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Peace and Conflict Resolution scholars and foreign affairs practitioners convened at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School’s Point of View research and retreat facility in Mason Neck, Virginia issued the following appeal to the conflicting parties in Ukraine: Ìý
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All parties to this conflict are now hurting. ÌýThe costs in human life and suffering are mounting and the damaging effects of the conflict are rippling around the world. ÌýIt is high time for the parties to agree to an immediate and complete cessation of hostilities. ÌýContinuing the struggle inevitably multiplies the damage and poses increasing risks that nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction may be used. Ìý
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Along with the U.N. Secretary General, we believe that conditions now exist for negotiating an agreement acceptable to all parties. ÌýThe parties should therefore set about negotiating a comprehensive peace agreement with no preconditions. ÌýÌý
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We call on the international community to support peace as it emerges, offering humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding support for the long-term process of recovery. Ìý Ìý
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In addition, it is imperative that all OSCE Participating States commit to a throughgoing review of the existing security architecture. ÌýThis review should begin immediately with a view to updating the Helsinki Final Act and other security agreements at the OSCE’s forthcoming 50th Anniversary in Helsinki in 2025. Ìý
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Signatories are listed below. ÌýOthers are invited to join the statement and to distribute it widely. ÌýTo be added as a signatory, please .
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John M. Evans
Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia

Jeffrey Sachs
Ä¢¹½AV Professor at Columbia Ä¢¹½AV

Jack F. Matlock, Jr.Ìý
U.S. Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91

Richard Falk
Professor of International Studies, Emeritus, Princeton Ä¢¹½AV

Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (Ret.)

Alpasian Ozerdem
Dean, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Christopher R. Mitchell
Professor Emeritus, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Susan H. Allen
Director, Center for Peacemaking Practice, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Richard E. Rubenstein
Ä¢¹½AV Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Karina Korostelina
Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Sergey Utkin, Leading Researcher, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Daniel Rothbart
Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Prabha Sankaranarayan
President and CEO, Mediators Beyond Borders International

Hugh DeSantis
Former career office, U.S. State Department, Author

Sara Cobb
Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Dr. Margarita Tadevosyan
Research Assistant Professor
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Ivan Kislenko
Fulbright ScholarÌý

Alex van Oss
(Former) Coordinator, Caucasus Area Studies
Foreign Service Institute

Michael Shank
Adjunct Professor at New York Ä¢¹½AV's Center for Global Affairs and George Mason Ä¢¹½AV's Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Dr. Lara OlsonÌý
Consultant, Peacebuilding and Conflict Sensitive DevelopmentÌý
Research Fellow, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies (CMSS), Ä¢¹½AV of Calgary, Canada

David Carment
Professor of International Affairs, Carleton Ä¢¹½AV, Ottawa, Canada
Fellow, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy,Ìý

Cynthia LazaroffÌý
Founder and Director, Women Transforming Our Nuclear LegacyÌý

Omar Grech
Director, Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution, Ä¢¹½AV of Malta

Rene Wadlow
President, Association of World Citizens

Kevin Avruch
Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution Emeritus
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

Peggy Mason
Former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the United NationsÌý
Current President of the Rideau InstituteÌý

Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa
Editor, Transcend Media Service

Jake Lynch
Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies
The Ä¢¹½AV of Sydney

Diane Perlman
U.S. Convenor, TRANSCEND

John Scales Avery, PhD

Michael Loadenthal
Executive Director, The Peace and Justice Association

Jeremy Wildeman
Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Professor at the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton Ä¢¹½AV; and in International Development Studies, Trent Ä¢¹½AV

J.M. Flagg
Chicago, Illinois

Jan Oberg, dr hc, director
The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, TFF
Lund, Sweden

Dr. Mary Wade
Founder, Building Respect in Community (BRIC), Philadelphia, PA

Professor Marianna Muravyeva
Russian Law and AdministrationÌý
For Legal and Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Faculty of Law, Ä¢¹½AV of Helsinki

Tatsushi Arai
Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State Ä¢¹½AV

Dr. Paula GarbÌý
Ä¢¹½AV of California, Irvine Center for Citizen Peacebuilding

Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah
Advisory Board Member and Part-Time Faculty, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Sean Howard
Adjunct Prof. of Political Science, Cape Breton Ä¢¹½AV

Douglas Irvin-Eriksen
Assistant Professor, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Dr. Peter Langille
Director, Sustainable Common Security

Marie Myers Lloyd
Member, Ceasefire.ca

Nicholas Ourusoff
Educator in Computer Science, Chomskian Activist

Dr. Gordon Yanchyshyn
Psychiatrist

Connie Duchene
Council of Canadians

Emmanuel K. Akyempong
Graduating Senior, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Irene McPhee
Mother, Grandmother, Human

Dr. Paul Owen
Retiring Politician, Counselor

David Parnas

Phyllis Creighton
Honorary Life Member, Science for Peace

Sara Petite

Eleanor Coffey

Larry Kazdan
Global Citizen

Crl Boychuk

Sk. Tawfique M. Haque, PhD.Ìý
Professor and Director South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS) Chair, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Katherine LiÌý
Assistant Professor, Department of English & Modern Languages Adviser, Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Ambassador Shahidul HaqueÌý
Professorial Fellow South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Abdul WohabÌý
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology Coordinator, Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Ishrat Zakia SultanaÌý
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. M Jashim UddinÌý
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Bulbul SiddiquiÌý
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Helal Mohd. MohiuddinÌý
Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Harisur RahmanÌý
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Md Rizwanul IslamÌý
Professor & Chair, Department of Law, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Norman K. SwazoÌý
Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Ahmed HossainÌý
Professor, Department of Public health, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Nova AhmedÌý
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Raymond Kwun-Sun LauÌý
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Mohammed NuruzzamanÌý
Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Ms. Parisa ShakurÌý
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Tata ZafarÌý
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Tasmia NowerÌý
Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. HasanuzzamanÌý
Assistant Director, Office of External Affairs, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Md. JakariyaÌý
Professor, Department if Environmental Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Mizanur RahmanÌý
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Fahd Bin ZahedÌý
Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Dr. Tasnuva EnamÌý
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of History and Philosophy, North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Farin Shabnam RituÌý
Research Associate, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South Ä¢¹½AV Ìý

Md. Parvez Hasan YousufÌý
Research Associate, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Rudmila KhanÌý
Research Associate, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South Ä¢¹½AVÌý

Miad IslamÌý
Research Assistant, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and Center for Peace Studies (CPS), North South Ä¢¹½AV
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