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Report of the Last Three Semesters
Lecture with three Nobel Peace Laureates: The Struggle for Peace and Human Rights
The Permanent Secretariat is co-organiser at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, of this inspiring event conducted by our official academic partner “Albert Schweitzer Institute”.
NYC Bar Association Event
The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates along with the New York City Bar Association and the Global Security Institute hosted a spectacular evening panel featuring the three heroic female Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman, accompanied by an audience of high-level attorneys from the New York City area.
Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Leymah Gbowee at the UN to participate in the International Day of Peace celebrations
Three Nobel Peace Prize Winners Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Leymah Gbowee were at the UN to participate in the International Day of Peace celebrations. The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was accompanied by these three heroic Nobel women who sent an important message of peace to the world. United Nations announced its commitment to put all efforts to end the war in Colombia. The delegation also included Ekaterina Zagladina, President of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and Monica Greiff, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotà, who announced to media that next venue for the Summit will be Bogota, Colombia.
Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Leymah Gbowee at the UN to participate in the International Day of Peace celebrations
Three Nobel Peace Prize Winners Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, and Leymah Gbowee were at the UN to participate in the International Day of Peace celebrations. The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was accompanied by these three heroic Nobel women who sent an important message of peace to the world. United Nations announced its commitment to put all efforts to end the war in Colombia. The delegation also included Ekaterina Zagladina, President of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and Monica Greiff, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotà, who announced to media that next venue for the Summit will be Bogota, Colombia.
Hosting the event at the UN with the Jamaican Mission and Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman and Shirin Ebadi
The Permanent Secretariat hosting the event at the UN with the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to UN and Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman and Shirin Ebadi talking about “Sustainable Peace – Sustainable Development”.
Launching ceremony of the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota
The Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (CCB) and the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates launched the official preparations towards the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, an event to be held in the Colombian capital city between February 2nd and 5th, 2017, and for which more than 16 Nobel Peace Prize Winners had already confirmed their attendance.
Participating in the Zero Hackathon at FAO
The Permanent Secretariat’s Team took part in the Zero Hackathon in Rome, the first Youth Competition for a sustainable future. President of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Ekaterina Zagladina participated in the opening ceremony as a panelist together with the FAO Deputy Director General Dan Gustafson to encourage students to engage in SDGs for our better future.
International Children’s Peace Prize 2016
The Permanent Secretariat is partner of the International Children’s Peace Prize, an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, international children’s aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Permanent Secretariat’s Team attended the ceremony of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2016 as each year to support the initiative. The first Children’s Peace Prize was launched in November 2005 during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome.
Permanent Secretariat participating in celebrations honoring the new Nobel Peace Laureate President Juan Manuel Santos
The Team of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates joined busy Nobel days in Oslo, taking part in celebrations honoring the new Nobel Peace Laureate, the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos. President of the Permanent Secretariat, Ekaterina Zagladina: “This year the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony is especially important for us as the next World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will take place in Bogota, Colombia, in February 2017, where the new Nobel Peace Laureate President Santos will greet his fellows Nobel Peace Laureates.
Publishing of the Educational Book "Being Nobel" in Spanish by Editorial Planeta, Colombia
Launching of the Exhibition "Nobel Peace Laureates and Human Rights"
Annual Planning Meeting
The Annual Planning Meeting of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates has been convened in the City of Piacenza, where the Permanent Secretariat is based. The meeting was attended by 33 representatives of Nobel Peace Laureates from about 20 countries all over the world.
Nobel Peace Laureate Lord David Trimble's lecture at LUISS and John Cabot University
The Permanent Secretariat within its educational program Leading by Example organized a special workshop with Nobel Peace Laureate Lord David Trimble for the students of the John Cabot University to inspire them and to share his Nobel knowledge and wisdom.
Nobel Peace Laureate Lord David Trimble visited the LUISS University in Italy with the lecture for students within the educational program Leading by Example of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The meeting was held in Rome and attended by many students of the LUISS University.
