--- The brochure on the Seville Statement, commissioned last year by Unesco and
described in previous Newsletters, has been revised, accepted by the Unesco Division
of Human Rights and Peace, and forwarded to the Unesco Publications section. We
hope, by the summer Newsletter, to be able to give you information on availability
(price, publication date, order information, etc.). In its final form the brochure
includes the Statement and commentary, the Statement in plain words, why it is needed,
remarks on the relation between struggle and violence, lists of supporting organizations,
teaching ideas and sources, and a list of resource contacts in 27 countries.

--- In addition to the endorsement by the American Sociological Association noted
above, the Statement has been endorsed by the Foundation for the Advancement of
Psychology in Bogota. Columbia, and published In the Latin American Journal of
Psychology. according to a letter from Ruben Ardila. It has also been endorsed by
the Community of the Peace People of Northern Ireland, winner of the 1976 Nobel
Peace Prize. Chairperson Mary O'Rowe has written us, "Dear Friends, I write to
inform you that our Executive has both read and endorsed the Seville Statement on
Violence. We, too, are interested in inventing peace. Please keep in touch with us
about your work. You have our solidarity and our support."

--- Unesco heute, the magazine of the German Unesco Commission, has translated the
Seville Statement into German and published it in issue 1-3, 1991. They have also
included a detailed introduction and new subtitles to facilitate reading. This
brings to 15 the number of languages in which the Statement is now available.

--- There are a number of new publications and commentaries on the Seville statement
It is included as an appendix in the pamphlet, Peace Education Meets the Challenge of
the Cultures of Militarism, by Seville signatory Riitta Wahlstrom, Peace Education
Miniprint No. 11, Malmo, Sweden, March 1991. It will also be included as an appendix
in a new book, tentatively entitled To Fight or Not to Fight: Violence and Peacemaking
in Humans and Other Primates, edited by James Silverberg and J. Patrick Gray for
Oxford University Press. The book includes a critical chapter by Frans de Waal,
expanding on the theme quoted from him in last July's Newsletter; he feels that we
tend to underestimate the potential contribution of primate studies to human conflict
resolution. A summary of the Seville Statement is included in the new textbook,
Introduction to Peace Studies, by David P. Barash, Wadsworth Publishing, 1991.

--- Even before the Unesco brochure is out, the list of resource contacts that it
contains is promoting the development of regional approaches to use of the Seville
Statement. The Asociacion de Estudios Baha'is of Chile has written to the resource
contacts in Colombia and Venezuela suggesting "a regional seminar on violence, with
the purpose of analyzing the underlying causes of violence and suggesting the
changes in society necessary to prevent the occurrence of violence, both from a
scientific and a religious point of view." In India, Seville signatories Samir
Ghosh and Ashis Nandy have responded to the invitation of the International Secretary
of the Anuvrat Global Organization to sponsor and represent the Seville Statement
Network at the Second International Conference on Peace and Non-violent Action,
held in February at Rajsamand Rajasthan, India.

--- In conclusion, we have received a letter from the General Coordinator of
Servicio Paz y Justicia en America Latina (SERPAJ-AL), offering to help disseminate
the forthcoming Unesco brochure. SERPAJ-AL is headquartered in Ecuador and has
representation in Argentina and Chile as well, along with consultative status at
both the UN and Unesco. They write, "We think that its important text will play
an important role in the education for peace especially for young people . . . We
congratulate you in your efforts in the struggle for peace and the dissemination
of the Seville Statement on Violence, in this hour of humanity."

Peace,

David Adams
Corresponding Secretary