24-04-2025
From Dubai to world: Peace summit declares vision for harmony, equality
Dubai: As many as 12 Nobel Laureates promoted unity and compassion through a Peace Charter at the Global Justice, Love, and Peace Summit – one of the the world's largest peace conferences.
Titled 'A Love Letter to Humanity', the charter highlighted that true peace can only thrive when guided by fairness, open dialogue, and an unwavering dedication to justice, love, and freedom.
Peaceful means
'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,' Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Tolerance and Co-existence, in his keynote address.
Citing examples of the UAE leadership's wisdom, Sheikh Nahayan noted that it has made the UAE a country of progress, prosperity, and stability.
Economic prosperity
'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,' he said, noting: '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.'
The charter by the Nobel Laureates will be presented to the United Nations, according to Dr Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Chairman of the 'I am Peacekeeper' Movement.
Joint Charter
The joint charter stated 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.'
The Nobel Laureates who took the historic peace pledge included human rights activist Abdessattar Ben Moussa, educationist Houcine Abbasi (both from Tunisia), Jose Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Indian social activist Kailash Satyarthi, Lech Wałęsa, former President of Poland, Leymah Gbowee from Liberia, and Mohamed Fadhel Mahfoudh, President of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers, among others.
