Rome, Italy, 14 December 2014 - Today, Nobel Peace Laureates gathered in the Giulio Cesar Hall on Rome’s Capitol Hill for the final session of their 14th World Summit. Proceedings opened with Ekaterina Zagladina, President of Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, delivering a message from President Mikhail Gorbachev. He was one of the instigators of the first summits. He expressed concern about ongoing conflicts in the world and the neglect of climate change. Amongst his hopes was an appeal for the Ukraine crisis to be settled. He said: “Every Nobel Laureate can contribute to leading us back to the path of peace.” Michael Moller, on behalf of the United Nations, read a message from the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. He expressed greetings to the assembled Peace Laureates and offered congratulations to the newest among them, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, while supporting their calls for peace in the world. Looking ahead to 2015, he said the original millennium goals must be met and new targets set. 2015 will also be the 75th anniversary of the founding of the UN and an occasion for reflection. He concluded: “I call on your collective wisdom to support our common aims.” His Holiness was again asked what he would have said to the Pope, if, as expected they had been able to meet. He replie “I’ve faced experiences like this many times. It’s normal. It’s not a problem. To some people I appear like a trouble-maker, so it’s understandable that they try to obstruct me. No problem.” dalailama/news/post/1207-concluding-session-of-the-14th-world-summit-of-nobel-peace-laureates
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