The Nobel Peace and World March

The XVII World Summit of Nobel Peace Prizes began this Thursday, September 18, in the Mexican city of Mérida, Yucatan state and has lasted 5 days.

The Summit, attended by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico, the September 19, had more than 30 personalities awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize, promoting 7 discussion forums on different topics related to the creation of a solid foundation for Peace from different fields.

There were more than 50 workshops and there was a participation of more than 5 thousand attendees.

Welcome message in the Inaugural Session

During the inaugural session of the Summit, the former president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, in charge of giving a welcome message to the participants of the XVII Summit of the Nobel Peace Prize, stated:

"Today we look at migrants treated as criminals, trade wars and who have the world economy in suspense, Amazon rainforests burned at the permissive look of those who should protect them"

“But for every foolish ruler, there are millions of humans determined to preserve life, tolerance, coexistence. For every terrorist blinded by hatred, there are millions who want a fair society in which diversity is valued as the greatest wealth. ”

“It's the story of always, steps back and forth, that's why we are in Mérida to tell the world that we are not going to faint in the search for peace between peoples and human beings with nature, with Mother Earth”

Activities Calendar

The Summit was distributed in 7 plenary sessions and 7 forums distributed throughout the 5 days that the summit lasted. They can be described in the calendar in the image below.

We highlight the Forum «Women and Peace»

Although, of course, all the forums and plenary sessions were important in the sense of clarifying progress towards peace from different areas, for our part we want to highlight the "Women and Peace" Forum, with the outstanding intervention of Rigoberta Menchú.

It is undoubtedly, on the one hand, a great challenge of today to stop gender violence and on the other to be able to value and promote the drive that women contribute in finding ways to resolve conflict peace.

Also the plenary "Four priorities for nuclear disarmament"

We also influenced the plenary "Four priorities for nuclear disarmament" with President F. de Klerk, María Eugenia Villareal (ICAN), Sergio Duarte (Pugwash), Ira Helfand (AIMPGN), Anton Camen (International Committee of the Red Cross) and Jonathan Granoff.

During his speech, President F. de Klerk demanded the total suppression of nuclear weapons.

We highlight the plenary "Global demography, people on the move"

We also highlight the plenary "Global demography, people on the move" that featured speeches by Liv Torres, Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center, Rigoberta Menchú, President Lech Walesa, Joyce Ajlouny-American Friends Service Committee, Steve Goose – International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Mark manly-UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Wided Bouchamaoui (Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet) and Karla Iberia Sánchez.

Lech Walesa, trade union leader and former Polish president, proposed that the only way to solve the problems was with the union and support of all those who want to solve them.

And that politicians and society in general should help people organize to solve all the challenges.

We highlight the plenary, «Responsibility of the world global media in the Preservation of Peace»

Finally, we highlight the plenary, "Responsibility of the global media in the Preservation of Peace", with the intervention of Tawakkol Karman, Jody Williams, Erika Guevara Rosas-Amnesty International, Daniel Solana-International Labor Organization, Mother Agnes Mariam de the Cross, Mark Dullaert-KidsRights.

This session emphasized the need for the media to comply with ethical minimums of no direct or indirect support for belligerent attitudes.

Closing Ceremony

In the closing ceremony, the Nobel Peace Prizes participated, the president of the secretariat of the Nobel Peace Summit, Ekaterina Zagladina; Mauricio Vila Dosal, governor of Yucatán, and among others, Michelle Fridman, Mexican secretary of tourism.

Agreements between the World March and the Summit Nobel Price

On the morning of 21/9, the international day of Peace, Rafael de la Rubia (World March Coordination) and Lizett Vasquez (World March - Mexico) held a meeting with Ekaterina Zagladina president of the Secretariat of the Nobel Peace Summit where The mutual support and collaboration between the Summit Nobel Price Peace and the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

The Summit will deliver to the MM several documents so that during the course of the MM they are disseminated through the different countries and instances:

1) «Letter from the Nobel Prize winners for a world without violence» (it was already done in the 1st MM).

2) Message from Mikhail Gorbachev on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

3) The texts with the resolutions of the 17th Summit of the Nobel Peace Prize in Mérida.

In addition, a communication channel was opened to facilitate contact between both and other collaborations.

After the closing of sessions and closing, concert of Ricky Martin

After the closing sessions and closing of the Nobel Peace Summit, the event ended with a concert by the singer Ricky Martin called "Yucatán For Peace", on Paseo de Montejo, the main avenue of this city.

 

All documents, photos and videos of the summit panels can be obtained at http://www.nobelpeacesummit.com/