In brief, the International Association of Educators for World Peace acts through education, to protect the environment from air and water pollution and to help implement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The basic dimensions of our philosophy are a firm belief in peace and confident steps to achieve a new area of world peace. In 1973, the Association became a non-governmental organisation of both the United Nations' Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It also became a part of the United Nations Department of Information (UNDPI). In 1990, the same organisation became officially linked with the United Nations International Children's Educational Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Conference on Environmental Development (UNCED). It now has chapters in over 90 countries. In 1987, the UN Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, designated IAEWP as a PEACE MESSENGER of the world on behalf of the UN General Assembly, in recognition of significant contributions made to the program and objectives of the 1986 International Year of Peace.
We are working through: international exchanges, community outreach and education, multifaceted dialogue with international leaders, UNESCO clubs, lecture presentations, seminars, workshops, special events, World Action Congresses taking place every two to four years (hosted in Norway 1970, Romania 1974, India 1978, USA 1982, Austria 1986, Korea 1990, Malta 1992, St. Petersburg 1994) and other resources.