Speeches
- Written by: Hon. Bhubaneswar Kalita, member of Parliament of India
Speech given by Hon. Bhubaneswar Kalita, a member of Parliament of India, on “Global and Local Responses to Terrorism” at the International Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
- Written by: Dr. King-yuh Chang, former minister, Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan, ROC (1996-1999)
Speech given by Dr. King-yuh Chang, former minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan, ROC, at the Cross-Strait Peace Consultative Conference in Hong Kong.
- Written by: Zambian Vice President Inonge Mutukwa Wina
“All stakeholders must play their role to work toward lasting peace,” Zambia's vice president stated in a message to the opening session of the ILC in Lusaka, Zambia.
- Written by: Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, national chair of UPF-Nigeria
Acceptance Speech of Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, upon Being Named National Chair of UPF-Nigeria
- Written by: Fatimah Almukhtar
One of the worst waves hit my home, Baghdad, in 2003. This was one of the first instances when we vividly saw our youth decide to stand for their country and for their people.
- Written by: Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, former president, Parliament of Luxembourg
Many challenges are facing Europe at this very moment. First of all, we have to look at the continent as a whole, including Russia and the former Soviet republics, the Balkans and the southern Mediterranean area.
- Written by: Dr. Rima Y.B Salah, member of the UN High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations
I feel privileged to talk to you on women, the family and peace based on the intensive consultations and numerous meetings with member states, regional partners, civil society and women’s groups that the UN High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations has held on four continents.
- Written by: Member of Knesset: Hilik Bar, deputy speaker of the Knesset, Israel
On July 27 I launched at the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) my diplomatic outline for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The outline was launched with the Israeli opposition leader, Member of Knesset Isaac Herzog, and more than 25 members of the Knesset, along with over 450 participants from across the nation.
- Written by: Hon. Gözde Dizdar, founder and director, Governance and Development (GD Global), Turkey
In today’s world the distribution of power is changing in a basic way. The center of global gravity is indeed moving away from the Atlantic—where it has been for the last 150 years—and tilting toward the Pacific.
- Written by: Sambridhi Gyawali, corporate affairs manager, Nepal Republic Media Ltd.
South Asia has experienced a long period of robust economic growth and is also regarded as one of the fastest-growing economies. It has been forecast to have a steady economic growth of 7.5 percent in 2016 and 2017. However, this region is home to 40 percent of the world’s poor (people who live under $1.25 a day), more than 200 million live in slums and half a billion go without electricity.
- Written by: Dr. Marco Frenschkowski, professor of New Testament Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany
Every generation has its challenges. These may not be the same as those of former generations, though some have a tendency to turn up again every few years. In Germany, where I come from, the global situation has come down rather vehemently on political and civil authorities, in the last months, exhibiting in particular the faces of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
- Written by: Rt. Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake, chair, International Shinto Studies Association
It's significant that the exchange of diverse opinions among religious leaders regarding peace and development occurred in the final session, after several issues had been considered from various angles by distinguished political leaders. [...] In my opinion, it's impossible to discover the best answer to the issues that are relevant to peace and development without considering the issue of the inner being.