The 21st Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 19-23 August, 1980 in Hamden, Connecticut:
To the Director of UNESCO Department of Curriculum Studies and Methods of Education:
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting in Triennial Congress, August 18-23, 1980, at Quinnipiac College,
Aware of international tensions and of freedom struggles in many countries with their risks of erupting into violence,
Urges UNESCO to:
- Set up a U.N.-UNESCO radio station and to employ existing TV satellite facilities for transmitting information and U.N. policy on disarmament, human rights and development;
- Develop world studies programs and disseminate them to ministries of education in all member countries; and
- Emphasize to all ministries of education the prevention potential of peace education in a threatened world.