In the present context where Naga society is undergoing conflict situation, youth are called to be peace builders and agents of peace in our families and communities. With the objective of preventing conflicts by engaging, empowering and enabling the youth as peace builders, the Peace Channel family of Kiphire district organized a one day peace and cultural celebration recently at Saramati High School Campus, Kiphire, with the theme “Inspiring Change Towards a Violence Free World.”

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Peace Channel, a youth peace movement in view of engaging, empowering and enabling the youth to build peace in all conflict situations, Peace Channel family of Wokha district, organized a day celebration at DBHSS Youth Center, Wokha, with the theme "Inspiring Change Towards a Violence Free World".

The day's progrmame commenced with invocation by Mr. Wonchio Ngullie, Yoth Director WVBC. The keynote was delivered by Miss Mhalo Ezung. In her address, she exhorted the youth to be the peace builders and change makers in the society. Mr. Amos Odyuo KSU, president Wokha, greeted the gathering and said, "everyone has the right to liberty and security. As human we are entitled to live free and as we choose. Peace is our rightful claim and to have peace we should all work towards it." Mr. L,evi V Sumi, Project Coordinator of Peace Channel, briefed about Peace Channel activities and he also encourage the gathering he said, there is no way to Peace, Peace is the only way. The most important thing to remember when we talk about peace is love. Love and peace are inseparable.

The following statement was sent to us by Hiro Katano, a board member of the Hokkaido Mennonite Peace Missions Center and a member of the Steering Committee of the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute (NARPI), a sister institute of MPI. This statement by the Hokkaido Mennonite Peace Missions Center affirms their pacifist faith tradition and expresses a concern with the governmental change of constitutional interpretation on the right of collective self-defense.

A protest against the decision of the cabinet to permit the exercise of the right of collective self-defense

The Peace and Mission Center
Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference
September 20, 2014

The Peace and Mission Center of the Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference, following the words
of the Bible, protests the Abe administration for having forced the decision of the cabinet to allow for the
exercise of the right of collective self-defense.