True - Peace with honor was indeed President Nixon’s goal when his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, began negotiating a cease fire with North Vietnam.
You still need to pay your sister the $25 because you must keep your word. A promise is a non-negotiable instrument because it is not in writing. If you were to have it in writing that it could be a more arguable case.
Brazilian presidential inauguration
Croatian presidential inauguration
Irish presidential inauguration
Philippine presidential election
Russian presidential election
Those are the ones I know of there might be more