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Think Tank 2022
Resources
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K. Sovanratana: Address to World Summit 2019
- Friday, February 8, 2019
“Real peace has to be built on mutual trust, caring and love. It has to be acquired by a sincere and devoted struggle of truthfulness, honesty and dedication. Therefore, we all have to strive with even stronger determination for the sake of peace, development and prosperity in our region and in the world.”
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N. Sowath: Address to World Summit
- Thursday, February 7, 2019
“Peace is a precious public property and needs to be protected at all cost, regardless of races, beliefs, or ages. Harmonic development will not be possible without peace.”
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Kathmandu Declaration on Climate Change
- Monday, December 3, 2018
Kathmandu, Nepal—More than 1,500 participants, including six current heads of state and government, attended UPF’s first Asia Pacific Summit.
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Kathmandu Declaration on Peace and Development
- Monday, December 3, 2018
Kathmandu, Nepal—More than 1,500 participants, including six current heads of state and government, attended UPF’s first Asia Pacific Summit.
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Declaration to Establish the International Mayors' Association for Peace
- Monday, December 3, 2018
Kathmandu, Nepal—More than 1,500 participants, including six current heads of state and government, attended UPF’s first Asia Pacific Summit.
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A. Sualauvi: Address to Asia Pacific Summit
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Ambassadors of Peace from around the world, let us practice a sacred relationship with our God, with our spouses, with our children, with our siblings and even with our enemies.”
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Y. Gilani: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“The theme selected for the Asia Pacific Summit is very important. The focus on addressing critical challenges of our time through interdependence, mutual prosperity and universal values is most appropriate and reflects our common desire for promoting mutual understanding and reaching out to each other to create a win–win scenario.”
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I. Italeli: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Never in my days has there been a potential to play so important and decisive a role in defining and shaping our common future as now. There is compelling need for the world’s wealth of professional, social and political intelligence and imagination to be employed to untangle the problems of our threatened humanity and the imminent dangers threatening our fragile planet.”
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A. Suu Kyi: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“We need to construct a culture of peace that will nurture the positive traits in human nature, to work together not just to promote greater mutual respect and understanding, but also to foster greater confidence in our own ability to stay firmly on the path of peace.”
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M. Robredo: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“We need to develop empathy, or else we risk losing our humanity. As we expand and deepen our political, economic and sociocultural relations, let us not forget the daily struggles of those relegated to the peripheries: Now more than ever, they need to be represented on the international stage.”
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B. Waqa: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Addressing challenges nationally, even regionally, will remain insufficient without a global response. Solving problems of climate change, poverty, food and security, terrorism and even cybercrime all require cooperation at the national, regional, and international level.”
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P. Oli: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“In order to address multiple global problems, I believe that the way forward should consist of three major approaches: the promotion of peace and interdependence among nations by strengthening and upholding multilateralism; the pursuit of mutual prosperity by both developing and developed countries by protecting natural ecosystems and habitat; and the inculcation of universal values among the peoples of the world.”