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“For a Pacific Islander from the Oceania region where our conflicts have more to do with our changing climate than with each other, why does peace in the Korean Peninsula or anywhere in the world matter to us? I will tell you now that we can only move forward together, we can only succeed and truly overcome all of our nation’s problems together.”
“Dear friends, good times lie ahead. That day is coming, that day is getting closer, that day will soon be here when we will indeed see ‘One Family Under God.’”
“The artificial division of Korea into North and South has been the cause of tension and conflict for so many years and, therefore, the time has come to work sincerely towards creating favorable conditions for the peaceful reunification of Korea, which is in the best interest and wellbeing of the people of the Korean Peninsula and is also in the larger interest of world peace.”
“History has also shown us that ‘nations cannot prosper in isolation.’ As a continent, Africa has leaped towards continental integration for economic and social development. The recently adopted African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), part of Agenda 2063, envisages the transformation, growth and industrialization of our economies.”
“La oración es el arma más poderosa, si bien es cierto es lenta, progresiva, parsimoniosa, pero fundamentalmente sigue siendo el arma más positiva para lograr la unidad de las dos coreas.”
“Nothing is more important than to find solutions to our environmental, human security crisis. We can accomplish this noble goal only by uniting together, as scientists, and as brothers and sisters, who seek holistic, scientific, spiritual, and educational practices to divert the trajectory of current unsustainable practices that plague our existence.”
“The media have long been the fourth power, following the three powers of legislation, justice and administration, but now serious awareness of whether they are meeting corresponding trust and requests is essential.”
“We media representatives should gather the wisdom of all those who aspire for peace and take the lead in realizing the ideals of a global community. We hope to strengthen our solidarity and friendship to establish and spread freedom, responsibility, and true values of the press.”
“[T]here needs to be better understanding and fine coverage of regional conflicts—and the need to provide useful guidelines to deal with these new realities would indeed support the creation of a new global association of journalists whose role would begin by exerting its influence on what is most precious to all of us: peace.”
“IMAP can do no better service to humanity than publishing ethical standards, bringing to bear the need for accurate and responsible journalism, and building regional associations of nations for peace, security, and human development.”
“When exercised cleanly and without pressure, journalism is a noble profession, but in many impoverished nations, especially in the Third World, the profession has degenerated and ends up distorting the reality of events, many times by 100 percent.”
“I would suggest that IMAP look at the world more broadly, more ambitiously and with a more generous spirit. I would stretch the vision out. Not just exposing the government, not just making the government better, but rather making the world a better place.”