Visit of Permanent Secretariat team at United Nations Headquarters
The Permanent Secretariat delegation led by its President, Ekaterina Zagladina, held a series of meetings at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City this week with key stakeholders within the global organization. While there, the Nobel Peace Summit Secretariat reaffirmed its intention to continue to strengthen collaboration between the two organizations, and to spread the messages of Nobel Peace Laureates at global events held at the UN. The schedule included visits and bilateral meetings with the President of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, the Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary General, the Under-Secretary-General and the High Representative for the Disarmament Affairs, and the Chief of NGO Relations and Advocacy at the UN Department of Public Information. Other members of the Permanent Secretariat present at the meetings include the Director of Partnerships and Global Influence and UN representative, Telma Viale, Advisor and UN Representative, Jonathan Granoff, and Youth Program Officer, Louis Venturelli
Promoting the Declaration on the Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela endorsed by 10 Nobel Peace Laureates
Ten Nobel Peace Laureates signed the Declaration on the Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela. This declaration reflects the views of the following endorsing Nobel Peace Laureates: Shirin Ebadi, Juan Manuel Santos, Desmond Tutu, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Leymah Gbowee, Jody Williams, Tawakkol Karman, Oscar Arias Sanchez, David Trimble and FW de Klerk.
In the Declaration the Laureates call the government of Venezuela to “put an end to the repression against peaceful demonstrations and to take effective measures that allow the immediate restoration of the democratic order. New general elections must be held without delay. Humanitarian channels must be opened to allow the people access to medicines and food – which are in short supply; the shortage of which precipitated this social crisis. Political prisoners must also be released as another essential step towards rebuilding peace and safety for the Venezuelan people.”
As the Laureates say: “Violence cannot be accepted as a vehicle to solve differences and, even less so, as a tool to be used by one group of people to forcibly impose their convictions upon another group. Dialogue is the only way to solve differences.”
Meeting with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
The Permanent Seretariat met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and representatives of the Centre Mondial de la Paix, des libertés et des droits de l’Homme, in Paris to discuss the potential of organizing the Summit in France as a follow up of President Santos meeting with President Macron.
Attending the Social Business Day organized by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
Special Representative for ASIA and the Member of the Board of the Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Summit Ayami Gensei Ito in Dhaka, Bangladesh took part in the Social Business Day 2017. The theme of the event was “Can Wealth Concentration Be Stopped?”
Participation in "Youth Employment for Peace and Resilience" event co-organized by UN and ILO
Youth Officer of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Louis Venturelli took part at the event on Youth Employment for Peace and Resilience co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization. At the event Mr. Venturelli spoke on behalf of the PermSec on the importance of family sustaining jobs for youth all throughout the world, and the role that sustainable peace and development within and among nations plays in facilitating these opportunities. The event was attended by various high-level actors in the fields of labour, including government leaders, corporate partners, UN representatives, and youth.
Celebrations for the International Day of Peace
Celebrations for the International Day of Peace with the powerful messages of Nobel Peace Laureates for the host country of the last Nobel Peace Summit, Colombia who achieved a lot in peacemaking and peacebuilding during the last year.
ICV Global Youth Summit
The Permanent Secretariat participated in ICV Global Youth Summit on the International Day of Peace at the United Nations Headquarters. ICV – Investment Community Visibility has convened this Youth Summit, addressing key trends in peace building, global citizenship education and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Nobel Peace Laureate Lord David Trimble's workshop on BREXIT at International Society for the International Organization
Nobel Peace Laureate Lord David Trimble visited Rome to take part in the celebrations of the International Day of Peace and to participate in a number of other activities. Lord Trimble gave a workshop on BREXIT for SIOI students. SIOI stands for the “International Society for the International Organization” of the United Nations. SIOI is a long-term partner of the #NobelPeaceSummit.
