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Gemeinsame Erklärung der globalen Jugend zur Menschenrechtskrise in Myanmar
Gemeinsame Erklärung der globalen Jugend zur Menschenrechtskrise in Myanmar
In einer gemeinsamen Erklärung schlossen sich 249 Jugendorganisationen mit 1,7 Millionen Mitgliedern aus 65 Ländern zusammen, um sich für friedliche Lösungen zur Menschenrechtskrise in Myanmar auszusprechen. Durch diese „Gemeinsame Erklärung der globalen Jugend und Zivilgesellschaft zur Menschenrechtskrise in Myanmar“ streben Jugendorganisationen nach internationaler Zusammenarbeit, um die…
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Rival Korean messiah builds workshop next to UC / FFWPU Cheongpyeong Center
Updated March 10, 2020
▲ 신천지 연수원(좌측 하단)과 천전궁(우측 상단)이 한눈에 들어온다. 신천지는 저 위 천정궁을 바라보며 통일교 따라잡기에 열심이다.
▲ Shincheonji Training Center / Peace Palace (lower left) and the Moon’s $1 billion Palace at Cheongpyeong (upper right). Below are two closer views of Lee Man-hee’s Peace Palace.
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신천지의 통일교 벤치마킹
2015년 01월 14일 11시 45분 입력
Benchmarking the Unification Church and Shincheonji of Lee Man-hee
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
Shincheonji = new heaven and earth. They are organized into 12 tribes.
Front organizations: International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), Zion Christian Center, Parachristo
computer translation, there will be inaccuracies:
One Shincheonji former member was instructed to benchmark the Unification Church. Lee Man-hee imitates doctrines and activities of the Unification Church.
Lee Man-hee’s connections with the Unification Church
Lee Man-hee’s relationship with the Unification Church continues to be captured. On November 15, 2012, Lee and his wife, Kim Nam-hee, bought land from Hyundai-Kia, Hyundai, Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Province for 3.15 billion won. A three-story training center with a marina was built at the location.
Lee attended a performance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Little Angels arts group at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts on September 7th. Lee and Kim also had a commemorative photo taken with Mr. Pak Bo Hi. The Chun Ji Daily and the Unification Church World Daily News published favorable articles.
▲ 통일교 행사에 참석해 박보희씨(좌측 두 번째)와 함께 사진을 찍은 이만희, 김남희씨
▲ Mr Lee Man-hee and Kim Nam-hee, photographed with Mr Pak Bo-hi (second from the left) attending a Unification Church Little Angels event. Mrs Pak is standing next to Mr Lee.
Peace movement copied
Lee Man-hee claims to be a “lion of peace” and has traveled all over the world. In September and December 2014, Mr Lee held conferences on religions in Seoul and in Los Angeles in the United States. [Summit of the World Alliance of Religions for Peace (WARP) Seoul, Sept. 17-19, 2014] He put forward fanciful claims that he would unite the world’s religions. Lee reasons that ‘the conflicts between religions break peace.’ At the Los Angeles event Lee said that he is the person who is directly connected with God and that God’s will is to eliminate conflicts caused by religion.
Obviously, you will have often heard the word ‘peace’ used in the Unification Church. It was a key factor in determining the Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon presented himself as a peace activist. Moon said in his autobiography, As a Peace Loving Global Citizen, “Peace will never come on this earth without breaking down the barriers between religions.” “For thousands of years different religions have claimed to be the right ones, building high walls. God’s will is for peace.”
▲ 문선명 한학자 부부(위)와 이만희, 김남희씨(아래)
▲ Sun Myung Moon, and his wife (above), Lee Man-hee and Kim Nam-hee (below)
The resemblance is too similar. In the end, Lee is merely following the older successful religious movement under the banner of “peace.” Retirees, who were in the planning department for Shincheonji activities and events, confirmed this.
Shintan was written by the Unification Church
Most of the doctrines of Korean pseudo-religions are similar. It is because almost all the leaders did not receive proper theological education. They preach pseudo-religion. Shincheonji also borrowed doctrines from the Olive Tree movement of Park Tae-seon (b. 1915) and The Tent Temple—or the Temple of the Tabernacle—which was founded by Yoo Jae-yul (b. 1949).
