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As we sail into the future, we carry with us the baggage of unsolved problems of the past, and complex and unsolved problems of the present. There is a need for a new social contract within distinct cultures, and between distinct cultures. Evidently, these recommendations are challenging to craft and implement, but they are essential for cultural coherence, and peace and harmony, as we sail in the unchartered waters of the twenty-first century and the new millennium.
I believe strongly that our criminal justice system must be essentially blind to cultural differences in victims. Each victim is entitled to the same protection as any other--and this includes having police and prosecutors go after criminals who violate the rights of any person, especially using violence, with equal vigor. Victims in general are no longer supposed to be the forgotten key components of the justice system. The 600 cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women across our country is an excellent place to begin to create more equal justice for all across this land.
The prophecy [of the First Nations before contact] was that we had to build an indigenous center, a circle of all nations, and bring that knowledge and wisdom that had been here for thousands of years and share it with all the people that we welcome to the land.
Peace undoubtedly is a condition for development. Clearly, diverse factors interplay in building the culture of peace in families, communities and the world. This presentation is targeted at addressing the pillars upon which peace can be built and sustained with particular prominence to the momentous role of women as educators in the fulcrum of society, the family.
This paper examines the role of peace education as it centers on conflict resolution typically on the social-behavioral symptoms of conflict, training individuals to resolve inter-personal disputes through inter-faith, harmony, national integration techniques of negotiation and (peer) mediation.
Education has, over the decades, established its importance in the development of any nation. The trend of leadership and scope of management would bring out efficiencies if the leaders are well equipped with information.
There is great need for moral and ethical education generally in today’s society, particularly in our nation, Nigeria. Why this is so can be understood by reflecting briefly on current social conditions and then more specifically the manner in which education has contributed to them.
The topic that I have been asked to speak on is highly loaded with concepts, and each of those concepts can stand on its own as a major theme. The Role of Education is one vast theme. Building a Culture of Peace is another. Interfaith Harmony, National Integration, National Development; these can each stand as major themes. And we have to discuss them from Christian, Islamic and Unification perspectives. It is a huge task to be accomplished in a single presentation.
I consider it a great honor and privilege to be asked to speak on a topic that is not just very appropriate and relevant to our contemporary world but even more importantly to our nation especially in the face of the current security and social challenges confronting every aspect of our lives. Our individual and collective efforts to make our societies a better place for all will no doubt change the face of our planet and guarantee hopes for the future.
In order for the US and the Micronesian nations to maximize the mutual benefit from the close relationship in the future, both parties must collectively work on increasing awareness about the region both in the media and in academia.
As I look at our world, I, too, can feel the pain that God must feel as he witnesses the degradation and sinfulness of human beings. God, our Heavenly Parent, created this world with a clear ideal in mind. At the very center of this ideal was the parent-child relationship.
Earlier this year, according to Father Moon’s direction, we celebrated Foundation Day as the beginning of a heavenly realm of peace. At that time, Mother Moon laid out her vision for the year 2020, a seven-year plan for the growth and development of our movement.