After about 5 years of endeavor and cooperation between Iranian and Japanese researchers and physicians to collect and publish their experiences on health impacts of chemical weapons and methods of diagnosis and treatment of such diseases; this medical exchange finally led to compilation of the "Atlas of Mustard Gas Injuries" which has been published in English, Japanese and Farsi recently in Tokyo and is a unique book in its field.

We are pleased to announce that the book launch ceremony of this valuable book, with the presence of Prof. Inai (Chief Editor) and guests from Hiroshima as well as Iranian authors of the book, in company of scholars and academic guests will be held on Sunday 20 January 2013 (10-12 am) at Tehran Peace Museum.

To see large size cover of the book, click on the picture.

A half-day workshop on “Peace with the Environment” was held in Tehran Peace Museum on 27 December 2012.

Over 20 members and volunteers of the museum attended the training program which covered interesting topics. Tehran Peace Museum in collaboration with other NGOs in this field, intends to hold more workshops on “culture of peace and environment” for more participants and interested people in the near future. Through this way, the museum hopes to promote culture of peace in the society through respect to the environment.

The "World Peace Academy - Swiss Centre for Peace Studies" (WPA) is an educational institution that aims to promote a global culture of peace through the development of an innovative peace education program and the education of experts and multipliers who can take their knowledge into the field, where it matters most.

The World Peace Academy MAS(Master of Advanced Studies) study program is part of the Advanced Study Centre of the University of Basel and is focused in Peace and Conflict Transformation. The program lasts 9 months and hosts students from all over the world.

The UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies of the University of Innsbruck provides this master program for interested students.

The University of Innsbruck was founded in 1669 and is one of Austria’s oldest universities. According to the agreement signed between the UNESCO and the University of Innsbruck The UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies of the University of Innsbruck was established in June 2008 as a consequence of the systematic research on the interpretations of peaces and the unique approach to peace studies as developed by Innsbruck’s MA program for Peace Studies since 2001.

OPEN is a web-based portal for institutions involved with peace and conflict studies, both in research and practice. Participating institutions can announce programs and events under their own logo and identifying label, with a direct electronic link to their own website.

Announcements of programs and events can be posted on the OPEN space, and interested visitors can link to the institution's website for further information on the event and institution.

An elegant new monument dedicated to victims of chemical weapons was unveiled in the garden of the OPCW headquarters in The Hague during an afternoon ceremony on 26 November 2012, the first day of the 17th Session of the Conference of the States Parties.

The monument was dedicated to the OPCW by the Islamic Republic of Iran and unveiled by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs, H.E. Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh. OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü participated in the unveiling and addressed remarks to the gathering.

Among other students' visits of Tehran Peace Museum, a group of students of Shayestegan middle school from Qazvin, along with some of their teachers, visited the museum on Monday 19 November 2012.

During this visit they read a letter to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and handed it to Tehran Peace Museum to send it to UN representative office in Tehran.

The letter - signed by the students - was delivered to UN office in Tehran on 27 Nov. 2012 to be delivered to Mr Ban. In their letter, the students asked the UN to react against injustice and violence in the world and try for promoting Peace.

Click here to read the whole text of the letter.

Click here to see the photos of this visit

November 12-15: In a fine example of IPPNW's physician-to-physician diplomacy, an international IPPNW delegation met with campaigners and activists in Iran, including one high-profile event at the Tehran Peace Museum which has garnered local media attention.

The event was organized by Iranian affiliate of the IPPNW (PSR-Iran) and Tehran Peace Museum in which several health professionals and students attended.The delegation also had meetings in hospitals and medical universities during their stay in Tehran.

Click here to watch a video report of the meeting.

Click here to see the photos of the meeting.

INMP (International Network of Museums for Peace) newsletter no.4 (November 2012) is recently published in 14 pages, in English.

In this newsletter, there is a full page on some of the activities of Tehran Peace Museum (page 13) during last months.

You can download this newsletter from here to get more familiar with some of the programs and activities of INMP as well as some of the museums for peace around the world

24 October 2012 - Tehran Peace Museum

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