§ 4601. — Congressional declaration of findings and purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4601]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 56--UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
Sec. 4601. Congressional declaration of findings and purposes
(a) The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) a living institution embodying the heritage, ideals, and
concerns of the American people for peace would be a significant
response to the deep public need for the Nation to develop fully a
range of effective options, in addition to armed capacity, that can
leash international violence and manage international conflict;
(2) people throughout the world are fearful of nuclear war, are
divided by war and threats of war, are experiencing social and
cultural hostilities from rapid international change and real and
perceived conflicts over interests, and are diverted from peace by
the lack of problem-solving skills for dealing with such conflicts;
(3) many potentially destructive conflicts among nations and
peoples have been resolved constructively and with cost efficiency
at the international, national, and community levels through proper
use of such techniques as negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and
arbitration;
(4) there is a national need to examine the disciplines in the
social, behavioral, and physical sciences and the arts and
humanities with regard to the history, nature, elements, and future
of peace processes, and to bring together and develop new and tested
techniques to promote peaceful economic, political, social, and
cultural relations in the world;
(5) existing institutions providing programs in international
affairs, diplomacy, conflict resolution, and peace studies are
essential to further development of techniques to promote peaceful
resolution of international conflict, and the peacemaking activities
of people in such institutions, government, private enterprise, and
voluntary associations can be strengthened by a national institution
devoted to international peace research, education and training, and
information services;
(6) there is a need for Federal leadership to expand and support
the existing international peace and conflict resolution efforts of
the Nation and to develop new comprehensive peace education and
training programs, basic and applied research projects, and programs
providing peace information;
(7) the Commission on Proposals for the National Academy of
Peace and Conflict Resolution, created by the Education Amendments
of 1978, recommended establishing an academy as a highly desirable
investment to further the Nation's interest in promoting
international peace;
(8) an institute strengthening and symbolizing the fruitful
relation between the world of learning and the world of public
affairs, would be the most efficient and immediate means for the
Nation to enlarge its capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of
international conflicts; and
(9) the establishment of such an institute is an appropriate
investment by the people of this Nation to advance the history,
science, art, and practice of international peace and the resolution
of conflicts among nations without the use of violence.
(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish an independent,
nonprofit, national institute to serve the people and the Government
through the widest possible range of education and training, basic and
applied research opportunities, and peace information services on the
means to promote international peace and the resolution of conflicts
among the nations and peoples of the world without recourse to violence.
(Pub. L. 98-525, title XVII, Sec. 1702, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2649.)
References in Text
The Education Amendments of 1978, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), is
Pub. L. 95-561, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2143, as amended. Part B
(Secs. 1511-1519) of title XV of Pub. L. 95-561, which provided for the
Commission on Proposals for the National Academy of Peace and Conflict
Resolution, was set out as a note under section 1123 of Title 20,
Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title of 1978 Amendment note under section 6301 of Title 20 and
Tables.
Short Title
Section 1701 of title XVII of Pub. L. 98-525 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `United States
Institute of Peace Act'.''
