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Dialogue & Alliance: Toward a Unified World of Peace, Part Two
Written by UPF International
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
New York, USA—Following up on the previous issue of Dialogue and Alliance (Volume 35, No. 1), we continue to publish the statements presented during the Universal Peace Federation’s Rally of Hope series, launched initially in 2020, and carried forward in 2021, with the theme of “Toward a Unified World of Peace.” In effect, this issue represents Part Two in the Rally of Hope series.
The Rally of Hope series emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic which disrupted so very much of ordinary life, including most face-to-face meetings. Shifting to a virtual format with an international-audience reach in the millions, the Rally of Hope provided a platform for UPF to continue its work to promote peace and development, accenting values of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universal values.
The Rally of Hope brings together a wide cross-section of world leaders from diverse sectors of society—government, religion, academia, the media and business—inviting them to share their wisdom and experience, and to offer their insights and recommendations toward addressing critical global problems. The fifth Rally of Hope, for example, featured presentations by David Beasley of the United Nations World Food Programme, Professor Sarah Gilbert, a vaccinologist from Oxford University, and H.E. F.W. de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and former Nobel Peace Prize recipient. We note respectfully that H.E. de Klerk has recently passed away, in November 2021. Former Vice Presidents Mike Pence of the USA and Mohammad Hamid Ansari of India spoke, along with others, including UPF Co-Founder Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.
The sixth Rally of Hope featured the inauguration of a new UPF initiative called Think Tank 2022, a project that brings together leading experts from across the world with in-depth knowledge of the conflict on the Korean peninsula. Think Tank 2022 aims to lead an intensive effort to reach some form of breakthrough or rapprochement between the two Koreas, opening the way for improved political, social and economic relations between the two Koreas, tragically divided now for more than seventy-two years. The sixth Rally of Hope featured statements by H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as well as former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and H.E. Chung Sye-kyun, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea. Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich also contributed to the discussion. The seventh Rally of Hope continued the focus on promoting peace on the Korean peninsula and included contributions from former US President H.E. Donald Trump, former Japanese Prime Minister H.E. Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Portugal H.E. Manuel Barroso, former President of the Philippines H.E. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and former President of India H.E. Devi Gowda.
We close out this issue with three featured articles. Ambrose Mong reflects on the emerging power of China and its global implications; will that power be used for confrontation or confluence. Dr. Pradeep B. Deshpande offers insights on the essential need for religion and spirituality to promote racial harmony. And, finally, on the occasion of its re-printing, we feature an excerpt from Hon. Balmiki Prasad Singh’s volume,Bahudhā and the Post 9/11 World.
We extend to all our subscribers and readers the very best wishes for the coming New Year, 2022. Let us all do our best to build a world of lasting peace.
Thomas G. Walsh, Ph.D.
Executive Editor
To view the table of contents, please see below.
Dialogue & Alliance
Vol. 35 No. 2, Winter 2021
Toward a Unified World of Peace, Part Two
Introduction
RALLY OF HOPE V
February 28, 2021
Toward a Peaceful Unified World
Bishop Noel Jones
Senior Pastor, City of Refuge, United States
Hon. Mike Pence
Vice President (2017-2021), United States
Hon. David Beasley
Executive Director, World Food Programme
Prof. Sarah Gilbert
Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford
H.E. F.W. de Klerk
President (1989-1994), South Africa
Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
Co-Founder, Universal Peace Federation
Hon. Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Vice President (2007-2017), India
H.E. Mark Phillips
Prime Minister, Guyana
H.E. Jorge Carlos Fonseca
President, Republic of Cape Verde
H.E. Xanana Gusmao
President (2002-2007), Timor Leste
RALLY OF HOPE VI
May 9, 2021
Inauguration of Think Tank 2022
Pastor Jonathan Falwell
Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, VA, United States
H.E. Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary General (2007 - 2016)
Hon. Newt Gingrich
Speaker, House of Representatives (1995-1999), United States
H.E. Chung Sye-kyun
Prime Minister (2020-2021), South Korea
Hon. Mike Pence
Vice President (2017-2021), United States
H.E. José Manuel Barroso
Prime Minister (2002-2004), Portugal; President of the European Commission (2004-2014)
H.E. Samdech Techo Hun Sen
Prime Minister, Cambodia
H.E. Vjosa Osmani
President, Republic of Kosovo
H.E. Hussein Mwinyi
President, Zanzibar and Pemba, Tanzania
Hon. Félix Ulloa
Vice President, El Salvador
H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo
Head of State (1976-1979), President (1999-2007), Nigeria
Hon. Mike Pompeo
Congressman (2011-2017), Secretary of State (2018-2021), United States
Mr. Jim Rogers
Chairman, Rogers Holdings Inc.
Hon. Mark Esper
Secretary of Defense (2019-2020), United States
Hon. David Beasley
Executive Director, World Food Programm
Prof. Sarah Gilbert
Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford
RALLY OF HOPE VII
September 12, 2021
Think Tank 2022: Toward Peace on the Korean Peninsula
The Honorable Donald Trump
President (2017-2021), United States
H.E. Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister (2006-2007, 2012-2020), Japan
H.E. José Manuel Barroso
Prime Minister (2002-2004), Portugal; President of the European Commission (2004-2014)
H.E. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
President (2001-2010), Philippines
H.E. HD Deve Gowda
Prime Minister (1996-1997), India
H.E. Nataša Mićić
Acting President (2002-2004), Serbia
H.E. Anthony Carmona
President (2013-2018), Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
Co-Founder, Universal Peace Federation
H.E. Samdech Techo Hun Sen
Prime Minister, Cambodia
FEATURED ARTICLES
Way of the Dragon: Confrontation or Confluence
Rev. Ambrose Mong, Ph.D., St. Andrew’s Church; Research Associate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Racial Harmony: The Role of Religion and Spirituality is Essential
Dr. Pradeep B. Deshpande, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville; President, Six Sigma and Advanced Controls, Inc.
Bahudhā and the Post 9/11 World, An Excerpt
Hon. Balmiki Prasad Singh, Governor, Sikkim Province (2008-2013), India
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