Brussels Statement on Military Spending

“If we want to give peace a real chance, we have to give it a real budget”.In 2015 global military spending was 1500 billion euro. This is a disproportionate amount of money, which could be far better spent to ensure security for people. ‘The world is over-armed and peace is underfunded’, stated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2012.FULL STATEMENT HERE