10 Percent For All
A global campaign to cut military spending, reframe security, and invest in humanity
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Keep readingA global campaign to cut military spending, reframe security, and invest in humanity
Redefine security by shifting resources from militaries to what truly keeps us safe.
Reduce the harm caused by militaries and militarization.
Maximize the positive impact of public investment in alternative forms of security and care.
Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers.
A 10% reduction in military budgets worldwide would free up 270 billion USD every year. This amount could, for example, be enough to:
End world hunger
USD 39-50 billions
Cover half the annual gap in climate financing needed in the Global South
USD 165.5 billions
Still leave billions of dollars available for domestic medical care, infrastructure, and other social welfare programs
Member States should commit to reducing the human cost of weapons by moving away from overly securitized and militarized approaches to peace, reducing military spending and enacting measures to foster human-centred disarmament.
UN Secretary General António Guterres
A New Agenda for Peace
United Nations, 2023
Leaders of the 21st century must deliver on their promises to invest in the future and start investing in books, education and hope, rather than in weapons, war and conflicts.
Malala Yousafzai
2015
