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Speeches
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Declaration to Establish the International Mayors' Association for Peace
- Monday, December 3, 2018
Kathmandu, Nepal—More than 1,500 participants, including six current heads of state and government, attended UPF’s first Asia Pacific Summit.
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A. Sualauvi: Address to Asia Pacific Summit
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Ambassadors of Peace from around the world, let us practice a sacred relationship with our God, with our spouses, with our children, with our siblings and even with our enemies.”
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Y. Gilani: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“The theme selected for the Asia Pacific Summit is very important. The focus on addressing critical challenges of our time through interdependence, mutual prosperity and universal values is most appropriate and reflects our common desire for promoting mutual understanding and reaching out to each other to create a win–win scenario.”
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I. Italeli: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Never in my days has there been a potential to play so important and decisive a role in defining and shaping our common future as now. There is compelling need for the world’s wealth of professional, social and political intelligence and imagination to be employed to untangle the problems of our threatened humanity and the imminent dangers threatening our fragile planet.”
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A. Suu Kyi: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“We need to construct a culture of peace that will nurture the positive traits in human nature, to work together not just to promote greater mutual respect and understanding, but also to foster greater confidence in our own ability to stay firmly on the path of peace.”
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M. Robredo: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“We need to develop empathy, or else we risk losing our humanity. As we expand and deepen our political, economic and sociocultural relations, let us not forget the daily struggles of those relegated to the peripheries: Now more than ever, they need to be represented on the international stage.”
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B. Waqa: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Addressing challenges nationally, even regionally, will remain insufficient without a global response. Solving problems of climate change, poverty, food and security, terrorism and even cybercrime all require cooperation at the national, regional, and international level.”
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P. Oli: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“In order to address multiple global problems, I believe that the way forward should consist of three major approaches: the promotion of peace and interdependence among nations by strengthening and upholding multilateralism; the pursuit of mutual prosperity by both developing and developed countries by protecting natural ecosystems and habitat; and the inculcation of universal values among the peoples of the world.”
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V. Jolly: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Mother Moon, you are a great leader, you are a woman leader, you are the daughter of this Divine God. You stand for the oppressed, you guide all humanity, you promulgate peace. This world looks toward you for your message of brotherhood, peace and friendship.”
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H. Gowda: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“We need to integrate our vision and our shared future. There can be no social justice that is limited and there can be no peace that is not universal and open to all.”
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Hun Sen: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Saturday, December 1, 2018
“Cambodia is firmly committed to and highly optimistic about our development and future. We always welcome cooperation based on mutual understanding and respect, and move forward with confidence to build a prosperous world that upholds utmost universal values.”
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M. Kumar: Address to Asia Pacific Summit 2018
- Friday, November 30, 2018
“The people of Nepal are always ready to offer hospitality to visitors from abroad. We believe in the principle 'Live and let live.' Therefore we have no foes but only friends.”