"MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH"

This is the inscription on the short pole pegged into the ground in front of the peace palace.

The Peace Palace ("Vredespaleis" in Dutch), situated in The Hague, Netherlands, is often called the seat of international law because it houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the extensive Peace Palace Library.