INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2015
The Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) hosted an international forum at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur on 18th and 19th April 2015 to evaluate its progress over the last decade and formulate a blueprint of action for the next decade – to take this important quest “Criminalise War and Energise Peace” to the next level. On the first day of the forum, “Peace with Justice: Constructing the Road Map”, several distinguished speakers spoke on various critical issues including proxy wars, torture, regime change, false flag operations, sanctions, the use of drones on civilian populations, and the road map ahead for KLFCW. On the second day of the forum, “Engaging the Young to Criminalise War and Energise Peace”, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said, in his Keynote Address, that the forum was “most appropriate” as it sent out a clear message that the young generation must assume an important role in the shaping of their future, free of war and armed conflict. Appropriately, there were presentations on child victims and child soldiers, and the psychological impact on child survivors of the horrors of war in Vietnam, Burma and Japan. An interesting session on learning from the past exhorted the younger generation to ensure a future without wars. The audience was also mesmerized by poignant renditions on the scourge of war by the three enthusiastic school children.
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CRIMINALISE WAR JUNE 2015