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Peace and Conflict Resolution scholars and foreign affairs practitioners convened at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School’s Point of View research and retreat facility in Mason Neck, Virginia issued the following appeal to the conflicting parties in Ukraine:
All parties to this conflict are now hurting. The costs in human life and suffering are mounting and the damaging effects of the conflict are rippling around the world. It is high time for the parties to agree to an immediate and complete cessation of hostilities. Continuing the struggle inevitably multiplies the damage and poses increasing risks that nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction may be used.
Along with the U.N. Secretary General, we believe that conditions now exist for negotiating an agreement acceptable to all parties. The parties should therefore set about negotiating a comprehensive peace agreement with no preconditions.
We call on the international community to support peace as it emerges, offering humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding support for the long-term process of recovery.
In addition, it is imperative that all OSCE Participating States commit to a throughgoing review of the existing security architecture. This review should begin immediately with a view to updating the Helsinki Final Act and other security agreements at the OSCE’s forthcoming 50th Anniversary in Helsinki in 2025.
Signatories are listed below. Others are invited to join the statement and to distribute it widely. To be added as a signatory, please provide your information here.
John M. Evans
Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
Jeffrey Sachs
University Professor at Columbia University
Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91
Richard Falk
Professor of International Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University
Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (Ret.)
Alpasian Ozerdem
Dean, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Christopher R. Mitchell
Professor Emeritus, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Susan H. Allen
Director, Center for Peacemaking Practice, George Mason University
Richard E. Rubenstein
University Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Karina Korostelina
Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Sergey Utkin, Leading Researcher, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Daniel Rothbart
Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Prabha Sankaranarayan
President and CEO, Mediators Beyond Borders International
Hugh DeSantis
Former career office, U.S. State Department, Author
Sara Cobb
Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Dr. Margarita Tadevosyan
Research Assistant Professor
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Ivan Kislenko
Fulbright Scholar
Alex van Oss
(Former) Coordinator, Caucasus Area Studies
Foreign Service Institute
Michael Shank
Adjunct Professor at New York University's Center for Global Affairs and George Mason University's Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Dr. Lara Olson
Consultant, Peacebuilding and Conflict Sensitive Development
Research Fellow, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies (CMSS), University of Calgary, Canada
David Carment
Professor of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Fellow, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy,
Cynthia Lazaroff
Founder and Director, Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy
Omar Grech
Director, Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution, University of Malta
Rene Wadlow
President, Association of World Citizens
Kevin Avruch
Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution Emeritus
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, George Mason University
Peggy Mason
Former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the United Nations
Current President of the Rideau Institute
Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa
Editor, Transcend Media Service
Jake Lynch
Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies
The University of Sydney
Diane Perlman
U.S. Convenor, TRANSCEND
John Scales Avery, PhD
Michael Loadenthal
Executive Director, The Peace and Justice Association
Jeremy Wildeman
Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Professor at the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University; and in International Development Studies, Trent University
J.M. Flagg
Chicago, Illinois
Jan Oberg, dr hc, director
The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, TFF
Lund, Sweden
Dr. Mary Wade
Founder, Building Respect in Community (BRIC), Philadelphia, PA
Professor Marianna Muravyeva
Russian Law and Administration
For Legal and Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
Tatsushi Arai
Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State University
Dr. Paula Garb
University of California, Irvine Center for Citizen Peacebuilding
Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah
Advisory Board Member and Part-Time Faculty, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Sean Howard
Adjunct Prof. of Political Science, Cape Breton University
Douglas Irvin-Eriksen
Assistant Professor, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Dr. Peter Langille
Director, Sustainable Common Security
Marie Myers Lloyd
Member, Ceasefire.ca
Nicholas Ourusoff
Educator in Computer Science, Chomskian Activist
Dr. Gordon Yanchyshyn
Psychiatrist
Connie Duchene
Council of Canadians
Emmanuel K. Akyempong
Graduating Senior, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Irene McPhee
Mother, Grandmother, Human
Dr. Paul Owen
Retiring Politician, Counselor
David Parnas
Phyllis Creighton
Honorary Life Member, Science for Peace
Sara Petite
Eleanor Coffey
Larry Kazdan
Global Citizen
Crl Boychuk
Sk. Tawfique M. Haque, PhD.
Professor and Director South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS) Chair, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Katherine Li
Assistant Professor, Department of English & Modern Languages Adviser, Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University
Ambassador Shahidul Haque
Professorial Fellow South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University
Dr. Abdul Wohab
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology Coordinator, Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University
Dr. Ishrat Zakia Sultana
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. M Jashim Uddin
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Bulbul Siddiqui
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Helal Mohd. Mohiuddin
Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Harisur Rahman
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Md Rizwanul Islam
Professor & Chair, Department of Law, North South University
Dr. Norman K. Swazo
Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, North South University
Ahmed Hossain
Professor, Department of Public health, North South University
Dr. Nova Ahmed
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University
Dr. Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman
Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Ms. Parisa Shakur
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, North South University
Tata Zafar
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Tasmia Nower
Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Dr. Hasanuzzaman
Assistant Director, Office of External Affairs, North South University
Dr. Md. Jakariya
Professor, Department if Environmental Science and Sociology, North South University
Mizanur Rahman
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University
Fahd Bin Zahed
Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University
Dr. Tasnuva Enam
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of History and Philosophy, North South University
Farin Shabnam Ritu
Research Associate, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University
Md. Parvez Hasan Yousuf
Research Associate, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University
Rudmila Khan
Research Associate, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University
Miad Islam
Research Assistant, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South University
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