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Speeches
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N. Frey: Address to Africa Summit
- Thursday, November 22, 2018
[T]here must be a will to act. Saemaul is a philosophy to be put into action. For development to come, there must be a revolution of the mind and a change of mentality. In those early days, the Korean people thought of themselves as beggars, depending on outside help. The World Bank did an investigation of the country. Their conclusion? “Korea is just a big black hole. If you give them money, there won’t be any return on the investment.” But thanks to the New Village Movement or Saemaul, the Korean people woke up. “Unless we do it ourselves, no one will do it,” they said. The national slogan became, “We can do it.”
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Z. Mandela: Address to 2nd Africa Summit
- Thursday, November 22, 2018
“[Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s] historic struggle has inspired many to also dedicate their lives to serving the human family and to give hope to the hopeless, to care for the destitute and to build a heavenly highway to a world where we can all live together in peace as one family and as equals before God Almighty.”
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I. Kapinga: Address to Africa Summit
- Thursday, November 22, 2018
“We are extremely proud that we accepted as our comrades, our brothers and sisters, from those who wanted to hinder the liberation of not only South Africa but the neighboring country of Zambia. We provided them with clothes, shelter and other needs. Our enemies tried to scare us but they didn’t succeed.”
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H. Hussein: Address to Africa Summit
- Thursday, November 22, 2018
“I bring greetings from my government and from the Somali people. We hope that there will be peace in the near future.”
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J. Mhagama: Address to Africa Summit
- Thursday, November 22, 2018
“Nelson Mandela had many choices. Being educated during that time and during that history he could have chosen not to engage in the route against apathy. He was a lawyer, he had the opportunity to live his life quietly, but he decided to stand for the truth because he believed truth is one, truth cannot be divided and truth cannot be compromised.”
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A. Al Maliki: Inauguration of the Moroccan Parliament Branch of the IAPP
- Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Rabat, Morocco—We are launching the Moroccan branch of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace in the context of what has concerned the world today that necessitates the establishment and stabilization of peace, tolerance, cooperation and justice, as well as what has concerned the defenders of these values and principles.
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A. Svintsov: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Tuesday, August 28, 2018
“I particularly emphasize the important role of parliamentarians in democratic processes at all levels. . . . The role of parliamentarians is also important in ensuring peace, stability and economic growth.”
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J. Lim: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Tuesday, August 28, 2018
“The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the peaceful settlement that will be developed in the future will make my heart beat.”
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R. Deka: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Tuesday, August 28, 2018
“Peace and development are two sides of the same coin: They are directly proportional to each other.”
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B. Kalita: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Sunday, August 26, 2018
“The effort in bringing parliamentarians and religious leaders together to involve faith leaders in guiding and influencing global political affairs toward establishing sustainable peace and development is truly remarkable."
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K. Ejima: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Sunday, August 26, 2018
The three major nations of Northeast Asia, namely, Japan, South Korea and China, collectively produce 22 percent of the world’s total GDP. … With North Korea added to these three nations, however, the Northeast Asian region is plagued with complex problems such as an ideological confrontation long after the Cold War … East Asia which is separated by the Genkai Sea as well as the 38th parallel does not have a regional transportation system with high reliability and efficiency, making a major bottleneck against the expansion of regional trade.
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J. de Venecia: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Sunday, August 26, 2018
We had pointed out before that the successful dynamics of North Korea’s nuclear development and delivery system could be channeled to economic mobilization. We added that the “long-suspended Six-Nation Talks could have a business-focused auxiliary to develop economic joint ventures for deployment in the Korean north.” We believe that the potential of the two Koreas in cooperating together or united in peace could eventually lead to a prosperous second- or first-world nation in the third decade of the 21st century.