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I.O.P.
STATEMENT ON PEACE (1986) FOR
THE FORTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
UNITED NATIONS |
September 1986
Secretariat for the
International Year of Peace
UNITED NATIONS, New York, N.Y. 10017
Psychophysiology is the
biomedical science which studies the brain-behavior-environment
interrelationships of human beings.
The INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY emphasizes that a realistic
contribution to the understanding and resolution of human conflicts
can be achieved through the investigation of brain-behavior-environment
interrelationships leading to war and peace.
The crucial issue here is
that hostility and war is transmitted by the environment through the
senses to the human brain. Consequently, war and peace should be
examined at their human roots. A careful analytical synthesis of the
available neurobehavioral knowledge can provide very meaningful
insights for the understanding and resolution of human conflicts and
the achievement of Peace. Individual and collective learning of
aggression, violence, insecurity, despair, deception and the
inability to find wise solutions are based on complex
psychophysiological mechanisms.
The most important goal
and indeed challenge, facing human beings of the twenty-first
century is to understand and use their own brain for humane and
progressive behavior including the achievement of Peace.
In regards to Peace, the
role of the United Nations should be to integrate the expertise of
scientists with the public representation of politicians into a
unified "political will" in collaboration with national and
international sources so that, we may one day bring about a new
international order for peaceful behavior and positive development.
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