And it is the example of Africans -- from Liberia to Mozambique to Sierra Leone -- that after the darkness of war, there can be a new day of peace and progress.
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To you and to the people of Ireland, America is grateful for our shared past, hopeful for our common future, and I assure you we will be a faithful partner in the work of progress and prosperity, and a just a lasting peace.
Add to the mix published reports that General David Petraeus - one of America's most prominent military officers as the four-star commander of Central Command and a leading architect of the Iraq surge - sees the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" as a threat to American servicemen and women in his area of responsibility.
In other meetings, ministers condemned the resumption of nuclear testing, commended progress in the Arab-Israeli peace process and examined the question of nuclear-arms proliferation.
And real peace can turn this boom into a permanent era of progress and hope.
In Bosnia, ICG's task is to monitor and comment on the progress of the Dayton peace accord.
We want to work together with you to have all the peace, prosperity and progress of the whole world.
That, and Palestinian and Arab reaction, could scupper hopes of progress towards peace.
When Secretary of State Colin Powell testified last week before a House committee, he said it was Palestinian attacks on Israel and a lack of Palestinian peace proposals that have kept progress from being made toward a peace agreement.
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"I'm sure this will be for peace, for progress and for the well-being of the Afghan people, " Karzai said.
With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations.
Within these celebrations lies the promise of a new day, the promise of opportunity for our children, security for our families, progress for our communities, and peace between nations.
But he will now be expected to spend considerable time in the region as the Bush administration attempts to secure progress towards the ultimate goal of separate Israeli and Palestinian states living side by side in peace.
The Europeans and Americans blame each other, as well as the warring parties, for lack of progress towards peace in Sudan.
Labour's shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Vernon Coaker, said the 15th anniversary was an opportunity "to reflect on the progress made since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, and to renew our commitment to working for peace and prosperity".
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