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As members of parliament, we have to find our role and learn how we can contribute to creating lasting peace, not only in Nepal but also throughout the world. As Ambassadors for Peace, we know that our responsibility is to achieve peace.Let me remind you of the words from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore: “Where the mind is without fear and head is held high, where there is not any kind of barrier for development.”
The alliance between the US and the Republic of Korea (ROK) remains one of the most underrated alliances in the history of international relations today. When the alliance was first formed in 1953, there was no preceding history of interaction (aside from minor commercial exchanges and missionary activities in the 1800s) and no common values as a frame of reference.
The hope of all humankind — to live in a unified world without conflicts or wars—is close to its realization, and how quickly it can be fulfilled depends solely on us. The Universal Peace Foundation calls us to the highest standard of governance, and this has been the great dream of all humankind as it pursues lasting peace. We desire to see humankind as one united world family.
We are pleased that the Universal Peace Federation is raising public awareness of the need to promote innovative leadership and governance that are responsive to the pressing and complex concerns of our time.
Today, the prospects for peace and contentment, especially in our region (from Iraq to Myanmar), are very critical. Our nation stands at the most sensitive phase in its history. Economic, social, cultural, religious, and communal relations have been severely challenged. Political instability and a state of impunity have created uncertainty and anxiety about what the future may bring.
Recently, I had the privilege of attending the World Summit on Peace and International Leadership Conference in New York sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation. Over 300 distinguished delegates from around the world gathered, including current and former heads of state and government, women leaders and current and former first ladies, parliamentarians, and religious leaders.
We are in times of crisis. Economic growth has been interrupted and there is a growing recession comparable to the 1929 crisis. It is a global economic crisis that was born in the US and transmitted to Europe, Japan, China, Mexico, Argentina, and Latin America in general. It demonstrates that we are interconnected and interdependent.
We cannot ignore that we are living at a very singular moment. In the last five years, our region experienced an economic expansion based on favorable conditions in the global market.
This is the “era of revolutionary change after the coming of heaven,” when people will no longer be beyond the influence of heavenly law. We must lead transparent lives of goodness with our every action being as clear as a crystal. We must accomplish a “pure love revolution” by educating all people about the value of absolute sexual ethic centered on God, our heavenly parent. This is the only way to pass on the lineage of goodness to all of humankind, and the path to achieving God’s ideal of true families.
The 1945 Constitution of UNESCO declares that "since war begins in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defenses of peace must be constructed." Nevertheless, after many years, that objective is far from being attained, now that conflicts within nations are supplanting wars between states.
Liberia, Africa’s oldest independent republic, has been plagued with a myriad of political, economic, social, and at times, religious problems that conspired over the years to subject its citizens to numerous obstacles that did not permit sustainable growth and viable national progress.