of mass destruction. During their annual meeting, European members from different branches of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation issued the Declaration of Prali, in occasion of the Global day of Action on Military Spending, 17 April 2012. The Peace and Constitution Committee Working Group promotes actions to raise awareness on the article 9 of the Japanese Constitution which denounces war and war-preparation activities. Gender justice In 2006 IFOR adopted a Gender Policy in which IFOR recognizes that there is a continuum of violence against women that must be confronted, from family violence in the private sphere to armed conflict in the public sphere. Unequal power relations between women and men are one root of violence, conflict and militarization, where women are often severely abused. Gender justice means that women and men can equally contribute to and benefit from peace building, non-violent conflict resolution and reconciliation. This gender policy recognizes that gender equality is an integral part of IFOR's fundamental values and is a core spiritual value. A transformation of the power relations between women and men is a prerequisite for a culture of peace and non-violence, and must be promoted throughout IFOR. The Women Peacemaker Program (WPP) is an IFOR program that works to ensure the possibility for women's access to peace negotiations and promotes the application of IFOR's Gender Policy. The successful program has been institutionalized by the end of 2012. International representation IFOR maintains permanent representatives at the United Nations (UN) in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Paris (UNESCO) who regularly participate in conferences and meetings of UN bodies, providing testimony and expertise from different regional perspectives, promoting non-violent alternatives in the fields of human rights, development, and disarmament. IFOR has observer and consultative status to the United Nations, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and UNESCO organizations. Presidents Al Hassler Diana Francis (1988–1996) Marie-Pierre Bovy (1992–1996) Akadim Chikandamina (1996–2000) Virginia Baron (2000–2002) Jonathan Sisson (2002–2006) Jan Schacke (2006–2010) Hans Ulrich Gerber (2010–2014) Davorka Lovrekovic (2014–2018) Lotta Sjöström Becker (2018–present) Nobel Peace Prizes Six Nobel Peace Prize recipients are members of IFOR: Jane Addams (1931) Emily Greene Balch (1946) Chief Albert Luthuli (1960) Martin Luther King Jr. (1964) Mairead Corrigan-Maguire (1976) Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1980) See also International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace List of anti-war organizations List of peace activists References External links IFOR Centennial Celebration, 1–3 August 2014 List of papers of John Nevin Sayre