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A.C. Soberanis: Building a Global Culture of Service
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
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.
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J.A. Tyler: Poverty, Family Breakdown, Corruption, Interfaith, and Intertribal Conflict in Liberia
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
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.
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A. Shihab: A Timely Call for a Spiritual Dimension at the UN
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
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J. de Venecia: The Need for an Interfaith Council in the UN System
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
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L. Walsh: Sexual Purity and Strong Marriage as Bases for Peace
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
Where are we headed? What is happening to our youth, marriages, and families today? Divorce is around 48 percent in the US but the break-up rate for cohabitation is 85 percent. Forty percent of the children in the US will grow up without their father. Sex is used as a recreational sport.
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C.H. Kwak: Building a World of Universal Peace
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
Father Moon has always wanted to see the United Nations affirm the highest spiritual truths and live for the sake of others, thereby becoming a God-centered UN or a “Parent UN.” The trademark of such a United Nations is not national self interest, but service, cooperation, and the promotion of reconciliation and harmony among religious, racial, and ethnic groups, as well as among nations, building one family under God.
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P.A. Murray: It's Time to Achieve Peace
- Saturday, January 31, 2009
The world is looking for leadership to bring us out of the economic, political, and religious conflicts that are besieging us on every front. No one world leader can do this. No political mechanism can sustain this weight of such change, for our history is filled with the rise and fall of many kingdoms.
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L. Kravchuk: A Global Strategy to Overcome Violence
- Friday, January 30, 2009
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I. Odinga: The Beauty of Diversity
- Friday, January 30, 2009
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M.N. Masheke: Critical Issues Facing Africa
- Friday, January 30, 2009
Poverty is a scourge or a curse that has engulfed the entire continent of Africa. The majority of our people wallow in abject poverty and are craving for help. Chaos and confusion reign supreme on the African continent. The levels poverty has assumed have reached alarming proportions and dimensions.
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D. Syamsuddin: Need for More Inclusive Approaches to Peace
- Friday, January 30, 2009
This gathering for peace is timely because we are now facing very threatening challenges to human civilization. The opposite of peace is more than war; the real opposite of peace is the absence of peace.
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J. Baird: Waging Holy Peace
- Friday, January 30, 2009