On October 14th, IPI President Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein delivered the Peace Message at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th annual Geneva Peace Week at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s theme was “What is Peace?” Speakers and participants sought to unravel the essence of peace and discover new pathways towards its attainment.

Speaking to the assembled delegates, President Al Hussein emphasized that peace is imperiled by the world’s current trajectory “toward the savagery of unconfined warfare, where being a civilian offers oneself no protection at all.”

However, he draws inspiration from the remarkable efforts of Israeli and Palestinian lawyers and activists behind the A Land for All initiative: “They are doing something rather remarkable. They seem to have pinned down not just a visionary but also a practical equation for achieving a just and lasting peace to the Middle East conflict.”

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