But he added that the peace centre was a "minor issue" compared to boosting the Northern Ireland economy and creating more jobs.
"Our interest is basically having the peace with Egypt continue," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said last week in a radio interview, adding: "That peace was premised on American aid to Egypt, and I think that for us is the most important consideration.
Mr. Sharon made a point of saying that the relative calm "was achieved first and foremost through the uncompromising activity of the Israeli security forces," adding that the international peace initiative led by Mr. Bush had also helped.
"This means nothing more and nothing less than the end of the FARC as an armed group," Santos said, adding that the final peace deal would be signed in Colombia.
"What happened today is again a tragic event which requires us all to unite to act with determination against terror," Mr. Sharon said, adding that "the condition for peace negotiations is an end to terror and violence".
Add that peace of mind to the convenience (and maybe just a touch of laziness, to be honest) and it's no surprise that we spent $1.5 billion on gift cards last year.
"The notion that we haven't done very much is certainly erroneous," the official said, adding that the United States had not pressed the peace agreement on Sierra Leone but had instead been an honest broker at the request of the government there.
Tom Mulcair, the leader of the opposition New Democratic Party, said the approval of Northern Gateway presented a "severe threat to social order, social peace", adding that the idea of sailing oil tankers to Kitimat through the narrow Douglas Channel was "folly".
"You have taught other nations the lesson of resistance for an honorable peace," the letter said, adding that the signers supported the contents of the three United Nations' peace resolutions and that they support the formation of a Palestinian state and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.
Helen Clark, the administrator of the UN Development Programme, echoed the calls for a return to peace talks, adding that the war had pushed an already fragile Gaza into a period of "de-development".
