We the undersigned citizens of the North West of Ireland commit ourselves to building just, democratic and peaceful communities, free from violence and oppression.

We acknowledge that Human Rights are Universal Rights and the struggle for a Just Peace is a universal concern.

We shall not secure peace and justice at the expense of other individuals or communities wherever they reside in the world.

We commit ourselves to building a peace-based economy, founded on principles of solidarity, sharing and justice. We recognise that this commitment will demand that we maintain vigilance in the face of any attempt to introduce military production facilities to the region. Our vigilance must extend also to the activities of those who would dishonestly represent their products and services as ‘dual purpose’, with incidental military applications.

Remembering all victims of violence, visible and invisible, we dedicate ourselves to building free, local democratic and just institutions to release new energies to create a millennium of human solidarity and peace making across the earth. Our local energy and resources will be directed to the encouragement and facilitation of dialogue and understanding, in the pursuit of non-violent conflict transformation and resolution.

We reject all co-operation and support for those who directly or indirectly benefit from the international arms trade, militarism and a profitable culture of insecurity. We commit ourselves to building a peace-based regional economy, where local jobs and quality of life add to the lives of all and do nothing to compromise the lives of Others wherever they live. We assert that all economic decisions demand ethical, humane and environmental considerations.

We shall take practical steps to honour these commitments, including support for ethical investment by our local authorities, public institutions and private companies, fair trade, human rights organisations and campaigns against the arms trade.

We commit ourselves to the real security that can only be realised through the relief of poverty, the globalisation of justice and human solidarity.