The Global Ethics Forum 2025 (GEF2025) is convening at a pivotal time, guided by the theme: Reinventing Responsible Governance: Navigating Dilemmas, Power, and Purpose.
First and foremost, I would like to congratulate Globethics for this inspiring initiative and for their excellent work in advancing ethical reflection and cooperation at a time when our world needs it most.
I had the privilege to participate in a trully moving Roundtable titled “Preparing for Peace: What kind of innovative initiatives and spaces are needed for mediation, hope regeneration, and healing?”
It is deeply meaningful that our discussion today coincides with renewed efforts toward ceasefire and reconciliation in Gaza. Yet mediation, in its truest sense, must not be reduced to a negotiation table. It is, rather, a form of spiritual diplomacy, a pilgrimage from truth to transformation.
Such a journey calls us to unite moral accountability with prayerful encounter and concrete restorative action. It reminds us that peace is not merely achieved, but cultivated, through metanoia, dialogue, and shared humanity.
At the heart of this pilgrimage lies Spiritual Intelligence (SI), the capacity to see the sacred in the other, to discern meaning in suffering, and to act from compassion rather than control. If peacebuilding is to endure, it must be rooted in this intelligence: one that integrates the ethical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of human life into a coherent force for healing and hope.
Let us therefore join our minds and hearts, especially tonight, across traditions, nations, and narratives, to co-create spaces where peace is not only negotiated, but nurtured.
Together, let us embody the transformation we seek, for a world reconciled in dignity and truth. Because We Care!
Geneva, Global Ethics Forum October 2025
— Dr. Nikolaos F. Dimitriadis
President, CEMES | Founder & CEO, Ethos Global Consulting
