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- May Peace Prevail On Earth international -

Allanton Peace Sanctuary is a meeting place of the heart, bringing together people of all faiths & cultures.
Located in the beautiful countryside of Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

 

WHAT’S ON

Events
Maintenance Week - Summer Clean & Harvesting
Aug 5
Maintenance Week - Summer Clean & Harvesting

We are taking time out in the summer season to give a bit of care to the house and grounds, and appreciate the bounty of the garden.

Maintenance Week - Deep Clean and Decorating
Nov 11
Maintenance Week - Deep Clean and Decorating

We need your help…
At the end of a busy year, after hundreds of visitors, we invite volunteers to help tidy up and redecorate.

 

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May peace be in Liechtenstein. May all living beings in Liechtenstein have peace. “The ultra-discreet Principality of Liechtenstein is Europe’s least-visited country, inhabited by the fewest people (population of 37,000) and with very little land (62 square miles), … squeezed into half a valley between Austria and Switzerland” (The Independent). Much of Liechtenstein’s great wealth – average annual income is just over $140,000, the highest GDP per person in the world (The Guardian & Independent) – comes from its status as a tax haven with a reputation for secrecy and security, managing trusts for the world’s wealthiest people (including Russian oligarchs, the late Robert Maxwell and the Saudi Royal Family) and has “more registered companies than citizens” (The Independent). In 2009, following G20 pressure, Liechtenstein agreed to share financial information with other countries, wishing to become a legitimate financial centre (BBC) and was removed from the OECD's list of uncooperative countries, “[portraying] itself as taking action against fraud, tax evasion and money laundering” (The Independent). Infinite integrity, goodness and oneness. Liechtenstein is a constitutional monarchy. The Prince is the richest royal in Europe: valued at $4.4bn and his family own the private banking group The Liechtenstein Global Trust, which provides much of the country’s wealth. In 2003, he won “the power to veto parliamentary decisions and to sack the government” (BBC), having threatened to move to Austria if the referendum did not go his way (The Independent). In 2011, intending to use his veto in a referendum that could decriminalise abortion, the Crown Prince sparked a campaign for a new referendum on the power of veto (BBC). In 2012, over 76% “voted overwhelmingly in favour of the hereditary monarch's right to ignore the results of their referendums.” (The Guardian). May peace be with Prince Hans-Adam II, Crown Prince Alois and Prime Minister Adrian Hasler. Please join our message for peace by adding your comment “May Peace be in Liechtenstein”. #maypeaceprevailonearth #peacepoleproject #allantonpeacepole #allantonpeacesanctuary #liechtenstein🇱🇮
May peace be in Lesotho. May all living beings in Lesotho have peace. Lesotho is a small country of 2.2 million people living on a highland plateau (over 1400m) and surrounded by South Africa. From a human development perspective, Lesotho suffers from difficult farming conditions in its upland areas (BBC), few job opportunities with thousands of economic migrants working in South African mines (The Independent) some of which are illegal and dangerous (The Guardian), a high prevalence of HIV coupled with cultural taboos that make diagnosis and treatment difficult (The Guardian), and a trend for political instability with military intervention (The Conversation). “Diamonds and water are Lesotho's main export earners.” (BBC) In the 1990s the Katse Dam was built to provide domestic hydroelectric and water for export (only) to South Africa (The Independent). May peace be in South Africa. High-end diamonds mined in Lesotho have been valued at up to $40m each! May peace be with Arron Banks, Gem, Firestone and other mining companies (The Guardian & The Telegraph). Lesotho invests 3.9% of government expenditure on its military – just 3000 soldiers that have “no significant security function”. This expense, when Lesotho has high levels of poverty, and the military’s history of being used by politicians to interfere in the democratic process, suggests demilitarisation would enormously benefit Lesotho (The Conversation). May peace be with Prime minister Thomas Thabane, Pakalitha Mosisili and the Lesotho military. Please join our message for peace by adding your comment “May Peace be in Lesotho”. #maypeaceprevailonearth #peacepoleproject #allantonpeacepole #allantonpeacesanctuary #lesotho🇱🇸
May peace be in Seychelles. May all living beings in Seychelles have peace. This Archipelago, in the western Indian Ocean, is dependent upon fisheries and tourism (The Guardian). India has signed a 20-year pact with the Seychelles to build a naval base on Assumption Island and to cooperate in operations against piracy, illegal fishing, drug and human trafficking. May peace be in India and China. Both are increasing their ‘strategic footprint in the Indo-Pacific’ forming military pacts with islands on global shipping lanes (The Independent). A conservation finance deal, completed in 2016, is enabling Seychelles’ national debt to be converted into the creation of Marine Protection Zones. Two large contiguous areas, now legally recognised from April 2019, will cover 26% of the Seychelles’ Exclusive Economic Zone and Territorial Sea from 2021. The intention is to increase the resiliency of marine ecosystems to climate change, whilst ensuring prosperity through sustainable activities. Areas will be given protection from damaging commercial activities, whilst allowing sustainable ‘Blue Economy’ artisanal domestic fisheries, sport fishing, tourism, and so on, to continue in certain areas (The Nature Conservancy). Revisions are expected every five years, and there are concerns that the Assumption military base and pressure for marine oil prospecting may undermine the protection (The Guardian). Infinite gratitude for the good work of The Nature Conservancy and to the public and private donors. May peace be with President Danny Faure. May peace be in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Italy. Please join our message for peace by adding your comment “May Peace be in Seychelles”. #maypeaceprevailonearth #peacepoleproject #allantonpeacepole #allantonpeacesanctuary
The Summer meadow surrounds the circles of our Peace Pole Henge, holding it gently in this space. #maypeaceprevailonearth #allantonpeacepole #peacepoleproject #allantonpeacesanctuary