Asked if the committee had stretched the limits of the prize that already recognizes human rights advocacy and peacekeeping, Professor Mjoes, a physician and former president of the University of Tromsoe, replied, speaking in Norweigan: "It is clear that with this award, we have expanded the term peace to encompass environmental questions related to our beloved earth".
Second, the UN must develop a comprehensive, modern and effective operational peace architecture, encompassing prevention, conflict resolution, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and long-term development -- the "peace continuum," ensuring the primacy of political solutions at all stages.
One of Mr. Clinton's major foreign policy goals before leaving office is to preside over a Middle East peace pact that encompasses Israel, the Palestinians and the Syrians.
Dream sequences and flashbacks return us to his heartbreakingly happy childhood before the war, and part of the title's potency lies in showing how long his childhood has lasted, long enough to encompass peace and war.
We begin with the issue of energy -- because it encompasses security, peace, prosperity, and sustainability.
Medard Gabel, executive director of the social justice group Pacem In Terris (Latin for "Peace on Earth"), which encompasses the abolitionist group Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty, told The Huffington Post that the Judiciary Committee vote was "a profound disappointment but not totally unexpected".
By gazing upon these immense statues, a monk might have imagined what this encompassing, transcendent peace could be like.
For that matter, it doesn't offer a definition of violence or of breach of the peace, terms that can encompass broad ranges of action.
Since the end of the Cold War, the council has extended the definition of a threat to or a breach of international peace and security to encompass not only international conflicts but also internal conflicts (e.g., in Yugoslavia, Somalia, Liberia, and Rwanda) and even the overthrow of a democratic government and subsequent upheavals and refugee movements (e.g., in Haiti).
Koht's academic writing also encompassed the peace issue.
