Others point out that a similar period in history of surging globalisation ended not in universal peace but the first world war.

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The peer was patron of the Universal Peace Federation, hosting the UN International Women's Day for several years and human rights conferences.

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As such, it's something of a universal gesture of peace.

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Violating military regulations to spread messages of peace in a universal visual language, Banksy animates painting as both image and action.

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The paper recalls that during his previous visits in 1994 and 1998, the Pope preached "a culture of peace inspired by feelings of tolerance and universal solidarity".

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Among the main suggestions made by the contributors, a series of common challenges for peace and dialogue has been identified, including the separation of the political power from the exercise of journalism, the introduction of web-journalism in the university curricula, universal access and affordability of Internet, the promotion of peace initiatives and the need to establish linkages with civil society organizations.

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Worldwide considered as a humanistic and universal poet, his candidature was proposed for the Nobel Prize of peace by two European universities in Belgium and Sweden in 2006.

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The universal admiration she won for her perseverance in working towards the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland in April 1998 endures.

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Beyond universal condemnation, we must act to protect our common heritage as one of our most precious assets to build peace and foster mutual understanding in a globalized world.

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