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The deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA has told the international Mitchell Conference on conflict resolution that strong leadership is the key to building lasting peace. Mr McGuinness officially opened the two-day conference, named after Senator George Mitchell, at Queen's University Belfast, which has as its theme, “Moving on from Conflict: Lessons from Northern Ireland.”
The deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA has told the international Mitchell Conference on conflict resolution that strong leadership is the key to building lasting peace. Mr McGuinness officially opened the two-day conference, named after Senator George Mitchell, at Queen's University Belfast, which has as its theme, “Moving on from Conflict: Lessons from Northern Ireland.”
The conference is organised by Queen’s University Belfast and the Georgetown University in Washington DC, in collaboration with Co-operation Ireland. It brings together an international audience of approximately 400 people including political leaders, academics, lawyers and community workers to draw on the experiences here, and consider how this can contribute to the global debate on conflict resolution.
The deputy First Minister said:
“I want to express my thanks to the many leaders we see here today for the contributions they have made to our process. Those working at interfaces - much of this work carried out by volunteers, to others who work in the wider field of community relations, politicians from here and from further shores. I recognise your efforts and the value of the work you do.
“This conference can play a crucial role in enabling others to learn from our experiences here. In every society, how people live together is a major challenge to governments and individuals. In a society moving out of conflict the challenge is all the greater."
Mr McGuinness said he hoped other parts of a troubled world could glean something by putting the experience of moving on from conflict here under the microscope.
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