Pupils from twinning schools across the Middle East and the UK including Iraq, Northern Ireland, Kuwait, Eastbourne, West Bromwich, Yemen, Devon, Oman, Derbyshire, Dubai, Qatar, Bristol, Southampton, and Bahrain shared their views on conflict resolution

The themes of respect, tolerance and communication emerged from all the students, whatever their cultural background.

Ankita and Ishita, both aged 14 and from Kuwait, said, "We should accept the differences between different people, not fight them."

Fifteen-year-old Blessing from their partner school in Eastbourne felt that "Talking to each other is the best way to bring about peace."

Pupils from the George Salter Collegiate Academy in West Bromwich and Zainab School for Girls in Yemen agreed on the necessity of respect.

Jessica and Amelia advised, "Try to be a global citizen and understand other people's point of view."

Similarly Rehan and Angham said, "To have peace you need to think about others, respect their ideas."

Karrar and Faisal from Diljah Intermediate School for Boys in Iraq felt that days like the Global Citizen conference helped the cause of peace – "It's important for young people to meet … That way you can be friends and keep in contact, expand your knowledge."

Students Alana and Liam from their partner school in County Tyrone agreed that, "To make peace you need friendship with the other country, to sort things out."

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How did they do that?

The Global Citizenship conference was a part of the British Council's Connecting Classrooms initiative.

Students taking part had won the opportunity to be there by creating a poster, poem, presentation or article in a competition about what it meant to them to be a global citizen.

Take a look at the British Council photo gallery and read the Iraqi students' blog.

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