Europe without Armies

Invitation and documentation for an international debatte

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An international festival in Switzerland, July 31 - August 2^,1998

report of the festival (in german)

FOR AN EUROPE WITHOUT ARMY
STEP BY STEP WORKING ON A LONG WAY
Backgrounds

List of participants and contacts

The new Initiatives (constitutional amendments):
1. Solidarity creates Security - for an voluntary Civil Peace Service
2. Security, not Defence - for a credible security policy and a Switzerland without Army

The 4th international meeting on November 22 and 23, 1997, in Bern and Solothurn, Switzerland:

Documents, Minutes, Backgrounds

3rd international meeting on march 23, 1997:

Invitation Letter

On March 23, 1997, the Group for a Switzerland without an Army held its General Assembly. For the third time, the day before was dedicated to an international meeting, to networking with activists from other countries and sharing ideas on our future work. On this occasion we were joined by people from Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia and Suomi/Finland. There were others who wanted to attend but could not manage it this time. Some came for the first time, while others took part for the third time. We would like to thank all our friends for their support and cooperation, and to take this opportunity to invite you to our next meeting on November 22, 1997, in Bern, Switzerland.

To keep our discussion going and to allow others to join in, we are publishing here some of the contributions to the roundtable discussion, some minutes of the proceedings and the list of participants. Please feel free to send us your written contribution or a letter to be included in our mailings.

To intervene or not to intervene
Presentation by Roland Brunner, GSoA Zurich

GSoA International Meeting on Civil Peace Service - Civil `Countervision'

Reports and articles in german language (from our newspaper):
GSoA-International-Tagung: Zivile Gegenvision Von Renate Schoch
Österreichische ZFD-Ansätze: Organisches Wachstum
Friedensbewegte in Finnland: Türe zu für Nato!
Friedensinterventionen in bewaffneten Konflikten: Ermutigung statt Einmischung Von Ueli Wildberger
ZDF konkret: Friedenseinsätze
Buchbesprechung: Grenzen und Chancen freiwilliger Friedensdienste

Further reflexions: Intervention: humanitarian, military, civilian or nonviolent?
a discussion paper by Christine Schweitzer

2nd international meeting on november 23, 1996:

Changes in military policy and demand for new answers
by pacifist movements in Europe. by Tobia Schnebli, GSsA Geneva

Europe without Armies? - Campaigning for democracy. by Roland Brunner, GSoA Switzerland

Internationale Tagung «Europe without Armies»: Armeen auf dem Highway
Eine kurze Zusammenfassung der Diskussion. von Renate Schoch

The Ending of Military Conscription by Western Governments: Does Civil Society have any Say?
by Rafael Ajangiz, Departement of Political Science and Administration, University of the Basque Country

Europe without Armies

Invitation and documentation for an international debatte

FOR AN EUROPE WITHOUT ARMY STEP BY STEP WORKING ON A LONG WAY Backgrounds

List of participants and contacts

The new Initiatives (constitutional amendments): 1. Solidarity creates Security - for an voluntary Civil Peace Service 2. Security, not Defence - for a credible security policy and a Switzerland without Army