Useful Links
National Council of Churches in Australia
Act for Peace is the international aid agency of the
National Council of Churches in Australia, an ecumenical council of 19 member churches. Act for Peace supports the
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission (NATSIEC) in its work alongisde Indigenous communities, churches and other organisations around Australia.
State Ecumenical Councils
Act for Peace works in partnership with state ecumenical councils around Australia:
Council of Churches of Western Australia
New South Wales Churches Together
Northern Territory Council of Churches
Queensland Churches Together
South Australian Council of Churches
Tasmanian Council of Churches
Victorian Council of Churches
Campaigns and advocacy
Act for Peace is an active supporter of several coalition campaigns, with which we work to advocate for peace and justice.
Micah Challenge is a global campaign of Christians speaking out against poverty and injustice.
Jubilee Australia challenges the root causes of long term poverty to work for economic justice.
Make Poverty History is a coalition of more than 60 aid organisations, community and faith-based groups.
The
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons aims to galvanise public and government support for multilateral negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
The
Global Poverty Project is an educational and campaigning organisation that activates citizens to be a part of the global movement to end extreme poverty.
Universal Village is a small business working to promote and distribute fairly traded products throughout Australia and beyond. For every pack of its Rhino Coffee sold, Universal Village contributes 40c to the work of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in Laos.
Global networks and alliances
Act for Peace is a member of the global
ACT Alliance, a network of 111 churches and church-related agencies that work together in humanitarian assistance and development.
The
World Council of Churches (WCC) is a fellowship of 349 churches from around the world and from a broad range of Christian traditions, which promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world.
http://www.iccnow.org/ Coalition for the International Criminal Court
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/ International Crisis Group- Working to Prevent Conflict worldwide
http://www.un.org/ The United Nations website
http://www.undp.org/ United Nations Development Program
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm Global statistics compiled by the United Nations
http://www.r2pasiapacific.org/ Responsibility 2 Protect Asia Pacific
Peace Links
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings.php Global Peace Index
Academic & Government Links
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/centres/cpacs/ Sydney University - Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/ The Aid Program of the Australian Government
Code of Conduct Links
http://www.acfid.asn.au/ The Australian Council for International Development
http://www.sphereproject.org/ The Sphere Project
International Day links of Interest
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/ International Day of Peace
Media
http://www.newint.com.au/magazine-guide/index.htm New Internationalist
http://www.alertnet.org/ Reuters AlertNet
http://www.irinnews.org/ Humanitarian News and Analysis
http://english.aljazeera.net/ Aljazeera News Network (English)
http://www.un.org/News/ United Nations News
