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On the sidelines of the International Conference on Human Fraternity in Jakarta, we speak with Ichal Supriadi, Secretary General of the Asia Democracy Network, on how the concept of human fraternity championed by the UAE, resonates deeply within ASEAN. He shares how the region’s long-standing commitment to unity in diversity, dialogue, and mutual respect makes ASEAN well-positioned to embrace and localize the values of fraternity, peace, and coexistence.

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00:00So thank you for having me first. I think this is my first time attending events that hosted by
00:15human fraternities and there are mixed feelings for me as a actors civil society and promotion
00:23of democracy and human rights in the regions. I guess it is my privilege to to learn how the
00:29processes and then the opportunity ahead and I guess it is much much being appreciated by
00:35Indonesians because for the first time the concept of the human fraternity come to the space of the
00:42many Indonesians, schoolers, activists, governments and many other sectors attending this this today's
00:51events. For me particularly it is my great pleasure to see different perspective of people's different
00:59professions come here and learning about human fraternity and then I think many people has
01:04has been surprised and then equally delighted where they only learned about the Western concepts the UN
01:11the UN's principles and many others agreements but human fraternity came as an alternative and then
01:19likely can be workable in the current crisis and current situations current challenges of democracy
01:26human rights and humanity as well. So I've been hearing about human fraternity for years right now since the
01:33first inception and agreements between the two religious leaders the Pope of the post the later post
01:39Franciscans and then the great Imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque but this is one my my my first learning about the
01:47processes and then there are two take away in here that I highlighted first human fraternity came as a
01:57streams alternative way that people can look into beyond politics beyond democracy and non-democratics beyond
02:07the camps of the world powers secondly the initiative came from the UAE let's say is close to many of
02:17many of the Asians let's see the Asian perspective so it's bring new wave or new alternative leadership so
02:25not only the concept of the human fraternity itself but also led by the new let's say new powers that
02:32emerging not only economic right now but then again taking more roles in the world humanity peace and then
02:39peace and then futures let's say that we can see that we can look it as a new way to looking the world order
02:51so I think it's unite in the way to looking more perspective in respecting the human dignity
03:00helping the poor reducing the gaps and then helping to finding the conflict resolutions in many countries
03:08in Asia we all knows the Asia is a for fronts of the conflicts internal conflicts between the
03:17countries conflicts and even ideological conflicts I think most of those problem is not because of the
03:25political differentiating I think all Asian acceptings about all that we can live in diversity but then
03:32against problem is of course internally and then between the countries so I think there's a interconnectivity
03:42and then relevancy between the role of the leaders that should be sensitizing by the empathy to ending any uh to
03:52lessening the gap for for any possibility of conflict and I think human fraternity can be stand in between
04:00not only about religions but also intersectorals I think this is the first uh the first thing that
04:06we need to look into where human fraternity approach is actually is providing a space not only about the
04:13leaders state leaders not about religious leaders but also involvements of many stakeholders like academe
04:19schoolers journalists civil societies and even minority groups I think that what I looking for these two days
04:26that I really respect is that I really respect this the way they find the concept that can be moving
04:33together and then learning together uh without undermining orders I think we can see what happening in
04:41Southeast Asia recently with the Myanmar happenings and unsolved or probably never-ending solutions between the
04:49the junta and then the rebels where we can see um um Asian leaders cannot do much on that but for the
04:59recent conflict on Cambodia and Thailand I think I have to commanding the rules that taking uh that
05:04uh taken by uh Malaysian leaders that immediately providing space bring everybody's all conflicting parties
05:12to sitting down to talk about it and then finally they come up with the good news so this fire is
05:18something a blast there's something which we need to celebrate things and then I think if we can
05:23encouraging more things interventions in the positive way uh among the Asian leaders I think they can
05:31bring positive impact reducing the conflicts um reducing the suffer of the people because
05:37everywhere when the two conflicting parties started uh peoples uh is being the ultimate victim from those two
05:45conflicts as yeah I think it's the only workable unions you know of course in comparable with the
05:53African union but I think beyond that beyond the UN I uh I think the Asia uh Southeast Asian nation
05:59association is the one of the most solid solid most workables uh to prevent conflict between two
06:07countries but then again uh there's a lot of thing to do more because handling conflict not only talking
06:15about the two countries conflict internal conflicts minority uh tensions uh fighting properties there are
06:24there's a lot things to do but as I said have a very good grounds they have a good charters which is
06:29still respected by any others except of course the interference within the uh within the countries
06:34they have a adequate bodies to discuss uh all aspect including economic social political culture
06:44I think it's grow and a lot of people have a good faith in Aseans but then just need a good leaders
06:51but of course the leader who can say we're taking care our regions uh with limiting the intervention of
06:57the global powers because whatever happened in Asia so this Asian particularly is still very affected by
07:03the big brother of China and also um another big brothers of Uncle Sam's uh so both uh politics are still
07:11very much um in uh what do you call it interdependence with what guidance they provided so I think the
07:18incidents of the Cambodian and Thailand's uh conflicts and many um I mean long-term experience of Asian
07:27leaders and actors should be able to draw the limits and also to limiting interventions of many
07:33global global powers and as a civil society organization operating in Asia I really believe
07:40in the current global conflict global uh shifting global powers changing they're looking to Asia Asia
07:48one of the place where they need to put an investment they they need to rely on the economic powers
07:54and of course the future peace and others globally so I have a good faith on human fraternity with the
08:00correct supports of the peoples correct support uh engaging correct governments and
08:05and bringing more leadership on it I think we should be proud um if the UAE will take uh will take a
08:14lead and I think Asia will giving full support for that initiative because it's much more easy to
08:19understand much more easy to accept uh in terms of our social cultural and political backgrounds and then
08:26people knows the Middle East actually has been long-standing supporting social economic and cultural in Asia
08:33itself I hope that can really give in perspective but from the Asia civil society uh perspective we're
08:39still looking forward because it is still minimum engagement of civil society that perhaps can be
08:44elevating uh not only touch upon the governments but of course civil society knows what are needed
08:52how to efficiently working and operating on the ground so the human fraternity will develop from the
08:58concept to the real action plan and then solution problem a big civil society providing a very huge
09:05space and perspective in terms of the impact to the grassroots because sometimes government have a power
09:11but government have like ability to penetrate things to really understand the problems on the grounds so
09:17civil society uh community-based organizations uh and then grassroots organization is really really have that
09:26kind of skill and strength um and then really uh open for that and then again social movement social
09:35movement is something like standing alone but then again with a good uh good uh let's say measure good
09:42approach I think uh the leadership of UAE can be more acceptable uh for from all of us I think that's the point
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