But Shincheonji was particularly influenced by the Unification Church. Kim Kun-nam, one of the two authors of Shintan, which can be called the first doctrine of Shincheonji, is from the Unification Church. Kim also served as a lecturer in the Unification Church. It is no exaggeration to say that Shincheonji doctrine developed on the basis of what Kim made.
神誕
▲ 신천지 최초 교리서『신탄』 ▲ Shincheonji’s first teaching Shintan
The process by which Lee Man-hee is setting up a succession plan for Kim Nam-hee is also similar to the Unification Church. The UC refers to Dr. Hak Ja Han as True Mother and has deified her. After the death of Moon, the deification of Han was further strengthened. At present, in the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han is the holy and honorable god of the day for the first time in history. It was Moon, who called himself True Father, who made Han like this. Moon has said that Han is the second great leader of the Unification Church.
Kim Nam-hee has the overwhelming support of Lee Man-hee and became the mother of the people through a spiritual substitute at the head of a seminary. In the Gapyeong Shincheonji Training Center, … are expressed as Kim. This is a doctrinal footstep that makes Lee’s successor, Kim Nam-hee, become the master of Shincheonji. What remains is the deification of Kim. Just as the deification of Moon has been further strengthened, it is important to pay attention to where Kim can go.
The Unification Church became a huge organization by using ‘peace’. Although there has been friction between the internal forces after Moon’s death, it is steadily establishing succession relative to other pseudo religions. Was it enough of a role model for Lee Man-hee? Shincheonji has copied the Unification Church in doctrine and activity. How far can Shincheonji catch up with the Unification Church (FFWPU)?
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Lee Man-hee was born on September 15, 1931 in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province, Korea. Before founding his own religious movement, he was a member of the group known as the Olive Tree Movement of Park Tae-seon and of another movement called the Tabernacle Temple.
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Global Youth Issued Joint Statement on Myanmar’s Human Rights Crisis
252 youth organizations with 1.7 million members from 65 countries joined in joint statement advocating peaceful solutions to the human rights crisis in Myanmar. Through this “Joint Statement of World’s Civil Society and Youth on Myanmar’s Human Rights Crisis,” youth organizations take into account international cooperation to increase the collective voice for seeking solutions through talks among the stakeholders of the country.
In the statement, it said, “We urge the head of state of each country and the international community to actively pursue peaceful measures to safeguard the lives of Myanmar’s citizens.” It added, “We urge people and media worldwide to raise their voices in support of finding peaceful resolutions to the current crisis.”
The statement highlighted that global youth’s “commitment to work toward ceasing conflicts, countering violence and establishing sustainable peace through the 2018’s UN Youth Declaration.” Mr. Mainza M Hiyamwa, Chairperson of Chosen Generation Youth Club Solwezi (CGYC) of Zambia, said, “The UN and international society are being the main pillars of peace and security, human rights, and development. It's more vital that we gain access and disseminate information on the range of issues affecting the people of Myanmar. By so doing it would carry more impact and help in the restoration of peace, human rights promotion, and development of the country.”
Mr. Alemayehu Menta, President of Gato Development Association said that the peace of youth should be protected. Also, Mr. Shirwan, Chairman of Peace Generations Iraqi Network told, "I really appreciate that I can do something for world peace."
Facing the current deadlock of counteractions against the humanitarian crisis from the deaths and injuries continually occurring in Myanmar, this global movement by youth organizations has been led by the International Peace Youth Group, an affiliated organization of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light registered in the UN ECOSOC.
This joint statement was sent to the UN Secretary General, international organizations, governments and civil society organizations.
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International Peace Youth Group strives to create a new culture of peace as an alternative for violence and conflict
International Peace Youth Group strives to create a new culture of peace as an alternative for violence and conflict
By Linda Machinga
The International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) an organisation that started in 2015 aims to transcend boundaries, races and religion to unite the hearts and efforts of people in the country. The group consists of 50 volunteers in which 8 are the most prominent members.
