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International Peace Bureau

The International Peace Bureau (IPB; French: Bureau international de la paix), founded in 1891,[2] is one of the world's oldest international peace federations. The organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 for acting "as a link between the peace societies of the various countries".[3][4] In 1913, Henri La Fontaine was also awarded the Prize "[For his work as] head of the International Peace Bureau".[5][6] As of 2012, eleven other Nobel Peace Prize laureates have been members of the IPB.[7]

Abbreviation

IPB

13 November 1891 (1891-11-13)[1]

NGO

Peace activism

Berlin, Germany

Worldwide

Seminars and Conferences, Education, Advocation

Corazon Valdez Fabros

Philip Jennings

Assembly of the International Peace Bureau

Its membership consists of 300 organizations in 70 countries.[8] IPB's headquarters are located in Berlin, Germany, with offices in Barcelona, Spain, and Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to 2017, the headquarters were in Geneva.


Its main programmes are the Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) and disarmament for sustainable development, which focuses both on nuclear and conventional weapons, as well as biological weapons, landmines, and small arms.[8][9]


IPB holds Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and associate status with the United Nations Department of Global Communications.[8]


IPB was founded under the name Permanent International Peace Bureau (Bureau International Permanent de la Paix). From 1912 onward it used the name International Peace Bureau. Between 1946 and 1961, it was known under the name International Liaison Committee of Organizations for Peace – ILCOP (Comité de liaison international des organisations de paix – CLIOP).

(NPT)

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

(CTBT)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

World Court Project

(TPNW)

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

IPB has been in the forefront of nuclear disarmament activities since 1945, including:


Currently, the IPB is campaigning to encourage the signing and ratification of the TPNW so that it may enter into force.[14]

1901 : (France), IPB council member

Frédéric Passy

1902 : and Albert Gobat (Switzerland), first honorary secretaries of IPB

Élie Ducommun

1905 : (Austria), writer and honorary vice-president of IPB

Bertha von Suttner

1907 : (Italy), IPB council member

Ernesto Moneta

1908 : (Denmark), honorary president of IPB

Fredrik Bajer

1910 : The International Peace Bureau

1911 : (Austria), IPB council member

Alfred Fried

1913 : (Belgium), president of IPB

Henri La Fontaine

1927 : (Germany), IPB council member

Ludwig Quidde

1959 : (United Kingdom), IPB vice-president

Philip Noel-Baker

1962 : (United States), IPB vice-president

Linus Pauling

1974 : (Ireland), IPB chairman and president

Seán MacBride

1982 : (Sweden), IPB vice-president

Alva Myrdal

IPB's work was rewarded by the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910, which has also been awarded to some of its members:[41]

 – 1907–1943[43]

Henri La Fontaine

 – 1963–1974

Ernst Wolf

 – 1974–1985

Seán MacBride

 – 1985–1992

Bruce Kent

 – 1992–2000

Maj Britt Theorin

 – 2000–2006

Cora Weiss

 – 2006–2013

Tomas Magnusson

– 2009–2016

Ingeborg Breines

Reiner Braun – 2013–2019

Lisa Clark – 2016–2022

Philip Jennings – 2019–present

Corazon Valdez Fabros 2022–present

The IPB has a co-president system that ensures a gender-balance among leadership. Each president can currently serve up to two terms of three years.[42]

The Castle of Peace / Society of Peace

Fredrik Bajer

Élie Ducommun

Charles Albert Gobat

Henri La Fontaine

Bertha von Suttner

List of anti-war organizations

List of peace activists

Gobat, Albert, Développement du Bureau international permanent de la paix. Bern, 1910.

Herz, Ulrich, The International Peace Bureau: History, Aims, Activities. Geneva, 1969.

From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1901-1925, Editor Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1972.

Official website

GCOMS website

on Nobelprize.org

Permanent International Peace Bureau