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So far, some 35 countries are in the Global Alliance community, over half of which have active campaigns for ministries or departments of peace underway. Others are in the planning stages, and still others are in the exploratory stage. And some countries, such as Nepal and the Solomon Islands, already have ministries of peace.
Within the United States, Peace Partnership International works closely with The Peace Alliance, which is spearheading the nationwide, grassroots campaign to support legislation in Congress to establish a U.S. Department of Peace.
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The Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace, in which Peace Partnership International is a co-founder and active participant, is a worldwide community of individuals and organizations working to support and encourage the institutional expression of a culture of peace in governments around the world. The Global Alliance's 
Corina Simon manages the secretariat for the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace and is a peaceworker with the 
Peace Partnership International's United Nations Representative Anne Creter also works closely within the Quaker community to gain support for a U.S. Department of Peace. Recently, she published an article about the campaign in the July 2008 issue of Friends Journal. 
The Government of Costa Rica has agreed to officially host the Fourth Global Summit for Ministries and Departments of Peace, which will take place in that country in September 2009. This marks the first Summit to have such official recognition from the government of a host country.
African delegates to the Global Summit for Ministries and Departments of Peace in Japan in September 2007 founded the African Alliance for Peace. May 2008 provided three opportunities for Peace Partnership International to assist the African Alliance for Peace to develop its capacity to grow and thrive:
The Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace held its Third Global Summit in Japan, September 21-October 3, 2007. The Summit was attended by 50 people from 21 countries on six continents (see photo) and included a six-day conference in Kisarazu, which opened on the International Day of Peace, followed by press conferences, public symposiums, and other public outreach events in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Okinawa.
The purpose of the Summit was to strengthen and grow the international movement for government departments of peace and ministries for peace. Forty activists from 12 countries came together for the two-day Summit, which was preceded by two days of training on the latest concepts and practices in peacebuilding and conflict transformation around the world. The group agreed to form an international initiative for departments of peace by coordinating efforts, sharing information, and encouraging expansion to and inclusion of similar efforts in other countries.It was also agreed to proceed with planning for the Victoria Summit in June 2006, with several countries lining up to host future Summits.