By HWPL
INCHEON, South Korea: Eight community leaders from Malaysia were among 1,800 guests from 121 countries who attended the ninth anniversary of the HWPL World Peace Summit in Incheon, South Korea from September 18 to 21.
Besides the eight guests from Malaysia, two Malaysian HWPL volunteers also attended the four-day event whose theme this year was "Implementing Multidimensional Strategies for Institutional Peace”.
Feedback from the eight Malaysian attendees upon their return was positive. Some of them indicated to HWPL representatives in Malaysia that they would like to hold similar kinds of events, although on a smaller scale, to promote peace and understanding in their home states.
HWPL, a South Korea-based international peace NGO affiliated with the United Nations ECOSOC and the United Nations DGC, has carried out global peace movements for world peace and cessation of war since its foundation in 2013.
The World Peace Summit by HWPL or Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light is held every Sept. 18 to promote world peace. Other than Malaysia, foreign delegates also included those from the United States, the Philippines, Ukraine, South Africa, Pakistan, Thailand, Romania, and India, to name a few.
The delegates comprised leaders and experts in the fields of international law, religion, education, youth, women, and media where they participated in about 30 sessions over four days.
The participants engaged in discussions along their fields of expertise, experiences in their home countries, and various practical and viable strategies to establish a legally binding international law for peace.
At a press conference on Sept 18, HWPL Chairman Lee Man-hee, urged politicians and leaders of countries to work together for peace.
In calling for such an action, Lee also related his personal experiences as a war veteran, having witnessed the harsh realities of war and how politics had been a major factor in many conflicts.
“Why should the lives of young people be sacrificed in war? What is politics, and for whom is it for?” he asked.
Lee emphasized: "When war breaks out, it is not politicians who go out and fight, but young people who have never bloomed before that are sacrificed. Peace cannot be achieved through words alone. If we don't have one, we have to create one.”
Lee revealed that the HWPL leadership had traveled 32 times around the world to promote peace.
"If peace had won in this world, there would have been no regrettable deaths. Through the enactment of international law, we must leave peace as a legacy to the global community where our descendants will live,” he stressed.
At the main session on Sept 18, Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, the 3rd President of Romania, said, “During the summit, we agreed that peace is not an abstract concept, but rather a supreme value of humanity that can generate a calm environment in which people can live without the threat of violent conflict or psychological pressure.
“We agreed to work towards the implementation of concrete measures, both in the short but above all in the long term, in order to fashion a new system of reference that replaces attitudes of man against a man with man alongside man expressed in the motto we adopted in 2014, ‘We Are One’.”
To achieve fair and sustainable peace, HWPL advocates building an internationally agreed concrete institutional peace based on the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) that proposes comprehensive measures of peace continuum, ranging from conflict prevention to maintaining peace.
In addition, HWPL will continue activities such as facilitating interreligious dialogues, fostering peace activities led by youth and women, providing peace education, and promoting a culture of peace through media outreach.
In the progress report presentation, Kang Tae-ho, Managing Director of HWPL, introduced the progress of the DPCW, which has received support from approximately 900,000 individuals in the civil societies of 176 countries as well as the Central American Parliament.
In citing the case of peace in Mindanao, an example of a private-level peace agreement, Ahod B. Ebrahim, Al haj, Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) of the Philippines, declared: “Today, I stand before all of you with utmost humility and say that the Bangsamoro is now a land of peace, prosperity, and justice where Muslims, Christians, Indigenous Peoples’, and our Lumad brothers and sisters co-exist and live in harmony.
“As we embrace a new age in the name of peace and development, I call upon every influential leader, policymaker, and peace advocate in parts of the world to become a catapult that promotes peace, disarmament, and a sustainable future. Let us continue to write a story of peace.”
HWPL has operated its Religious Peace Academy (RPA), a platform for comparative scriptural studies, in 130 countries worldwide with the aim of preventing conflict and promoting reconciliation through interreligious dialogue. Also, the HWPL Peace Education is to learn and practice peaceful values and has been implemented in the various schools and educational institutions in 90 countries around the world.
In conclusion, HWPL officials expressed gratitude for the visit to South Korea by global peace messengers, including former heads of state and leaders of ministerial rank, all united for the common aspiration of humanity: peace.
They also called for the cooperation of the South Korean government along with the support of the international community, to ensure that such non-governmental diplomacy can contribute to achievable and lasting peace.
At this year's event, the HWPL Peace Award was presented to 13 individuals in recognition of their contributions to cooperating with HWPL’s peace initiatives. Among the recipients were Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, the 3rd President of Romania; Mr. Oumar Keita, Former Permanent Delegate of Mali to UNESCO HQ; and Dr. Ciaran Burke, Professor of International Law at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany.
