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It should not be a surprise then that poverty continues to breed conflict. Of the 13 million deaths due to armed conflict in the last ten years, 9 million occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, where the poorest of the poor live.

— Mohamed ElBaradei Nobel lecture (2005)

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What is required is a new mindset and a change of heart, to be able to see the person across the ocean as our neighbour.

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Consider also our approach to the sanctity and value of human life.

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I think the ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border.

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If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction.

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Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.

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