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PRESS RELEASES
Following are the press releases, WINPEACE have issued on various subjects.
- PRESS RELEASE, October 24, 1999, Rhodes
- For two years now, women from Greece and Turkey, members of WINPEACE, have worked hand in hand to ease tensions between our countries and to build a culture of peace. Immediately following the 1997 crisis that brought our countries to the brink of war and long before the earthquakes, we women decided that enough was enough...
- PRESS RELEASE, April 24, 2001, Istanbul
- In the last decade, dramatic changes in the structure of armed conflict have been observed. In the first 90 years of the 20th century, 90% of the people who have lost their lives were soldiers. However, in the lat decade between 1990-2000, 90% of the people who have died were civilians...
- PRESS RELEASE, November 9, 2002, Istanbul
- Turkey’s membership to the EU and the need for disarmament were the primary issues of the 9th WINPEACE meeting, started yesterday...
- REALITIES On Arms Expenditures
- 1 F-16 plane: 26 million USD = 2 hospitals with 100 beds, 5 surgery rooms, intensive care unit, daily patient capacity...
- OLYMPIC TRUCE
- With my signature , I pledge my support for the observance of Truce during all future Olympic Games, with the hope that this will create a window of opportunity for the peaceful resolution of disputes.