10 Articles and 38 Clauses of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)

IPreamble

Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and other international

instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

Acknowledging that all members of the human family enjoy human dignity and equal and inalienable

rights, and that these rights represent a necessary tenet of the preservation of freedom, justice and

peace throughout the world,

Aiming to maintain international peace and security and determined to pass on to successive

generations an invaluable inheritance of a world free of wars,

Ensuring the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force should not be

used, save in accordance with the limitations prescribed by international law,

Reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the

equal rights of men and women, the promotion of social progress and better standards of life for

people and future generations and the need to facilitate peaceful coexistence among the world’s

religions, beliefs, and ethnicities;

 

10 Articles and 38 Clauses of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)

 

 

 

Recognizing that the principle of equal rights and self- determination of peoples constitutes a

significant contribution to contemporary international law, and that its effective application is of

paramount importance,

Bearing in mind the universal commitment of the world’s religions to the promotion of peaceful

coexistence, tolerance and mutual respect, and the common spirit that permeates all religious

scriptures and holy texts,

Bearing in mind the sovereign equality of States, and

Convinced that judicial and other dispute resolution measures can replace the rule of war with the rule

of law

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Call upon States

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from international

law can be maintained, and

in accordance with the common spirit that permeates all religious scriptures, and the rules of

international law, including fundamental rights guaranteed, to undertake to prosecute and sanction

gross and systematic acts of violence undertaken in the name of religion

to bring about gradual disarmament of weapons of mass destruction and weapons capable of causing

widespread and unnecessary suffering and weapons incompatible with international humanitarian law.

The signatories to the present Declaration do hereby urge that all efforts be made so that this

Declaration is adopted and respected by all States.

 

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