May 24-25 2013, The Parliament of Romania, Bucharest
Prof. dr. Remus Pricopie, Rector of the National School of Political Science and Public Administration
«If we accept the idea that the Oriental, the Levantine, as well as the Occidental civilisations had their own roles in developing the Romanian culture and society, that it is more important to understand the context, the causes and the effects of those influences and not only the extent to which they have manifested or continue to manifest on the Romanian territory, we will see that both understanding the spiritual outline, as well as the mentalities of Romanian people become clearer.»
Academician Ionel Haiduc, President of the Romanian Academy
«I am honored to speak here on the behalf of Romanian Academy. The Romanian Academy is a national academy of science, literature and arts covering all areas of knowledge and culture. A few years ago a Nobel laureate said – I quote ”in the past the strength of countries are measured by the size of their armies. Now it depends on their scientific potential, military and economic of course depending on science. Science means competition and cooperation.” I will speak about cooperation.»
Ivo Šlaus, President of the World Academy of Art and Science
«As important as the biological diversity is so is the cultural diversity. Indeed there is even a concept just like we have intelligence caution and emotional caution so we have a cultural caution so it actually measures how quickly we are using our cultural background in interacting with other cultures and creating a global world and possibly trying to solve the problems.
All of this are interconected with other important subject and this is the subject of education.»
Katalin Bogyay, President of the General Conference of UNESCO
«Soft power representing the future of international relations because we are destined to reach a level of consciousness where the threat of use of force, either military or economic, will be simply unthinkable. Of course, we will never lose the human urge for competition, nor should we. The societies will continue to influence each other within the framework of cultural peace and mutual respect, competing in their abilities, to get other to complete their goals through attraction and persuasion. Is it only a dream?»