It will put peace work on a fast track, and focus it on a common objective or worthwhile cause. It will include action to support participatory communications, networking and the free flow and sharing of information and knowledge. Education is the principal means to build a Culture of Peace, and hence action would be taken to develop education, training, and research for peace and non-violence. Ultimately, informed voters can provide direction to our leaders motivating them to take the necessary action to build peace in our communities and world. The first country to do this could then provide a working model to others and speak from experience.
Violence is a disease.
We 'simply' have to innoculate all the children of the world. We can learn from the Polioplus program, whereby the World Health Organization and partners are working to eradicate polio from the face of the earth by 2005. This was once also thought to be an impossible task, but we are now reaching this monumental goal. The Formula For Peace applies equally to building peace at the individual, family, community, national and world levels. What we learn at one level, we can often apply at the other levels.