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International Fellowship of Reconciliation (671 words) |
 | Although organized on a national and regional basis, IFOR seeks to overcome the division of nation states which are often the source of conflict and violence. |
| IFOR members share a vision of a world where conflicts are resolved through nonviolent means, where systems that foster fear and hatred are dismantled, and where justice is sought as a basis for peace. |
| IFOR maintains permanent representatives at the United Nations (UN) in New York, Geneva and Vienna who regularly participate in conferences and meetings of UN bodies, providing testimony and expertise from different regional perspectives, promoting non-violent alternatives in the fields of human rights, development, and disarmament. |
| Prof. Dr. Ifor James (459 words) |
| Ifor's father was the top cornet player in Britain and his mother was Ena Mitchell, the soprano (one of the original soloists in Ralph Vaughan-Williams' "Ode to Music"). |
| Ifor himself started to play the cornet at the age of four, later taking up the piano and organ and becoming assistant organist at Carlisle Cathedral during his teens. |
| Ifor has a long and distinguished career as a teacher and he has been a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. |
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