Joe Quinn - Chairman
As Chairman of Tipperary Peace Convention, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the many people from home and abroad who will visit our website. Tipperary Peace Convention has a proud tradition of promoting peace at a National and International level. Each year the Convention organises a Peace Conference in Tipperary Town, that includes the Presentation of the Tipperary International Peace Award an International Song of Peace Contest, a Peace Forum and a special Ecumenical Service. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit our historic town and to attend our Peace Conference.
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Calling all songwriters and composers.....
Entry Forms now available for the 2010 Tipperary International Song of Peace Contest
Download the entry form here
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ANNOUNCING THE "I CLICKED FOR PEACE" INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONA competition that invites you to photograph an image that you think captures peace in our world today.........Download the entry form here __________________________________________________________________________
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2009 TIPPERARY PEACE AWARD
Tipperary Peace Convention has announced that it is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Tipperary International Peace Award.
The nomination process is open to members of the public and to representatives of organisations and associations.
A short list of nominees will be announced in early December and the Award winner will be announced on January 1st, 2010.
The Award will be presented in Tipperary (Ireland) during the Annual Peace Conference, which will take place from April 29th to May 2nd, 2010.
The Tipperary Peace Award was founded in 1984 with the first recipient being the late Seán McBride, one of the founders of Amnesty International.
The principal aim of the Peace Award is to give recognition to those who promote the ideals of peace and peaceful co-operation both in Ireland and abroad. Over the past years, the Peace Prize has been awarded to a range of peacemakers. Some have taken centre stage while others have worked behind the scenes, in brokering peace accords under the most difficult of circumstances.
The recipients are extraordinary achievers, who have overcome innumerable Everest’s along the way, in order to achieve the unthinkable and include.........
• Former South African President Nelson Mandela
• Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
• The late Senator Gordon Wilson
• Live-Aid organiser Bob Geldof
• Norwegians Mona Juul & Terje Larsen
• Former U.S. President Bill Clinton
• U.S. Senator George Mitchell
• John O’Shea, Founder of GOAL
• The late Rafic Hariri, Former Prime Minister of Lebanon
• The Most Rev Dr., The Lord Robin Eames
• The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, the late Benazir Bhutto
• The Cluster Munition Coalition
Tipperary Peace Convention now welcomes nominations for the 2009 Award. Nominations must be submitted in writing by Friday November 13th to the Hon. Secretary, Tipperary Peace Convention, 18 Father Matthew Street, Tipperary Town, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Nominations can also be submitted by E-mail to:
martinquinns@eircom.net
The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) were awarded the 2008 Tipperary International Peace Award in
recognition of its successful five-year campaign to outlaw cluster
bombs. Pictured at the Award Presentation in Tipperary were (from left): Thomas Nash, co-ordinator of the Cluster Munitions Coalition; Joe Quinn, chairman of Tipperary Peace Convention; Martin Quinn, secretary; and Rina Roche, committee member; with Branislav Kapetanovic holding the award. Photograph: Emma Jervis/ Press 22
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Check out the Tipperary Song of Peace myspace site http://www.myspace.com/tipperarysongofpeace
Winning song from 2009 can be heard there along with some past winners.........