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The cost in human lives of every armed conflict is staggering, but the economic cost of wars can continue for generations.

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

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The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and dislocation it brings about.

Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all.

Peace is not the silence of cemeteries, but the song of social justice.

Participation is a hallmark of democratic governance.

Without peace and the rule of law, civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights cannot be enjoyed, when killing, maiming and mutual poisoning prevail.

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