Peace Building Quotes

• Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of global health policies; leads to the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity; and weakens democracy, justice, human rights, and international security.

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  Widad Akrawi

  Loss   Rights   Ecosystems  

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• The strategy for peace-building in Afghanistan is economic aid, reconstruction, international security forces. On those lines, the U.S. has been extremely slow. And it has even blocked expanding security forces from Kabul to other cities.

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  Ahmed Rashid

  Cities   Kabul   Lines  

  Source: progressive.org

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• Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

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  Kofi Annan

  Peace   Names   Defense  

  FaceBook post by Kofi Annan from Jun 05, 2016

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• I did feel a sense of duty. I felt that it could be a great asset to the future of Jordan, and those continuing the process of building the country, to concentrate on that humanitarian, peace-building legacy.

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  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Country   Legacy   Jordan  

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• In this work (peace building), the role of religion is fundamental. It is not possible to build bridges between people while forgetting God, ... But the converse is also true: it is not possible to establish true links with God while ignoring other people. Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam.

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  Pope Francis

  Thinking   Bridges   People  

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