Speeches
- Written by: Dr. Yun Young-ho, co-chair of the Executive Committee of the World Summit 2022; director general of UPF
“[Prime Minister Hun Sen’s biography] shows and proves that we can…come together to pursue progress, development and peace and contribute to building a peaceful world.”
- Written by: Hon. Silvia Giacoppo, Senator, Argentina
“We pray and we join in the hope that peaceful unification of the Korean people becomes a reality.”
- Written by: H.E. Ehud Olmert, prime minister of Israel (2006-2009)
“Every major development in human history started with one person, a person who had the courage to step forward when most other people could not.”
- Written by: Hon. Nevers Mumba, Vice President (2003-2004), Zambia
“Applying Track II approaches to peace needs to involve civil society, trade and commerce, humanitarian relief, interfaith dialogue, cultural exchange and tourism.”
- Written by: Dr. Goni Muhammad Ali Gabchiya, chief imam, University of Maiduguri; co-founder Taha Islamic Centre, Nigeria
“I consider the people of North and South Korea to be the same. You are all brothers and sisters. Even your culture, food, and way of life are very similar.”
- Written by: Rev. Dr. Adetola Bellow, world president of Churches of Celestial Christianity, Togo
“The strategies we put in place to create a breakthrough for peace on the Korean Peninsula will set the precedent for other nations to follow.”
- Written by: Dr. Ann Higgins, President, World Dance Council, UNESCO, Bahamas
“Thank you for promoting constructive dialogue and multilateral cooperation for the sake of peace and human development.”
- Written by: Hon. Antonio Niquice, member of Parliament, Mozambique
“I wish that 2022 will bring hope and will take us jointly—this joint effort, our wishes, our dreams, our prayers—toward Korean reunification.”
- Written by: Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, speaker of the Parliament, Ghana
“Korea must not lose out on the unique opportunity to work, as one people with a common destiny, toward peace and security.”
- Written by: H.E. Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan, president of Nigeria (2010-2015); chairman, International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP), Africa
“Let the healing of the world begin with the reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”
- Written by: Dr. Seth Franklin Berkley, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
“Ensuring fair, equitable access to vaccines is not just the morally just thing to do. It is also in everybody's self-interest as the best route out of the pandemic.”
- Written by: Rev. Dr. Joseph Raj, Roman Catholic Theologian and Vicar, St. Michael Parish, St. Lucia
“I call you sons of God as you are working as instruments of peace. I pray for a successful World Summit 2022.”