Jain Spirit 2003 06 No 15

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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GLOBAL NEWS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
The 5th International Conference on Peace Non-violent Action organized by ANUVIBHA was successfully held at Rajsamand and Mumbai from the 23rd to 28th February 2003. The conference on Peace and Non-violent Action for the Children of the World was held in furtherance of the United Nations resolution to dedicate the Decade 2001 to 2010 to promoting a Culture of Peace and Non-violence among the world's children. The conference was attended by 26 overseas delegates from twelve countries and 70 Indian delegates representing several prestigious organizations. The ambience was one of creative freedom, fraternity, and perceptible and pronounced spirituality. What came out loud and clear from the conference was a united voice upholding universal peace and non-
beliefs to be implemented in the coming months and years. Principal among these was the need for the design of a unified global approach to children's education that reflects the importance of nature, environment and living creatures; the increased implementation of Mahatma Gandhi's practice of Civil Disobedience and Non-violent Resistance in the face of violent conflict, particularly where the lives of children are threatened; and the *Science of Living' as propounded by Jain leaders Acharya Tulsi and Acharya Mahapragya to be more widely circulated so that our children are educated in the core tenets of nonviolence. For further information on the detail of the 2003 Rajsamand Declararation please visit: http://www.anuvibha.org
Chief Guest Dr. S. N. Subbarao lights the
ceremonial lamp at the ANUVIBHA conference
violence everywhere and at all times. The conference unanimously resolved what has become known as the 2003 Rajsamand Declaration: a set of core
BEAUTY WITHOUT CRUELTY
The week commencing 16 June 2003 give up animal-tested toiletries for sees the launch of the first ever National seven days as part of the Cruelty Free Cruelty Free Week, by the British Challenge. BUAV has also updated its Union for the Abolition of Vivisection popular Little Book of Cruelty Free, a (BUAV).
The week aims to promote two of BUAV's key campaigns: to place a worldwide ban on animal testing for the production of cosmetics, and to raise public awareness about the issue. Despite animal testing being abolished in the UK, it is still a wide-spread issue in many other parts of the world. Unfortunately, the recent test ban brought in by the European Union will not come into effect until 2009, nor will the law be passed to ban the sale of animal tested products until 2013 at the consumer guide providing information earliest.
about non-animal tested products. The "Beauty without cruelty' is the only book also applauds ethical anti-animal way forward, so why not encourage testing companies, such as the Co-op. family members and friends to follow | Anita Roddick's Body Shop this philosophy, and challenge them to International, Montagne Jeunesse and
Liz Earle.
Products such as these have also been approved by the Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS), launched in
1998 and defined as "the world's only reliable and international kite mark for cosmetics and toiletries that aren't tested on animals". HCS simply states that companies who join in must no longer conduct or commission animal testing and must not purchase items from suppliers selling animal tested products after a fixed cut off date. HCS operates in several EU countries including the UK,
Belgium, France, Sweden, Italy and Finland, as well as the USA and Canada. Its 'rabbit and stripes logo is an effective way for consumers to select products that have met HCS's rigorous standards. For further information, visit www.buay.org
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