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Rongo to Kōshi no shisō 論語と孔子の思想 (The Analects and the thought of Confucius).
The Me Rongo Congress 2011 aimed to reunite people involved in the World March and the Tofino Peace gathering as well as others involved in peace-making or who have peace-making traditions, on Rēkohu in November 7-21, 2011.
On 13 November 2011, the delegates of the inaugural Me Rongo Congress ratified the following Declaration: Our collective experience shows that in order for individuals, communities and states to recover from acts of violence or aggression, a process for meaningful reconciliation needs to occur.
The Tofino gathering was conceived as a stepping stone in the lead up to the Me Rongo Congress planned for November 2011.
The covenant has been renewed at subsequent auspicious occasions – the opening of Kōpinga Marae (2005), the blessing for the World March for Peace and Non-Violence (2009) and at the inaugural Me Rongo Congress for Peace, Sustainability and Respect for the Sacred (2011).
We are further convinced that there is a deep connection amongst notions of peace, ecological resilience, and reverence for human dignity, ritual practices and sacred places: thus the connections at Me Rongo 2011 between “peace, sustainability and respect for the sacred”.
At the opening of the Me Rongo 2011 Congress the covenant was renewed and reaffirmed by all delegates.