Pathways To Peace
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The Pathways To Peace Organization or simply Pathways To Peace (PTP) is an international peacebuilding
, educational, and consulting organization which has consultative status
with the United Nations
. It was incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, not-for-profit
, non-partisan
organization, and was granted official UN Peace Messenger status
in 1987.
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding is a term used within the international development community to describe the processes and activities involved in resolving violent conflict and establishing a sustainable peace....
, educational, and consulting organization which has consultative status
Consultative Status
Consultative Status is a phrase whose use can be traced to the founding of the United Nations and is used within the UN community to refer to "Non-governmental organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council." Also some international organizations could...
with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. It was incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, not-for-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, non-partisan
Nonpartisan
In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event, organization or person in which there is no formally declared association with a political party affiliation....
organization, and was granted official UN Peace Messenger status
United Nations Messengers of Peace
United Nations Messenger of Peace is a title bestowed by the United Nations to "distinguished individuals, carefully selected from the fields of art, music, literature and sports, who have agreed to help focus worldwide attention on the work of the United Nations.The messengers are initially chosen...
in 1987.