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Address to the International Leadership Conference, Seoul, Korea, January 2012
Developments in the Pattani region of southern Thailand over the centuries are given as an example of people of different faiths living together.
Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, January 2012
The countries in the region should support establishing relations with the new leaders of North Korea. Foreign countries have a tendency to observe and wait. However, making immediate initiatives and engaging in negotiations is important.
Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, January 2012
If a peaceful contract can be drawn up for the two states to live side by side in peace and security and if the proposal can be brought as a referendum before both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides, then there is a real opportunity that the people on both sides will approve such a peaceful contract by a large majority.
Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, January 2012
Shall we as politicians focus on the problems or on the possibilities? I choose to see possibilities instead of barriers. But to do that, it is necessary to see people not as Muslims or Christians but first of all as human beings and as citizens.
In deploying a new scheme for the Asia Pacific region, the US ultimately seeks to invite China to come to terms with the West in defining a new and just pax pacifica that offers security, prosperity, and human dignity for the region and the world at large.
Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, February 2012
Could it be that politicians ignore the fact that territorial integrity and the right of self-determination are two mutually contradictory principles? Could this be the reason why both the mediators and the international community have been unable to bridge the gap between Azerbaijan and Armenia?
Freedom of information, the rights of people to have access to a free and unfettered media, is key for peace and stability. We are seeing in the Middle East the manifestations of immense political change that will impact the entire world.
Presentation to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, January 2012
There has been hardly any trade and very limited human contact between Japan and North Korea after the 2009 nuclear test by Pyongyang.
In the context of the multi-vector foreign policy of the Russian Federation, security in North-East Asia is of growing importance; it is conditioned by Russia’s belonging to this dynamically developing region of the world.
Address to the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, January 2012
It is anticipated that Kim Jong-un will retain his father's policy line of oppression and control while pushing for a better economic conditions for his impoverished people.
Address to the International Leadership Conference, Seoul, Korea, January 2012
Under Kim Jong-un’s leadership, the post-Kim Jong-il North Korea will become more dynamic, more pragmatic, and more nationalistic. Expect minor concessions in low-level issues and a continued hard-line stance in high-stakes issues.
Address at the Birthday Celebration of UPF Founders Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon
Father Moon, you have cared so much for us, given so much to us, sacrificed so much for us, and for so long. We want you to know that those sacrifices will not have been in vain.