It's imperative to think globally to solve even local issues: Walesa

Poland's former president and the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa on Sunday said that the technological progress in the recent times demands larger, more global political structures and that some problems cannot be solved locally.

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“Today's technology is forcing us to recognise the world. Some problems can no longer be solved locally. We must think globally. If we don't, we won't find lasting solutions. We also have to accept that some past systems are no longer relevant. They need to be changed or we won't survive,” said Walesa, ahead of his participation with 12 other Nobel Laureates at the world's first-ever peace gathering, the Global Justice, Love & Peace Summit in Dubai on April 12-13, 2025.

Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. He led the pro-democracy Solidarity movement that led to the collapse of communism in Poland and inspired political changes across many countries. He served as democratic Poland's first popularly elected president from 1990-95.