International Institute for Peace

The International Institute for Peace was founded in Vienna in 1956 and re-founded by Erwin Lanc in 1989.[1]

It describes itself as follows:[1]

"The International Institute for Peace (IIP) is an international and non-governmental organisation (NGO and INGO), with consultative status at ECOSOC and UNESCO. The IIP pursues the objective of contributing to the maintenance and strengthening of peace through its research activities and as a platform to promote non-violent conflict resolution in different areas of the world and to a wide range of people."

It has consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and the United Nations Organization for Education, Science, Culture and Communication (UNESCO). Its current president is Dr. Hannes Swoboda.[1]

According to Dr Julian Lewis, a campaigner against the peace movement, it was "set up by the Kremlin after the WPC [World Peace Council] was thrown out of Austria for subversion."[2] According to another source it was set up on the initiative of the WPC,[3] and according to J.G.Barlow of the Heritage Foundation, the WPC operated under cover of the IIP after the WPC was expelled from Vienna.[4]

After 1989, Erwin Lanc re-founded the institute as a non-governmental organisation and introduced new statutes. The IIP since 1989 is an Austrian association according to Austrian Law and is independent from any state.

References

  1. 1 2 3 IIP Vienna
  2. ↑ Lewis, J., Fellow-Travelling Generals Re-Emerge Archived April 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Problems of Common Security
  4. ↑ Barlow, J.G.,Moscow and the Peace Offensive, 1982


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