The 2010 Global Alliance Regional Peace Summit had in attendance twenty (20) participants drawn from Nigeria, South Africa, Australia and United States. The events was declared open by the representative of Dr. Joseph Golwa, Director General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria, shortly after Prince Oseremen Irene, Executive Director, Nigeria Alliance for Peace delivered his welcome address.
Participants heard from Professor Geoff Harris, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Ms. Bianca Pace, Ministry of Peace, Australia, and Dr. Victor Isumonah, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Dr. Mike Abkin, National Peace Academy, United States, Imam Ashafa and Pastor James, the key actors in the documentary entitled "Soldier of Peace", on the following topics, respectively, Buiding Sustainable Democracy: The Imperative of Ministry of Peace, Institutionalising Peace, Preventing Political and Electoral Violence in Africa, Academies for Peace, Next Step to Peace in Nigeria, and Would a Multi-faith Approach to Peace Succeed?.
The various presentations were followed up with spirited question and answer sessions which were sufficiently educating, engaging and inspiring. The interactive session of the event was extended to the office of Dr. Hoseph Golwa on the third day of the summit, during a courtesy call to the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Nigeria. Mike Mike Abkin, Biannca Pace, Oseremen Irene, and Victor Ogunmakin were well received by the Director General of the said Institute during the courtesy call, during which the Director General himself resolved to offer his support for a governmental level campaign for a Ministry of Peace in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.