Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association

The Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association is the Regional Association of International Peace Research Association- IPRA.^[1] It is an international non-governmental organization of peace researchers, peace educators and peace advocates.^[2]

The Asian Peace Research Association was established on 5 December 1980, at the closing of the conference on Asian Peace Research in the Global Context held in Yokohama, Japan. The name was changed to the current name, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA), on 4 February 1992, during a regional conference organized by the association held at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.^[3]

Prof. John P. Synott of Queensland University of Technology is currently the convener of APPRA.

Orientation[edit]

The distinctive orientation of APPRA is towards building societies of peace and justice. Basic to this mission is a comprehensive understanding of peace which means not only the absence of war and conflict but above all the presence of essential conditions for the well-being of humanity.

References[edit]

[1] ttp://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/ipraweb/index.php?action=page&cat=regionalassociations&id=42^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] ttp://soc.kuleuven.be/iieb/ipraweb/index.php?action=page&cat=regionalassociations&id=50^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091021080123/http://geocities.com/asiapacificpeace/history.html History of APPRA

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