Vision of Humanity"

Endorsers

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

• President Martti Ahtisaari
• Mr. Kofi Annan
• President Jimmy Carter*
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama*
• Professor Joseph Stiglitz*
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu*
• Mrs. Betty Williams*
• Professor Muhammad Yunus
• Amnesty International*
• The Grameen Bank

EMINENT INDIVIDUALS

• 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
• Jane Goodall, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute & United Nations Messenger of Peace
• Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, & Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
• Michael Douglas, United Nations Messenger of Peace & Academy Award-winning actor
• Honorable John Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH, former Prime Minister of Australia
• Jan Eliasson,United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Darfur, former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs & former President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Special Envoy on Climate Change for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former Prime Minister of Norway& former Director-General of the World Health Organization
• Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland & former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Honorable Pär Stenbäck, former Foreign Minister of Finland & former Secretary General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Dr Ruth Cardoso, Chair, Comunidade Solidaria & former First Lady of Brazil
• Dr Nafis Sadik, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General & former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund
• 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 & Honorary co-chair Business Humanitarian Forum
• Tony Baldry MP, UK, former Minister and International Development Select Committee Chair*
• Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, former Chairman, Anglo American plc & Chairman, Foundation for the United Nations Global Compact
• Lord Alderdice, President of Liberal International, former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly*
• 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*
• Martine Durand, Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician, OECD
• 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, US Representative from the 10th District of California*
• Dr Enrico Giovannini, President of the Italian Statistical Institute (Istat)
• Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General, Religions for Peace
• Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
• Lord Hylton, House of Lords, UK & Director, the Ammerdown Centre*
• Lord Joffe, House of Lords, & 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*
• Paul van Tongeren, Secretary General, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)*
• Pera Wells, former Secretary-General, World Federation of United Nations Associations
• Wim Wenders, Film Director & President, European Film Academy*

RENOWNED ACADEMICS

• Professor Kevin Clements, Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies & Director, The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand*
• 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
• Dr Toshiya Hoshino, Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka 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 & President, Spanish Association for Peace Research, 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, 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*
• Professor Margot Light, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, LSE*
• Professor Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick, Authors; “Peace Journalism”
• 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 Mayor Fulbright, President & CEO, The Fulbright Center*
• Jerome Glenn, Co-founder and Director, the Millennium Project & Executive Director of the American Council for the United Nations University*
• Nick Grono, Deputy President, International Crisis Group
• Kerry Kennedy, Founder, The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights*
• Kumar Ketkar, Editor in Chief, Loksatta, India
• 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*
• Phillip Adams, broadcaster & journalist*
• The John Butler Trio*
• Gordon Cairns, Company 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*
• Tim Flannery, Australian of the Year and Climatologist*
• Diane Grady, Company Board Director, Australia
• Nidal Foqaha, Executive Director, Palestinian Peace Coalition/Geneva Initiative*
• David Krieger, President, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation*
• 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 & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador*
• Margaret Owen, Chair & Director, Widows for Peace Through Democracy*
• Munyaradzi Saruchera, Director, Member of Governing Council, IPRA, South Africa*
• Matthias Stiefel, CEO, PeaceFunds & Founder and Vice Chairman, Interpeace
• Paul Wand, Chairman, Rio Tinto Aboriginal Foundation*

ORGANISATIONS

• ACCORD, South Africa*
• ACPACS, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland
• AIPAZ, Spain*
• Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University
• Alliance for Peacebuilding, USA*
• Alliance of Peace, USA*
• The Arlington Institute*
• The Aspen Institute
• Business Humanitarian Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 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.*
• Karuna Centre for Peacebuilding*
• Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
• IBLF, International Business Leaders Forum*
• ICG, International Crisis Group*
• IMTD, Institute of Multi-Track Diplomacy*
• Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, San Diego, California
• The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation*
• OneWorld.net*
• The Peace Appeal Foundation*
• Peace Direct*
• Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon*
• Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Massachusetts
• Right To Play
• Search for Common Ground
• SIPRI- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute*
• Sojourners/Call to Renewal*
• Soldiers of Peace International, Ukraine
• Sydney Peace Foundation, Sydney University*
• Swisspeace
• 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