{"id":1721,"date":"2021-01-29T19:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demilitarize.org.uk\/staging\/1381\/?page_id=1721"},"modified":"2021-03-24T18:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:42:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demilitarize.org.uk\/staging\/1381\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GCOMS-UK is the British branch of the Global Campaign on Military Spending<\/a>, launched by the International Peace Bureau<\/a> in 2014. Activities in the UK in fact began in 2011, the year that the IPB began its Global Days of Action on Military Spending<\/a>, an annual event that later grew into the year-round, permanent campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GCOMS-UK is a coalition of non-governmental organisations<\/a> working at local, regional and national level on a wide range of related issues. It is coordinated by a Steering Group drawn from the Supporting Organisations. We have a part-time Coordinator helping knit together the diverse efforts of the coalition members. We gratefully acknowledge support for this position from the Lansbury House Trust Fund.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission Statement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We come together, as people concerned with peace, social justice, healthcare and environmental justice, to call for a new approach to our common security that will tackle the real problems of our world; an approach which addresses the root causes of conflict, including environmental problems, healthcare, inequality and access to resources. Military responses, with their real and hidden costs, do not help; they threaten human security.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We call for:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n