The goal of the summit is to encourage the U.N. General Assembly to ratify the Universal Declaration of Rights of the World's Children. At the summit, children will give their testimony to the world's dignitaries about the conditions they face daily. Williams called for an end to all abuse of children, including child labor, and encouraged the audience not to buy products made by companies who use child labor. The only way these people are going to listen to us is when we hit them in their pocketbooks, she said. During a question and answer session, Williams encouraged everyone to be peacemaker in their communities and to respect the dignity of all life.
Life is life is life is life.
It has to be right across the board, she said. Abbie Daigle, a St. Norbert College student from Rice Lake, said Williams' message hit home. Peace has to start with the people and work from the bottom up, said Daigle. It won't get anywhere if it's not from the heart. Williams' career as a peacemaker began in August 1976 in her native Northern Ireland, when she saw three children, all siblings, killed when a car, driven by an Irish Republican Army gunman who had been mortally shot by British soldiers, crashed into the family while they were out walking.