THE SEVILLE STATEMENT 0N VIOLENCE "The same species who invented war is capable of Inventing peace.� Support Network c/o David Adams, Wesleyan Psychology Dept Middletown, Connecticut USA. 06457 NEWSLETTER - VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1, MAY, 1987 --- THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF PSYCHOLOGISTS have endorsed the Seville Statement and recomended to Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, the Director General of UNESCO, that it should be supported by them for worldwide distribution (letters enclosed). Writing to us as well as to M'Bow. past-president of the Council Gori Gunvald of Norway: "I wish you and your group advancement in your fine contribution to a less aggressive world which is a real MUST if the human art is going to survive." --- UNESCO, as has been pointed out in previous newsletters. is the most appropriate organization for worldwide distribution of the Seville Statement. and to that end, we urge all National Comissions of UNESCO to support the Statement for adoption at the General Conference this fall. In POLAND, the UNESCO Commission has been urged by the POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES to support this process, as indicated by the enclosed letter from President Jan Kostrzewski. He writes that "the struggle....against the myth about aggression and violence being genetically programmed into human nature is of crucial importance for bringing up the peoples in the spirit of peace." --- THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PEACE at the United Nations has cited the Seville Statement in particular as "a positive example for future academic efforts on peace." The Statement was singled out for praise by Robin Ludwig of the new Peace Studies Unit in the UN Secretariat during her assessment of the results of the International Year of Peace at the annual convention of the INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION meetings in Washington in April. She emphasized that the Statement "is now being circulated for endorsement by various inter-governmental and nongovernmental organizations" --- THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION is one of a growing number of social studies organizations that are now publishing and discussing the Seville Statement, largely thanks to the efforts of J. David Singer of the University of Michigan (USA). The Statement appeared in their March/April newsletter (Vol. 14, No. 3). It has also appeared recently in the INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION newsletter and will be published in the spring issue of PS (POLITICAL SCIENCE) of the AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Endorsements are also arriving from members of the Peace and Conflict Research Committee of the INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION including Hakan Wiberg of Sweden, Anton Bebler of Yugoslavia, A. Shtromas of England and Harvey Starr and Ralph Goldman of the United States. Professor Wiberg writes that "in addition to the content of the statement a very good thing is that it comes