Hague In Peace: One day without war.

During the international day of peace on September 21 there will be a big peace-event organized at het Plein, next to the parliament building in the Hague.

The event will include a mix of serious topics during interactive debates and live entertainment with Pete Philly and Perquisite and DJ Billy the Klit. Admittance is free, Afternoon program will be indoors.

This event, focusing on the youth, will start at 16.00. The results of eight simulation peace-negotiations which have been conducted at eight schools around the country, as part of the project “Regel de Wereld Vrede” by Euro’s voor Vrede & UNOY Peacebuilders, will be presented. Between 16.00 and 17.00 the eight schools will share their findings via a live link with the audience in The Hague. The interviews will be rotated with video presentations of present day conflicts in the world and with live music from a youth band from the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. There is a special interest for Afghanistan, but other conflicts have also been debated.

From 17.00 to 18.00 there will be a closing debate, where the simulation peace-negotiations and advices for action from the school youth for the Dutch government will be discussed. The panel consists of Christ Klep, author of several books on conflicts in the world and teacher at the university of Utrecht, Thierry Aartsen,  Youth section of the Dutch Liberal party, Mariko Peters, Green left party and Jan Schaake, active within the peace and pacifist organization Kerk en Vrede. Pupils will also be asked to participate and respond to the debate. The main topic will be on the role of the Netherlands in Afghanistan but also other conflicts will be discussed.

A representative of the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation will close this part of the day and receive the recommendations of Dutch youth for action for Peace.

From 18.00 the focus will be more on students and young politicians and other interested youth with a Coolpolitics debate with among others Bas Haring, philosopher, and Evelien Bosch, tv-presenter. But peace also has to be celebrated. Therefore DJ Billy the Klit and Pete Philly and Perquisite will complement the debate with live entertainment. The evening will be presented by actor Bas Muijs.

Hague in Peace is an initiative of the city of The Hague. The organization is in the hands of 3 parties: Coolpolitics, UNOY Peacebuilders and Stichting CultureClash4U. For more information on the Hip Day click here

The Hague, international city of peace organizes a large amount of activities on September 20 and 21 for the international day of peace. This year the focus is on the youth. For more information on the Day of Peace click here

This events have been made possible by: NCDO, The Municipality of The Hague, Oxfam- Novib.

To see a flyer click here