Every two years the Olympic Games come round for the world’s sports fans to be distracted from their everyday activity with a couple of weeks of competition that inspires millions of young people all over the world to participate. In Ancient Greece, the Games were always accompanied by a ceasefire in war. The UN calls on the same thing to happen in the modern era.
At the start of 2012 eight states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan and Israel — possessed approximately 4400 operational nuclear weapons, according to a new report.
World without Wars and Violence is an international humanist organisation, part of the Humanist Movement. We were founded in 1994 and we are active in 30 countries. In 2009 we initiated the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. WwW has Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 2012.