International Parliament for Safety and Peace

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The International Parliament for Safety and Peace (IPSP), also known as International States Parliament, is an international organization based in Palermo, Sicily, Italy with a moderate activity profile in the pursuit of safety and peace, next to an active profile in the distribution of honors to people and organizations. The organization was founded on 15 December 1975 by the Cypriot archbishop Makarios III to address the increasingly uncertain situation in Cyprus then. Later on the IPSP opened up to the quest for peace everywhere in the world, especially in the Americas and Africa.^{[citation needed]} Viktor Busá is its current president.

The International Parliament consists of two chambers: The High Chamber with 400 Senators and the Deputies Assembly with 800 Deputies. Senators and Deputies are elected every five years by the supreme Council of Presidents (see [1] ) . They may be confirmed for consecutive terms future elections. Every two years the International Parliament organizes the Safety and Peace Conference in the Mediterranean, attended by diplomats and politicians from all over the world. During the conference opening, the President awards the Peace Trophy to the heads of State who distinguished themselves with their peace efforts (see e.g. [2] and [3] ) . The Peace Trophy as much as positions like Vice-President are given to Presidents of Sovereign States in order to involve them into Peace efforts and to oblige them merely by social means to serve Safety and Peace and to be moderate in their political decisions.

The organization has recognized several private unaccredited institutions of higher education, often referred to as diploma mills, though they are legal entities within their respective jurisdictions as accreditation is not mandatory in every country (see e.g. USA [4] and [5] ) . Among the institutions claiming accreditation from IPSP are Akamai University,^[1] Rutherford University,^[2]^[3] and Weston Reserve University.^[4] Busá is listed with a PhD degree as a special advisor to Rutherford University México.^[5] Nonetheless, it is also noteworthy that the IPSP has introduced cooperation agreements with governmentally accredited universities like the United Nations Peace University in Costa Rica (see [6]) and the Cambodian Mekong University (see [7]).

The organization prides itself in a long list of dignitaries in senator, deputy, and executive positions in global, regional or local chapters. The Dallas Morning News has referred to such a position as bodacious credentials.^[6] The IPSP, however, further hands out medals for arts and as mentioned before an annual trophy for the pursuit of peace. The Peace Trophy has been bestowed upon presidents and former presidents world-wide like e.g. Dr. Carlos Saul Menem , then President of the Republic of Argentina , Lansana Conté, President of the Republic of Guinea , Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo , President of of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Hugo Chavez Frias, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

As of March 2007, the IPSP enjoys a Royal Protectorate by the Royal House of Sharjah , United Arab Emirates (see [8]).

IPSP has had an external representative in attendance at the 13th meeting of the Technical Committee of the Whole of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Abeba in 1992.^[7]

[edit] Associated people

Rafael Correa, Vice President
(+) Joaquín Balaguer, former Second Secretary
Omar Bongo, Grand Chancellor
Viktor Busá, co-founder and President
Luis Castiglioni, General Secretary of the Supreme Council, Senator for Life
Hugo Chávez, Vice President
Lucio Gutiérrez, former Vice-President (2002-2005)
Sérgio Cabral Filho, senator
(+) Spyros Kyprianou, former Secretary General
Leandro Mbomio Nsue, Ambassador at-Large
(+) Makarios III, co-founder
Manuel Pinto da Costa, senator & head of the department for foreign affairs
Vongsak Swasdipanich, senator (since 2008)
Hun Sen, Senator for Life
(+) Mircea Snegur, former senator and member of the supreme council (since 1996)
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Vice president
K. J. Yesudas, senator
Mohan Babu, deputy
(+) Desmond Hoyte, former senator and member of the supreme council
Lansana Conté, Secretary General
Juan Carlos Wasmosy, former Secretary General
Luís Cabral, Deputy Secretary General
Gyorgy Suha, Ambassador-at-Large for Africa
Jackson E. Doe, Deputy Secretary General
Osman Dufle, Deputy Secretary General
Rosalía Arteaga, Ministerial Diplomatic Counsellor
Mário Soares, Deputy Secretary General
(+) Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, former Deputy Secretary
Norodom Sihamoni, supporter
Antero Flores Aráoz, Ambassador to the Americas
Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al-Qassimi, Royal Protector
Leonid Kravchuk, Deputy Secretary

[edit] References

^ Akamai University - International Recognition. Accessed 2008-04-13.
^ Rutherford University :: About. Accessed 2008-04-10.
^ Bear J and Bear MP: Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance. Ten Speed Press, 2003, page 215. ISBN 1580084311
^ Weston Reserve University - Operating Authority & Recognition. Accessed 2008-04-13.
^ Rutherford University México - Personal Académico. Accessed 2008-04-13. (Spanish)
^ Blow S: "This one's a hard pill to swallow." The Dallas Morning News 2001-07-15. Partially accessed 2008-04-13.
^ Kwiatkowska B (editor-in-chief): International Organizations and the Law of the Sea 1992, Documentary Yearbook. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1994, page 232. ISBN 0792326148