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7 ways business can be agents for peace

Members of the public stroll past a mural depicting a loyalist paramilitary group, Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), fighter holding a gun on a street corner in Shankill Road in Belfast, northern Ireland September 26, 2005. Irish nationalist guerrillas have given up the weapons that sustained their 30-year campaign, international monitors are expected to say on Monday. Pictures of the Year 2005 REUTERS/Dylan Martinez - RP6DRNAVPWAC 1

Businesses made it harder for parties to walk away from peace talks in Northern Ireland. Image: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Victoria Crawford
Project Lead, Environmental Resilience, World Economic Forum Geneva
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