Forum "The Role of Women in the Construction of Peace" with Nobel Peace Laureate Tawakkol Karman
Tawakkol Karman participate in the forum titled “The Role of Women in the Construction of Peace” organized by the Presidential Advisory for Human Rights under the support of the Permanent Secretariat of #NobelPeaceSummit.
Within the program of the event Mrs Karman gave a speech and took part in the Q&A session and participate in the symbolic event recognizing the role of all women who have worked in favor of human rights.
Conversation with Lech Wałęsa at UNESCO: “Peace and justice: the path of humanity towards sustainable development”
The Permanent Secretariat is the co-organizer of the conversation with the Nobel Peace Laureate Lech Walesa at the 39th session of the UNESCO’s General Conference lead by Ms Liv Torres, Executive Director of Nobel Peace Center, titled “Peace and Justice: the humanity global path towards sustainable development”.
Lord David Trimble's lecture at Cattolica University titled "Brexit and Secession"
Nobel Peace Laureate Lord David Trimble meets students of Cattolica University in Piacenza and gives a lecture titled “Brexit and Secession”.
International Children’s Peace Prize 2017
Livia Malcangio, Director of Institutional Relations and Prof. David Ives, Senior Advisor for Education, attended the Ceremony of the International Children’s Peace Prize in The Hague, representing the Permanent Secretariat, partner of the event. Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai presented the prize to the 2017 winner, Mohamad Al Jounde from Syria for building a school and providing an education to hundreds of children who fled to Lebanon to escape the conflict.
Implementation of PERMSEC educational curriculum "Leading by Example" at the University of Cartagena
In December 2017 University of Cartagena (Colombia) approved the implementation of the Permanent Secretariat educational curriculum “Leading by Example” at the Faculty of Social Studies and Education.
Since the Spring Semester (February, 1 2018) it will be integrated in the educational Program as part of Master studies “Conflicts and peacemaking” for 3 groups of students (each group will study three modules of the Curriculum).
This Common project between the Permanent Secretariat and Cartagena University is coordinated by Colombian Presidential Counselor on Human Rights, Ms Paula Gaviria Betancur, as a priority educational project in the field of peacemaking.
International Forum on “Culture and Education in Human Rights: Towards a transformation for peace”
President of the Permanent Secretariat of the #NobelPeaceSummit, Ekaterina Zagladina in Cartagena, Colombia at the panel titled “Education on human rights and the legacy of Nobel Peace Laureates” during the International Forum on Culture and Education in Human Right: Towards a transformation for Peace.
Peace and Sport Forum
PermSec’s team is attending the Peace and Sport Forum in Monaco. Among the attendees is Nobel Peace Laureate, Prof. Muhammad Yunus. The Forum is organized by a partner of the #NobelPeaceSummit, Peace and Sport Foundation headed by Joël Bouzou. Mr. Bouzou participated as a speaker in the 2017 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Bogota.The Foundation is under the patronage of HRH Prince Albert of Monaco.
February 2-5, 2017
Bogota, Colombia
16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
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Watch the video recap of the 16th Summit
Watch the video of the Presidency of Colombia on the Colombia Charter
16th Summit figures
Nobel Peace Laureates
and more news report
and more students participating worldwide
Public
and more briefings of the Nobel Peace Laureates with several media
November 1, 2017
Paris, France
Conversation with Lech Wałęsa at UNESCO: “Peace and justice: the path of humanity towards sustainable development”
Watch the full video of the conversation
The participation of Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1983 and former President of the Republic of Poland, closed on November 1, 2017 the Leaders’ Forum of the 39th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, before an audience composed of delegations from Member States, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and the press.
Organized in cooperation with the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, this intervention took the form of an open conversation between Lech Wałęsa and Liv Torres, Executive Director of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Center, around a central theme today: “Peace and justice: the path of humanity towards sustainable development”.
At a time when the international community is mobilized for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Mr Wałęsa shared some words of wisdom and suggestions for the world to move forward while leaving no one behind, and recalling the potential of “soft power” that UNESCO propagates through its action.
