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“A Call for Peace, the End of Wars and Respect for International Law” 16–18 October 2025, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A joint initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) and Religions for Peace (RfP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the City of Sarajevo, the Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the support of the Resident Coordinator’s Office.

The entire event

Speech by Martí Olivella

Dear friends of Sarajevo, brothers and sisters united in the building of peace,

To stand here — in this city that endured one of the longest and cruelest sieges in Europe — reminds us of something essential:
WAR IS NOT DESTINY.
War is a human decision.
And what humans decide — humans can also abolish.