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Our Mission and Vision

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Our Mission
Our mission is to transform the way the world deals with conflict: away from adversarial approaches, toward cooperative solutions.

Although the world is overly polarized and violence is much too prevalent, we remain essentially optimistic. Our view is that, on the whole, history is moving in positive directions. Although some of the conflicts we are currently dealing with may seem intractable, there are successful examples of cooperative conflict resolution that we can look to for inspiration - such as in South Africa, where an unjust system was transformed through negotiations and an inclusive peace process.

"There is no conflict that cannot be resolved. Violent conflict is created and sustained by human beings, and it can be ended by human beings." Senator George Mitchell

"The opportunity for cooperation is there, even in our most vexing disputes, if we only bother to look for it." William Raspberry, Washington Post Columnist

Our Vision
Our vision is of a world in which:

• Individuals, organisations, governments and societies respond to their differences in non-adversarial ways - where those differences stimulate social progress, rather than precipitate violence.
  
  
• The predominant approach to conflict is to reach out to cooperate with those we disagree with - where reconciliation is considered the norm.
  
  
• Our underlying respect for one another and our shared interests and concerns are not overwhelmed by our differing points of view.
  
  
• In their everyday lives, human beings are safer and more secure.

Our goal is to make finding common ground the common thing.

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