Committee of 100 (Finland)

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The Committee of 100 in Finland (Sadankomitea in Finnish) was founded in 1963,{{cite web|title=Sadankomita – Committee of 100 in Finland|url=https://iansa.org/member/sadankomita-committee-of-100-in-finland/|publisher=IANSA}} based on the model of the Committee of 100 in Great Britain.{{cite web|title=Featured affiliate: Committee of 100 Finland|url=https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2020/featured-affiliate-committee-100-finland|publisher=War Resisters International}}

The Committee of 100 has been one of foremost organizations of the peace movement in Finland, especially in the 1960s.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

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Since 1966 the Committee of 100 has helped publish the magazine Ydin{{cite web|title=Mikä Ydin?|url=https://ydinlehti.fi/mika-ydin/|publisher=Ydin}} and, since 2007, the online magazine Pax;{{cite web|title=Pax-lehti|url=http://www.kaapeli.fi/~comof100/pax.htm|publisher=Kaapeli}} it also organises seminars, distributes pamphlets, and lobbies for peace and human rights. It has particularly criticised Finland's refusal to participate in international treaties banning cluster bombs.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Active persons in the Committee of 100 have included the former Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.{{cite web|url=http://www.tuomioja.org/henkilotiedot|title=Tuomioja.org, henkilötiedot|publisher=Erkki Tuomioja|access-date=7 February 2015}}