Ministries for peace

Every state needs a ministry of peace, Federico Mayor Zaragoza writes in an article published in the Spanish daily La Vanguardia: "In the new millennium, the power of reasoning and awareness of the power of the people will assert themselves inexorably. ... This new force will defend human dignity vehemently but without violence and overcome social inequality - that great injustice which allows 60,000 people to die of hunger daily ... while three billion dollars are invested in weapons. ... The ministries that were once ministries of war and then became defence ministries should be renamed ministries of peace. The time has come for all armed forces ... to be used to secure peace, not only once in a while but on a permanent basis. ... If we want peace we must pave the way for it."

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