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A. Shihab: A Timely Call for a Spiritual Dimension at the UN
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
The UPF went from strength to strength in its commitments to play an important role in bringing peace all over the globe. It seeks to establish ever more consistent links among various groups, in order to achieve the great dream of bringing together all people of faith, overcoming barriers, conflicts, and prejudices.
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J. de Venecia: The Need for an Interfaith Council in the UN System
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
The idea of interfaith dialogue that the Universal Peace Federation espouses — that of bringing together the world’s moderates and hence isolating the radicals who would use religion for political ends — is rapidly gaining ground in the world.
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L. Walsh: Sexual Purity and Strong Marriage as Bases for Peace
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
Where are we headed? What is happening to our youth, marriages, and families today? Divorce is around 48 percent in the US but the break-up rate for cohabitation is 85 percent. Forty percent of the children in the US will grow up without their father. Sex is used as a recreational sport.
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C.H. Kwak: Building a World of Universal Peace
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
Father Moon has always wanted to see the United Nations affirm the highest spiritual truths and live for the sake of others, thereby becoming a God-centered UN or a “Parent UN.” The trademark of such a United Nations is not national self interest, but service, cooperation, and the promotion of reconciliation and harmony among religious, racial, and ethnic groups, as well as among nations, building one family under God.
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P.A. Murray: It's Time to Achieve Peace
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
The world is looking for leadership to bring us out of the economic, political, and religious conflicts that are besieging us on every front. No one world leader can do this. No political mechanism can sustain this weight of such change, for our history is filled with the rise and fall of many kingdoms.
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L. Kravchuk: A Global Strategy to Overcome Violence
- Friday, January 30, 2009
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I. Odinga: The Beauty of Diversity
- Friday, January 30, 2009
It is always my pleasure to congregate with Rev. Moon, whose religious and ecumenical work continues to inspire millions of people across the world. This 90th birthday anniversary of Dr. Moon reminds us of the tremendous contributions he has made to the cause of global peace as well as of real challenges we still have to surmount to realize a safe, peaceful world in our generation.
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M.N. Masheke: Critical Issues Facing Africa
- Friday, January 30, 2009
Poverty is a scourge or a curse that has engulfed the entire continent of Africa. The majority of our people wallow in abject poverty and are craving for help. Chaos and confusion reign supreme on the African continent. The levels poverty has assumed have reached alarming proportions and dimensions.
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D. Syamsuddin: Need for More Inclusive Approaches to Peace
- Friday, January 30, 2009
This gathering for peace is timely because we are now facing very threatening challenges to human civilization. The opposite of peace is more than war; the real opposite of peace is the absence of peace.
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J. Baird: Waging Holy Peace
- Friday, January 30, 2009
Let me briefly mention three areas of multifaith work we are engaged in at the Center for Multifaith Education at Auburn Seminary, in hopes that our work in this area may in some small way be helpful to you. The three areas are: 1) religious leadership; 2) scholars and diplomats; and 3) teenagers. We have found that interfaith work among each of these three groups holds great promise.
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Y.S. Song: Peace Requires Action
- Friday, January 30, 2009
We gather here today not only to talk about the proper way of collaborating to foster peace, but to collect our energy and good will to foster peace. You are the leaders. You can be the leaders of world peace. Leaders have a right and responsibility at the same time.
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A. Chowdhury: Promoting Peace as a Human Right
- Friday, January 30, 2009
I believe that a culture of peace is the main objective of the international community in the early decades of the new millennium.