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...shopping to learn restraint, good judgement and important life skills. This select group is joining the chorus of others around the world, amplifying their message of peace and tolerance through the Peacemaker Corps Association (PCA).

At time when conflict has overtaken conversation, and destruction has decimated public dialogue, PCA is intensifying its efforts to engineer "peace-building". The programme empowers teenagers in the United States and globally, from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, socio-economic and gender backgrounds, to learn the art of making peace. As an antidote to universal scourges, the Peacemaker Corps is designed to equip young people with tools to foster tolerance, engage in non-violent communication, learn anger management, and practise mediation techniques and community-building strategies. More than just an instructional programme, PCA provides the ingredients for a life-long regimen that fuels the dreams and ambitions of young people and enables them to take an active role in seeking solutions for societal change.

In 1997, Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked the UN General Assembly to designate 16 November the International Day of Tolerance as part of a long-term plan for world peace. Carole Krechman, who from 1995 to 2001 served as Chair of the Friends of the United Nations (FOTUN), a well-established non-governmental organization (NGO), saw the creation of a peacemaking movement as critical to Mr. Annan's vision. She designed and implemented a four-step programme to bring peacemaking skills to teenagers, and important alliances were created to implement it.

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