Mahathir Mohamad Instagram – I am back in Fukuoka to attend the Japan Future Leaders School.
For the past 19 years I’ve been invited to address a group of young people, pre-University students.
This time, I shared my thoughts on ‘Can War Be Abolished? A New Milestone for Peacemaking and Our Future Generation Can Contribute’.
I have always been of the opinion that War is about killing people and destroying everything that we have built.
With war, no one achieves anything – neither the winner nor the loser. I see war as something very primitive that uncivilised people promote.
There will always be conflict between nations. Uncivilised people always choose to fight each other. War is not a solution to any conflict.
Can war be abolished? Yes we can. It is important that the young people who inherit this world must understand war is not an option at all to solve problems. Perhaps with this understanding, future wars can be avoided.
Conflicts must be solved through negotiations, arbitration and reference to the world court.
I also listened to presentations from participants about peace projects. It seems that they have been studying wars, and peace, and they have suggestions on how to maintain peace.
They have many ideas and I may use some of the ideas in future talks that I may give to other people.
It is important for future leaders to be exposed to the problem early when they are still young so that they do not go wrong and perhaps become a good leader some day. Global Arena, Fukuoka | Posted on 07/Aug/2022 17:23:11