD**
- Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
- Lord Hylton, House of Lords, UK (and the Ammerdown Centre)*
- Lord Joffe, former Chair of Oxfam UK*
- Lord Judd, House of Lords, UK*
- Dr Johann Olav Koss, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, founder of Olympic Aid & 4-time Olympic gold medallist
- John J. Maresca, Rector, United Nations mandated University for Peace
- Ambassador John McDonald (US-ret) Chairman, Global Water*
- Reverend Nims Obunge, Chief Executive, Peace Alliance*
- Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Vice President, Strategic Nonviolence Committee, National Security Council, Thailand*
- Daniel Stauffacher, former Ambassador of Switzerland & Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation
- Rt Hon Gavin Strang MP, UK representative, Parliamentarians for Global Action*
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Pera Wells, Secretary-General, World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)
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Wim Wenders, Film Director & President, European Film Academy RENOWNED ACADEMICS
- Professor Kevin Clements, Director, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland*
- Professor Sultan Barakat, Director, Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York
- Professor Peter Carey, Laithwaite Fellow and Tutor in History, Trinity College, Oxford University*
- Dr Sara Cobb, Director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- H.E. Ambassador Aly Maher El Sayed, Director, Institute for Peace Studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
- Professor James Galbraith, Professor of Economics Texas University & Chair, Economists for Peace and Security*
- Professor Andrew Mack, Director, Human Security Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada*
- Dr Manuela Mesa, Director, Centre for Education and Peace Research (CEIPAZ) & President, Spanish Association for Peace Research (AIPAZ), Spain*
- Gary J. Milante, Conflict Economist, World Bank Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank
- Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees, Sydney Peace Foundation, University of Sydney*
- Associate Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer, School of International Service, American University, Washington DC*
- Dr Helen Caldicott, Founder & President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI)*
- Professor Jocelyn Chey, University of Sydney, former Australian Senior Diplomat*
- Professor Daniel Druckman, Visiting Scholar, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPCS), University of Queensland*
- Dr Neil Ferguson, Director, Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies*
- Dr Ronald J. Horvath, Honorary Associate, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
- Dr Syed Rifaat Hussain, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka*
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Professor Margot Light, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, LSE*
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Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick, Authors; "Peace Journalism"
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Professor Muli Peleg, Political Sciences and Communication, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Professor Will Steffen, Director, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University*
- Professor David Throsby, Professor of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney*
- Dr Michael Williams, Director, The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland*
- Professor Tom Woodhouse, Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Bradford University, & Academic Director, Rotary World Peace Fellows Programme*
BUSINESS & COMMUNITY LEADERS
- Martin Bell, former BBC War Correspondent & Independent MP, UK*
- Harriet Fulbright, President, J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center*
- Jerome Glenn, Co-founder and Director, the Millennium Project & Executive Director of the American Council for the United Nations University *
- Kerry Kennedy, Founder, The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights*
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Kumar Ketkar, Editor in Chief, Loksatta, India
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Leslie Liddell, Director, Bio-Watch, South Africa
- Olara Otunnu, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict*
- Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group, India*
- Tony Wheeler, Founder, Lonely Planet Publications*
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Phillip Adams, broadcaster/journalist*
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The John Butler Trio
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Gordon Cairns, Compny Board Director & former CEO Lion Nathan
- Alan Cameron A.M., former Australian Ombudsman & Chairman of Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Chairman, Sydney Peace Foundation*
- Mary Cunnane, Literary Agent*
- Louise Diamond, Director, Where Peace Begins*
- Dan Dumitrescu, Vice President, Global Technology Practice, EWK&P*
- Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches, USA*
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Tim Flannery, Australian of the Year and Climatologist*
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Diane Grady, Company Board Director, Australia
- Nidal Foqaha, Executive Director, Palestinian Peace Coalition/Geneva Initiative*
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David Krieger, President, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation*
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Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun Magazine & Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives
- Rupert Myer, Chairman of the Myer Family Co Pty Ltd & Vice President of the Myer Foundation
- Andrew O’Hagan, Writer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador*
- Margaret Owen, Chair and Director, Widows for Peace Through Democracy (WPD)*
- Munyaradzi Saruchera, Director, Member of Governing Council, IPRA, South Africa*
- Matthias Steifel, Founder & Vice Chairman, interpeace
- Paul Wand, Chairman, Rio Tinto Aboriginal Foundation*
ORGANISATIONS
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ACCORD, South Africa*
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ACPACS, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland
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AIPAZ, Spain*
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Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University
- Alliance for Peacebuilding, USA*
- Alliance of Peace, USA*
- The Arlington Institute*
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Business Humanitarian Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
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Chagdud Gonpa Dordje Ling, Curitiba, Brazil
- CPACS - The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sydney University*
- COLEAD - Coalition for American Leadership Abroad*
- Columbia University*
- Consensus Building Institute*
- Desmond Tutu Foundation*
- Fund for Peace, USA*
- Global Witness*
- GPPAC - Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict*
- HasNa Inc.*
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Karuna Centre for Peacebuilding*
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Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
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IBLF - International Business Leaders Forum*
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ICG - International Crisis Group*
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IMTD - Institute of Multi-Track Diplomacy*
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Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, San Diego, California
- The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation*
- OneWorld.net*
- The Peace Appeal Foundation*
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Peace Direct*
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Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon*
- Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Massachussets
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Right To Play
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Search for Common Ground
- SIPRI- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute*
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Sojourners/Call to Renewal*
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Soldiers of Peace International, Ukraine
- Sydney Peace Foundation, Sydney University*
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Swisspeace
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Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association
- UN Association of Australia*
- United Nations Foundation
- University of Tasmania*
- U.S. Association for the University of Peace*
- Virgin Unite
- World Conference of Religions for Peace*
- West African Network for Peacebuilding, WANEP*
- The White House Project*
- World Centres of Compassion for Children International, Ireland*
* Indicates original endorser
** The OECD endorsed highlighting that "much work remains to be done to improve the measurement tools"
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