Global views on the Day of Peace

We, the women of the world, want peace for everyone – which is not possible without listening, accepting and celebrating each other. And women are tired of being excluded from peace processes: we want our voices to be heard at peace talks. – Gulalai Ismail, Pakistan.

Peace is only possible when things are kept simple. We as humans often spend a great deal of time and money making things complicated. The challenge we are facing today is the need to inject simplicity back into the peacebuilding process - only then will we create and sustain long term peace. – Dishani Jayaweera, Sri Lanka

Today, in an increasingly globalized world, the most pernicious threats to human security emanate from the conditions that give rise to genocide, civil war and human rights violations. All the current peace action and studies on security need to integrate the human dimension of security. We need to start putting people at the heart of peacebuilding. – Henri Ladyi, D R Congo