International Peace Bureau’s actions
Geneva seminar with UNIDIR
The International Peace Bureau held its traditional GDAMS seminar. Pieter
Wezeman, Senior Researcher with the SIPRI, presented the new SIPRI data on
military spending for 2014. Colin Archer, IPB Secretary-General, introduced the
GDAMS and addressed the
question: «Which priorities for
public investment: military, development, climate?». In his
wide-ranging talk he challenged
the idea that investments in the
military are an effective way of
assuring security. He made reference to the financing of the
Sustainable Development Goals and the Green Climate Fund, which could be
achieved if a substantial reallocation were made from the global military spending ($1776bn). The meeting was chaired by Jarmo Sareva, Director,UN Institute for Disarmament Research. He concluded with a final set of remarks.
At the Environment International House
On social media
The IPB-GDAMS Team was also really active on social media in order to organize and report on GDAMS, with the slogan «Free our $1.75 Trillion! » and the
hashtag «#MoveTheMoney».
A Thunderclap campaign was
launched, entitled «
2015: #Move the Money!»,
reaching 172, 996 people on
Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
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GDAMS 2015 Report