Invitation to attend UfP and GAMIP Online Summer Conference

Event Date: 23rd July 2026
Location: Online, 18:00

Dear Oxford CND,

Hope you are well. I am pleased to invite you to attend the online Summer Conference jointly hosted by Uniting for Peace and Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace on Thursday 23 July, 2026. Here is the conference flyer for your perusal. Please circulate the event details to your contacts / friends / colleagues. We are looking forward to welcome you. Full details of the event / speakers are below:

Title: Wars, Inequality and Poverty: Ways Out of the Vicious Circle

Time and Date:

Thursday

23 July, 2026

18:00 – 20:00 (UK Time)

To register for this event, please reply this email or use Eventbrite: https://ufpgamip-summerconference2026.eventbrite.co.uk  

Direct Event Joining Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3482765417?pwd=AKFpctZ49f4NgrcfE28HPk9vBvRPvK.1&omn=89709306832

Meeting ID: 348 276 5417

Passcode: 2022

Speakers:

(Conference Chair) Vijay Mehta, Chair, Uniting for Peace, Co-President, Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace (GAMIP), Author, How Not To Go To War
Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus, International Law, Princeton University, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967
Rebecca Shoot, Co-Convener, Washington Working Group for the International Criminal Court, Co-Convener, ImPact Coalition on Strengthening International Judicial Institutions
Seán English, Former Director of Saor-Ollscoil Na hÉireann (The Free University of Ireland), Former Co-ordinator, the Study of Peace Programme, Author, The Collapse of the War System
Alon Ben Meir, Professor Emeritus, International Relations, New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, Author, A Strategy for Implementing the Reconciliation Process Between Israel and Palestinians.

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Event Blurb

This event will bring together a distinguished panel of academics, journalists, and activists to explore the deep and interconnected relationships between violent conflict, widening inequality, and persistent poverty. Speakers will examine the structural causes driving these global challenges and discuss practical pathways toward a more just and peaceful world. The conference will feature a panel discussion followed by an interactive Q&A session, offering participants the opportunity to engage directly with leading experts and contribute to the conversation on solutions.

In Peace, Best wishes,

Vijay Mehta                                                                                                            

Author and Chair Uniting for Peace

Founding Trustee, Fortune Forum Charity

Board Member, GAMIP (Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace)

14 Cavell Street, London E1 2HP, UK

Telephone: +44(0)207 791 1717 |Mobile: +44(0)7776 231 018

Vijay Mehta’s new book How Not To Go To War: Establishing Departments for Peace and Peace Centres Worldwide is published by New Internationalist, 2019. The book has been appreciated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeremy Corbyn, Former Leader of the Labour Party and many other luminaries. The book can be purchased from Amazon, Waterstones and all the major book stores.