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Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and political order, absence of democracy, environmental degradation and absence of human rights.

Muhammad Yunus

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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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