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The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates is internationally recognized as among the most important annual events in the field of peacemaking, attracting Nobel Peace Laureates, high-profile leaders and organizations from around the globe. The Summit is organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in partnership with the hosting municipalities. Chaired by former Soviet President and Nobel Peace Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev and former Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, The first World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was a idea of President Mikhail Gorbachev e Prof. Vadim Zagladin,  Soviet politician, peace activist and ideologist.

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates ranks among the world's important events in the field of peacemaking, non violence and the analysis of conflicts, social and ecological problems, and provides a platform to consider the actual problems of the world and its development. The Summit gives the possibility to take advantage of the authority and outstanding knowledge of the Nobel Peace Laureates with a view toconsolidating peace and strengthening global security in the widest sense.The Summit received the support from various personalities of social, scientific, political and cultural environments and along with Nobel Peace Laureates were attended by many prominent men and women dedicating a part of their life to affirm the principles of Peace and Solidarity in the world. The first World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was held in 1999 at the suggestion of the Gorbachev Foundation, as important occasions and platforms on which the Laureates are invited to discuss and formulate concrete proposals to tackle the planet's emergencies and fight for human rights and for a world without violence. The Summit has developed and grown over the years, gaining in credibility and importance, generating ideas and proposals, promoting international initiatives and campaigns to foster peace. Over these years Nobel Laureates attending the Summit have discussed topics of fundamental importance for the building of a world of Peace: the emergency of extreme poverty suffered in a part of the world crushed by the weight of debt, the problem of managing water resources, the importance of ethics in political and economic actions, policies for the integration of peoples having different cultures, religions and traditions, the state of the African continent, the re-emergence of the nuclear danger, the central role of new generations in safeguarding human rights and the values of democracy. The Summits are widely covered in the press and always conclude with a press conference and with the approval of a final declaration. These documents are the result of a combination of the knowledge and unique experience of individuals and groups which have played a leading role in the history of mankind and are aimed at putting forward concrete proposals addressed to the world leaders, government representatives and the international community. One of the most significant documents produced by the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was the "Charter for a World without Violence", the result of a three-year work of the Nobel Peace Laureates which was completed at the 2007 Summit. From 1999 to 2007, the Summit was held in Rome with the support of the Municipality of Rome and its Mayors. In 2008 the Nobel Peace Laureates Summit became an international event hosted by different countries on the occasions of moments of great importance to the world's history. Since then it has been held in cities chosen in relation to their connection with the Summit's main theme, for example Paris on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Berlin to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, making a major contribution to the international peace debate, or Hiroshima being the 2010 Summit's edition focused on Nuclear Disarmamen

11th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"The legacy of Hiroshima: a world without nuclear weapons"

Hiroshima, November 12-13-14 2010

10th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"BREAKING DOWN WALLS AND BUILDING BRIDGES"

BERLIN, NOVEMBER 9-11 2009

9th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"Human rights and a World without violence"

Paris, December 11-13 2008

8th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"THE NEXT GENERATION"

Rome, December 13-15 2007

7th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"AFRICA EMERGENCY"

Rome, November 24-26 2006

6th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"A UNITED WORLD OR A DIVIDED WORLD? MULTIETHNICITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, TERRORISM" Rome, November 10-12 2004

4th WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"ETHICS IN POLICY, ECONOMICS AND SCIENCE"

Rome, November 27-30 2003

3th WORLD SUMMITOF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"WATER EMERGENCY AND OTHER EMERGENCIES OF THE PLANET"

Rome, October 18-21 2002

2nd WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"POVERTY AND REMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT OF UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES"

Rome, November 11-12 2000

1st WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES
"NEW POLICIES FOR THE 21st CENTURY"

Rome, April 21-22 1999