Normandy for Peace Framework

27 September 2024

At the Normandy World Peace Forum, Strategic Foresight Group and the Region Normandy launched the Normandy for Peace Framework. It is a five-point integrated action plan to transform global governance in a way that can sustain peace in the long run.

It was launched at a public session, attended by a few thousand people, at Caen. The speakers in the panel included

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Asle Toje, Deputy Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee

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Mevlut Cavusoglu, former Prime Minister of Turkiye

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Suzuka Nakamura, founder of Know Nukes Tokyo

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Azza Karam, member of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism

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Sundeep Waslekar, SFG President

Herve Morin, President, and Francois-Xavier Priollaud, Vice President, Council of the Normandy Region, along with Sundeep Waslekar, were the first signatories of the Normandy Framework, which is open for signatures of the public from all over the world.

The text of the Normandy Framework is below:

Inspired by the Normandy Manifesto for World Peace issued by Nobel Peace Prize laureates and social thinkers and launched in Caen, Normandy, on June 4, 2019;

Convinced of the urgency of a collective awakening, on a global scale, to the existential threats weighing on all of humanity;

Recalling the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1722 of December 20, 1961, calling for general and complete disarmament, including the dismantling of states' military infrastructures, based on a joint declaration by the governments of the USSR and the United States;

Considering the necessity to propose a credible collective security agenda as soon as possible;

Faithful to the legacy of Aristide Briand, French statesman, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whose ashes rest in Normandy for eternity, and who, alongside U.S. Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, initiated an international pact renouncing war;

Driven by the unwavering will to build a just and lasting world peace;

We call on the peoples of the world and their leaders to commit, as we do, to act in favor of a just and lasting world peace within the framework of an international action plan, "Normandy for Peace," based on the following five priorities:

1.      

A time-bound action plan for the phased elimination of nuclear weapons, commencing with no first-use and agreements initiated by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and endorsed by all nuclear powers, on nuclear risk reduction measures

2.      

The adoption of an international convention prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence systems and any other emerging technologies with regards to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

3.      

The conclusion of an international agreement, including by major military powers, on the progressive reduction of military spending and its reallocation to fund public policies addressing the common challenges facing human civilization.

4.      

A robust mechanism to enhance the capacity of the United Nations to resolve and prevent conflicts where the provisions of Chapter VI of the UN Charter prove ineffective, to enhance the collective security of all nations.

5.      

The development of a global social contract to provide civilizational response to civilizational crises based on respect for human rights and international law.

The Normandy Framework is available for signatures at

https://normandiepourlapaix.fr/en/normandy-peace-framework-construction-just-and-lasting-world-peace