International Peace Bureau
International Peace Bureau (IPB) (Bureau international de la paix), founded in 1891, is the world's oldest international peace federation.
IPB was founded under the name Permanent international peace bureau (Bureau international permanent de la paix). From 1912 onward it used the name International Peace Bureau. Between 1946 and 1961, it was known under the name International Liaison Committee of Organizations for Peace – ILCOP (Comité de liaison international des organisations de paix – CLIOP).
The organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 " as a link between the peace societies of the various countries". In 1913 Henri La Fontaine was also awarded the Prize " head of the International Peace Bureau". As of 2012, eleven other Nobel Peace Prize lauretes have been members of the IPB.
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“Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace to this house!’ And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 10:5,6.
“If this bureau had a prayer for use around horse parks, it would go something like this: Lead us not among bleeding-hearts to whom horses are cute or sweet or adorable, and deliver us from horse-lovers. Amen.... With that established, let’s talk about the death of Seabiscuit the other night. It isn’t mawkish to say, there was a racehorse, a horse that gave race fans as much pleasure as any that ever lived and one that will be remembered as long and as warmly.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)