Tehran Peace Museum Attends 22nd Conference of the States Parties to CWC

opcw-tim-2017TPM and SCWVS attended 22nd Conference of the States Parties (CSP22) to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) which was held by Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at The Hague from November 27 to December 1, 2017.

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The Scent of Almond Exhibition in The Hague

The-scent-of-almond-2017-tim"The Scent of Almond" exhibition was held on the sideline of 22nd Conference of the States Parties to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in Hague, Netherlands from November 27 to December 1st, 2017.

According to Online Art Gallery reports, this exhibition was consisted of 18 select artworks from more than 150 ones, by 100 Iranian young artists who had participated in a competition by TPM and Online Gallery.

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French Revolution Analysis Course is held at TPM

french-revolution-timFollowing the professional courses of War and Peace, "French Revolution Analysis Course" was held in four sessions at TPM in November and December 2017.

 

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Video on Participation of Civil Society in Achieving CWC Goals

Civil Society and the Chemical Weapons ConventionOrganization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has published a video on why participation of civil society matters in achieving the goals of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

To watch the video, please click here.

The Visit of Ambassador of Austria

AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TehMr. Stephan Scholz, Austrian ambassador to Iran, visited TPM on November 8th, 2017 by TPM's invitation.
Accompanied by the volunteer docents of TPM and CW survivors he had a tour of the museum; Thereafter he got acquainted with the other cultural and international activities of TPM and had a friendly chat with the volunteer members of the museum.

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ICAN Wins the Noble Peace Prize 2017

Ican-NobelThe International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. This campaign consists of 460 members from 100 countries and was established in 2007.

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Completion of Destruction of Russian Chemical Weapons Stockpile

russiaOn 27 September 2017, the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Üzümcü, made a statement on the completion of the full destruction of the 39,967 metric tons of chemical weapons possessed by the Russian Federation.

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Foreign Relations Committee of the Dutch Parliament Visits TPM

netherland-parliamentChairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Dutch Parliament along with a delegation, including Mrs. Susanna Terstal, the ambassador of the Netherlands in Iran, whose country is in charge of the European Union in Iran, visited the TPM on Saturday, October 21, 2017 and got acquainted with its activities.

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Science Magazine International News Editor visits TPM

Richard-Stone-timMr. Richard Stone, the international news editor of Science Magazine visited TPM on 19 October 2017. This visit was a part of his program to get more information about the health effect of chemical weapons, the Iranian research in this field as well as the life of the Iranian victims of chemical weapons.  Before visiting TPM, Mr. Stone had meetings at Shahed University and Sasan Hospital in which he talked with prominent Iranian researchers in this field about their findings.

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Visit of Senior researchers from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

nupi-timFour top researchers from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) visited the museum on Monday, October 16th, with the invitation of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) at the International Education and Research Center of Foreign Ministry and became acquainted with some of TPM's activities.

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Focus on Survivors' Involvement

Focus on Survivors' Involvement

"Their burnt eyes and their coughs express their suffering more eloquently than any words"

While visiting the Hiroshima Peace Museum the founders of the Tehran Peace Museum realized the necessity of involving the victims of war in the creation of the museum. Only these individuals could provide credible accounts of the harsh realities of war and their correlating desire for peace.

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What is a Peace Museum?

What is a Peace Museum?

When you first hear of a "Peace museum" you may be slightly mystified or perhaps even a bit skeptical. It is easy to imagine what goes into a war museum but what can you put in a peace museum? And if the peace movement is to be represented in a museum does that mean it is being relegated to the past? 

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The Tehran Peace Museum

The Tehran Peace Museum

Currently housed in a building donated by the municipality of Tehran within the historic City Park, the Tehran Peace Museum is as much an interactive peace center as a museum. It coordinates a peace education program that holds workshops and hosts conferences on the culture of peace, reconciliation, international humanitarian law, disarmament and peace advocacy.

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Founding the Iranian Peace Museum

Founding the Iranian Peace Museum

Its founding began with a conversation between the founder of the Tehran-based Society for Chemical Weapons Victims support (SCWVS) and a coordinator for the international Peace Museums Network in 2005. This, as well as a visit to Hiroshima, Japan by members of SCWVS a year before, prompted the desire for a museum in Tehran.

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