Global Peace Summit ends with ‘Love Letter to Humanity' Charter
Sheikh Nahayan highlights wisdom as the foundation of peace
Opening the second day of the summit with a keynote address, then Chief Guest, Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Co-existence, said:
'It will be our wisdom that will bring about and strengthen peace among nations and will promote and ensure respect and human rights for everyone. It will be our wisdom that will allow us to resolve conflicts through peaceful means.'
Citing examples of the wisdom of the UAE leaders, Sheikh Nahayan said their wisdom has made the UAE a country of progress, prosperity, and stability.
'It will be our wisdom that will ensure an economic prosperity that will reach everyone in the future and lead to better living conditions for all regions of the world,'
adding that
'our wisdom that will make our cultural, economic and religious diversity a basis for mutual respect and for enhancing our capacity to bring great change as we act together.'
Peace Charter to be presented to the United Nations
Later in the day, Nobel laureates reinforced the call for a peaceful and just world through a Peace Charter –
'A Love Letter to Humanity'
– which will be presented to the United Nations, said Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Chairman of the I am Peacekeeper Movement, the organisers of the Summit.
Charter calls for justice, equality, and human dignity
The joint Peace Charter said in its preamble: 'Peace is not merely the absence of conflict but the presence of justice, love, and peace, commit to upholding the principles that foster harmony, progress, and human equality for all. We believe that true peace can only thrive when guided by fairness, open dialogue, and unwavering dedication to justice, love, and freedom.'
Twelve Nobel laureates sign historic peace pledge
The 12 Nobel laureates who took the historic peace pledge included:
Abdesattar Ben Moussa (Tunisia, 2015)
Houcine Abbasi (Tunisia, 2015)
Jose Manuel Ramos Horta (East Timor, 1996)
Kailash Satyarthi (India, 2014)
Lech Walesa (Poland, 1983)
Leymah Gbowee (Liberia, 2011)
Mohamed Fadhel Mahfoudh (Tunisia, 2015)
Prof. Mohan Munasinghe (Sri Lanka, 2007)
Nadia Murad (Iraq, 2018)
Oscar Arias Sanchez (Costa Rica, 1987)
Ouided Bouchamaoui (Tunisia, 2015)
Dr. Shirin Ebadi (Iran, 2003)
Upholding fundamental human values
The Peace Charter reinforced the importance of justice, equality, fairness, open dialogue, knowledge, the right to education and dignity, leadership, compassion, and action.
Foundations of inner peace
The charter also emphasised the need to foster the seven human values of:
Gratitude, Forgiveness, Love, Humility, Giving, Patience, and Truth, describing them as the
foundation of inner peace
.
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