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Mediators Beyond Borders. On March 11, 2022, Ury received the International Advocate for Peace Award from the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution—the country's preeminent legal journal of arbitration,
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Initiative, a long-distance walking trail across the Middle East which connects the sites visited by
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Ury teaches negotiation to international corporate executives and labor leaders to reach mutually profitable agreements with customers, suppliers, unions and joint-venture partners.
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Stanford (25 May 2007). "The lighter side of Mr No: Peter Stanford meets self-help guru William Ury who believes there are good and bad ways of not saying yes".
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