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SERVICE CIVIL INTERNATIONAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

Service Civil International (SCI) is voluntary service organisation with 33 branches and groups worldwide. The aims are to promote peace, international understanding and solidarity, social justice, sustainable development, and respect for the environment. SCI believes that all the people are capable of living together with mutual respect and without recourse to any form of violence to solve conflicts. The organisation was founded in 1920.

OBS

Service Civil International was previously referred to in English as International Voluntary Service (IVS), this now refers only to Great Britain and Northern Ireland branches.

OBS

Secondary title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the Authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
OBS

Le Service civil international a pour but de créer entre les peuples, par l'entraide, un esprit nouveau qui rendrait moralement impossible l'attaque d'un peuple par ses voisins devenus sincèrement ses amis. Son but final est d'obtenir le remplacement des services militaires nationaux par un Service civil international.

OBS

Appellation extraite du document intitulé «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Key term(s)
  • Fonction publique internationale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
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