December 5, 2017
Cartagena, Colombia
International Forum on Culture and Education on Human Rights”
The opposite to war is education, especially civic education’
Teachers, journalists, social organizations, international experts and victims of the internal armed conflict shared their experiences in the 1st International Forum on Culture and Education on Human Rights, in Colombia.
Cartagena, 5th of December 2017. The Minister of Education, Yaneth Giha Tovar; the Presidential Counselor on Human Rights, Paula Gaviria Betancur; and the director of the Organization of Ibero-American States in Colombia, Ángel Martín Peccis, attended the closing ceremony of the International Forum on Culture and Education on Human Rights, which took place in Cartagena de Indias on the 4th and 5th of December 2017.
Several dialogues and discussions were developed in order to help the National Human Rights Education Plan be strengthened, as established in point 5.2 of the Final Peace Agreement, which includes formal, non-formal and informal education.
The Presidential Councilor Paula Gaviria and the president of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Ekaterina Zagladina, spoke about the important legacy of the Laureates.
During the dialogue, the audience watched the video-messages sent by the following Laureates: Frederik de Klerk, former president of South Africa (1993); Lisa Clark, president of the International Peace Bureau (1910); Lord David Trimble, former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1998); and Tawakkol Karman, journalist and human rights activist (2011).
In Cartagena Ekaterina Zagladina met the minister of Education to speak about introduction of peace studies at schools and the support of the Secretariat with the educational materials and documents of the Summit – The Colombian Charter for Peace and the book Being Nobel.
Watch the video messages to Colombia of the Nobel Peace Laureates
Background
The Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was created in 2006 as an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization, operating on a permanent basis.
The Summits were initially conceived in 1999 by Mikhail Gorbachev and lead to the establishment of the Permanent Secretariat by Vadim V. Zagladin, close advisor to Gorbachev regarding perestroika and glasnost.
The Man of Peace statue in Bobbio, Italy has been created in memory of Vadim V. Zagladin and its unveiling has been participated by the Nobel Peace Laureate, Lord David Trimble.
Over the years the legacy of Nobel Peace Laureates have changed the course of the world in support of peace. Therefore, inspiring and empowering youth and civil society in building peace is at the heart of the World Summits.
“..fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”
Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel
Our vision is to be a self-sustaining global organization, providing the pre-eminent platform of Nobel Peace Laureates to inspire and promote worldwide understanding of the achievement of peace
Our core values
Integrity
We act in an honest and correct manner being consistent in what we say and what we do
Respect
We recognize and value the opinion of others, regardless of their differences
Cost-effectiveness
We produce optimum results with the least expenditure
Neutrality
We channel the views of the Nobel Peace Laureates but we do not take sides
Peace Platforms
- Plenary Conversations
Nobel Peace Laureates’ global priorities
Sustainable Development Goals
Host country priorities
- Public and private Sector Engagement
Thematic Forums
Private meetings
Round table
- Community Dialogues
Informal exchanges between Laureates and community leaders
- Cultural Impact
Engagement of youth and civil society in cultural events
Honoring International celebrities promoting peace
- World Peace Fair
Showcasing the work of the Nobel Peace Laureates and Nobel Peace Laureate Organizations and civil society in promoting peace - City of Peace
Designation of cities as the annual“City of Peace” by hosting Summits
Peace Education
- Leading by Example
– Workshops, lectures and master-classes at Summits
– University level course aiming to create peaceful and sustainable societies
– Online webinars for youth on topics related to peace building - Young Journalist Club
Communication internship for students - Social projects
International competition for the most innovative social project by young people, aiming to support sustainable peace in their communities - Distribution of the Educational Book Being Nobel
- installation of the Exhibition Nobel Peace Laureates and Human Rights
Advancing the causes of the Nobel Peace Laureates
- Preserve and promote the heritage of Nobel Peace Laureates or Nobel Peace Laureate Organizations
- Provide Internet platform for the further dissemination of statements and information on the current activities of Nobel Peace Laureates and Organizations
- Joint Laureates programs and initiatives