Education for Peace Program
Reports
PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY
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OEA/Ser.G
CP/CSH-89/97
18 November 1997
Original: Spanish |
STATEMENT BY THE FIRST VICE-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC
SECURITY ON THE EDUCATION FOR PEACE PROGRAM
The Declaration of Santiago on Confidence- and
Security-Building Measures recommended the application of various
confidence-building measures, including the development of education for
peace programs. At its twenty-sixth regular session, through resolution
AG/RES. 1409 (XXVI-O/96), the General Assembly requested that the
Permanent Council, through the Committee on Hemispheric Security and
with support from the General Secretariat, draw up general guidelines
for the Education for Peace Program.
In this context and without prejudice to the work being
done by the consultant hired by the General Secretariat to cooperate
with the Committee in this task, I should like to submit guidelines to
the delegates for their consideration in order to begin to reflect on
the subject of relations between civilians and the military in the
Hemisphere, which should be a basic component of an education for peace
program like the one envisaged.
We view education as a process for the transmission of
skills and experience between civilians and the military intended
primarily to bring about better understanding and mutual confidence that
may serve to maintain and strengthen peace and consolidate democratic
institutions. This educational process entails the holding of seminars,
workshops, round tables, etc., in which this exchange will take place.
It should also be noted that the Organization can make a
relevant contribution to the exchange of skills and experience on the
main questions involved in relations between civilians and the military
in the Hemisphere. The broad concepts raised by the Caribbean states,
included in the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central
America, warrant reflection and could be considered through a process of
dialogue between the civilian and military sectors.
In this connection, the Committee on Hemispheric
Security might wish to consider the advisability and possibility of
convening a Meeting of Experts in Civilian and Military Relations to
exchange views on how to implement this idea.
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