Peace Boat celebrated its 20th birthday in 2003. This milestone was marked by chartering a new ship, TSS The Topaz.
GPPAC Calls for Dialogue and Implementation of Inter-Korean Agreements
GPPAC expresses our great concern at recent heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. As a global network of civil society peacebuilding organisations, GPPAC places utmost importance on the prevention of armed conflict, and ensuring the human security of communities.
Hear the Voices of the Survivors: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years on
Commemorative events for the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with Hibakusha testimonies
Looking Back: Peace Boat and the United Nations - Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC since 2002
June 26 is UN Charter Day! The Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. When Peace Boat gained Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2002, many new channels were opened for its engagement in and advocacy with the UN.
Looking Back: The Launch of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)
Peace Boat has been part of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) from before its official founding in 2005 – fifteen years ago.
Video Testimonies from Fukushima in 5 Languages: V...
Peace Boat has supported the environmental NGO FoE Japan to launch the next in their series of video testimonies of the current situation in Fukushima in various languages.
Looking Back: The Beginnings of Cooperation with t...
How Iranian and German students first came together on Peace Boat to freely discuss their countries' past, present and future.