INCHEON, South Korea: Eight community leaders from Malaysia were among 1,800 guests from 121 countries who attended the ninth anniversary of the HWPL World Peace Summit in Incheon, South Korea from September 18 to 21.
Besides the eight guests from Malaysia, two Malaysian HWPL volunteers also attended the four-day event whose theme this year was "Implementing Multidimensional Strategies for Institutional Peace”.
Feedback from the eight Malaysian attendees upon their return was positive. Some of them indicated to HWPL representatives in Malaysia that they would like to hold similar kinds of events, although on a smaller scale, to promote peace and understanding in their home states.
HWPL, a South Korea-based international peace NGO affiliated with the United Nations ECOSOC and the United Nations DGC, has carried out global peace movements for world peace and cessation of war since its foundation in 2013.
The World Peace Summit by HWPL or Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light is held every Sept. 18 to promote world peace. Other than Malaysia, foreign delegates also included those from the United States, the Philippines, Ukraine, South Africa, Pakistan, Thailand, Romania, and India, to name a few.
The delegates comprised leaders and experts in the fields of international law, religion, education, youth, women, and media where they participated in about 30 sessions over four days.
The participants engaged in discussions along their fields of expertise, experiences in their home countries, and various practical and viable strategies to establish a legally binding international law for peace.
At a press conference on Sept 18, HWPL Chairman Lee Man-hee, urged politicians and leaders of countries to work together for peace.
In calling for such an action, Lee also related his personal experiences as a war veteran, having witnessed the harsh realities of war and how politics had been a major factor in many conflicts.
“Why should the lives of young people be sacrificed in war? What is politics, and for whom is it for?” he asked.
Lee emphasized: "When war breaks out, it is not politicians who go out and fight, but young people who have never bloomed before that are sacrificed. Peace cannot be achieved through words alone. If we don't have one, we have to create one.”
Lee revealed that the HWPL leadership had traveled 32 times around the world to promote peace.
"If peace had won in this world, there would have been no regrettable deaths. Through the enactment of international law, we must leave peace as a legacy to the global community where our descendants will live,” he stressed.
At the main session on Sept 18, Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, the 3rd President of Romania, said, “During the summit, we agreed that peace is not an abstract concept, but rather a supreme value of humanity that can generate a calm environment in which people can live without the threat of violent conflict or psychological pressure.
“We agreed to work towards the implementation of concrete measures, both in the short but above all in the long term, in order to fashion a new system of reference that replaces attitudes of man against a man with man alongside man expressed in the motto we adopted in 2014, ‘We Are One’.”
To achieve fair and sustainable peace, HWPL advocates building an internationally agreed concrete institutional peace based on the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) that proposes comprehensive measures of peace continuum, ranging from conflict prevention to maintaining peace.
In addition, HWPL will continue activities such as facilitating interreligious dialogues, fostering peace activities led by youth and women, providing peace education, and promoting a culture of peace through media outreach.
In the progress report presentation, Kang Tae-ho, Managing Director of HWPL, introduced the progress of the DPCW, which has received support from approximately 900,000 individuals in the civil societies of 176 countries as well as the Central American Parliament.
In citing the case of peace in Mindanao, an example of a private-level peace agreement, Ahod B. Ebrahim, Al haj, Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) of the Philippines, declared: “Today, I stand before all of you with utmost humility and say that the Bangsamoro is now a land of peace, prosperity, and justice where Muslims, Christians, Indigenous Peoples’, and our Lumad brothers and sisters co-exist and live in harmony.
“As we embrace a new age in the name of peace and development, I call upon every influential leader, policymaker, and peace advocate in parts of the world to become a catapult that promotes peace, disarmament, and a sustainable future. Let us continue to write a story of peace.”
HWPL has operated its Religious Peace Academy (RPA), a platform for comparative scriptural studies, in 130 countries worldwide with the aim of preventing conflict and promoting reconciliation through interreligious dialogue. Also, the HWPL Peace Education is to learn and practice peaceful values and has been implemented in the various schools and educational institutions in 90 countries around the world.
In conclusion, HWPL officials expressed gratitude for the visit to South Korea by global peace messengers, including former heads of state and leaders of ministerial rank, all united for the common aspiration of humanity: peace.
They also called for the cooperation of the South Korean government along with the support of the international community, to ensure that such non-governmental diplomacy can contribute to achievable and lasting peace.
At this year's event, the HWPL Peace Award was presented to 13 individuals in recognition of their contributions to cooperating with HWPL’s peace initiatives. Among the recipients were Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, the 3rd President of Romania; Mr. Oumar Keita, Former Permanent Delegate of Mali to UNESCO HQ; and Dr. Ciaran Burke, Professor of International Law at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany.
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