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Kathmandu Declaration on Climate Change
- 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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Kathmandu Declaration on Peace and Development
- 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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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. 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.
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J. Birdi: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Sunday, August 26, 2018
If religious and faith leaders are seen talking to one another, sitting with one another and sharing a meal with one another, then that will have a very positive effect on members of their congregation and also on other people who see this happening. Cooperation amongst religious leaders is very important and has to take place at an international, national and local level for there to be peace at all these levels.
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J. Asshiddiqie: Address to 32nd International Leadership Conference
- Sunday, August 26, 2018
The mode of relations between religion and state as it is applied in Indonesia [is]based on the philosophy of Pancasila, which recognizes as its first principle the Oneness of God, that is, the universal God belongs to every religious group in the country. The relationship between the state and religion in Indonesia is more than just friendly; it is also brotherly, fraternal. In Indonesia, the government has as its duty and interest to help and to strengthen all religious groups.