According to the Group’s Branch Coordinator, Macarios Shimwandi in an interview with the Economist, the main…
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Rival Korean messiah builds workshop next to UC / FFWPU Cheongpyeong Center
▲ 신천지 연수원(좌측 하단)과 천전궁(우측 상단)이 한눈에 들어온다. 신천지는 저 위 천정궁을 바라보며 통일교 따라잡기에 열심이다.
▲ Shincheonji Training Center / Peace Palace (lower left) and the Moon’s Palace at Cheongpyeong (upper right). Below is a closer view of Lee Man-hee’s Peace Palace.
신천지의 통일교 벤치마킹
2015년 01월 14일 11시 45분 입력
Benchmarking the Unification Church and Shincheonji of Lee Man-hee
Published January 14, 2015
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
Shincheonji = new heaven and earth. They are organized into 12 tribes.
Front organizations: International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), Zion Christian Center, Parachristo
computer translation, there will be inaccuracies:
One Shincheonji former member was instructed to benchmark the Unification Church. Lee Man-hee imitates doctrines and activities of the Unification Church.
Lee Man-hee’s connections with the Unification Church
Lee Man-hee’s relationship with the Unification Church continues to be captured. On November 15, 2012, Lee and his wife, Kim Nam-hee, bought land from Hyundai-Kia, Hyundai, Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Province for 3.15 billion won. A three-story training center with a marina was built at the location.
Lee attended a performance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Little Angels arts group at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts on September 7th. Lee and Kim also had a commemorative photo taken with Mr. Pak Bo Hi. The Chun Ji Daily and the Unification Church World Daily News published favorable articles.
▲ 통일교 행사에 참석해 박보희씨(좌측 두 번째)와 함께 사진을 찍은 이만희, 김남희씨
▲ Mr Lee Man-hee and Kim Nam-hee, photographed with Mr Pak Bo-hi (second from the left) attending a Unification Church Little Angels event. Mrs Pak is standing next to Mr Lee.
Peace movement copied
Lee Man-hee claims to be a “lion of peace” and has traveled all over the world. In September and December 2014, Mr Lee held conferences on religions in Seoul and in Los Angeles in the United States. [Summit of the World Alliance of Religions for Peace (WARP) Seoul, Sept. 17-19, 2014] He put forward fanciful claims that he would unite the world’s religions. Lee reasons that ‘the conflicts between religions break peace.’ At the Los Angeles event Lee said that he is the person who is directly connected with God and that God’s will is to eliminate conflicts caused by religion.
Obviously, you will have often heard the word ‘peace’ used in the Unification Church. It was a key factor in determining the Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon presented himself as a peace activist. Moon said in his autobiography, As a Peace Loving Global Citizen, “Peace will never come on this earth without breaking down the barriers between religions.” “For thousands of years different religions have claimed to be the right ones, building high walls. God’s will is for peace.”
▲ 문선명 한학자 부부(위)와 이만희, 김남희씨(아래)
▲ Sun Myung Moon, and his wife (above), Lee Man-hee and Kim Nam-hee (below)
The resemblance is too similar. In the end, Lee is merely following the older successful religious movement under the banner of “peace.” Retirees, who were in the planning department for Shincheonji activities and events, confirmed this.
Shintan was written by the Unification Church
Most of the doctrines of Korean pseudo-religions are similar. It is because almost all the leaders did not receive proper theological education. They preach pseudo-religion. Shincheonji also borrowed doctrines from the Olive Tree movement of Park Tae-seon (b. 1915) and The Tent Temple—or the Temple of the Tabernacle—which was founded by Yoo Jae-yul (b. 1949).
But Shincheonji was particularly influenced by the Unification Church. Kim Kun-nam, one of the two authors of Shintan, which can be called the first doctrine of Shincheonji, is from the Unification Church. Kim also served as a lecturer in the Unification Church. It is no exaggeration to say that Shincheonji doctrine developed on the basis of what Kim made.
神誕
▲ 신천지 최초 교리서『신탄』 ▲ Shincheonji's first teaching Shintan
The process by which Lee Man-hee is setting up a succession plan for Kim Nam-hee is also similar to the Unification Church. The UC refers to Dr. Hak Ja Han as True Mother and has deified her. After the death of Moon, the deification of Han was further strengthened. At present, in the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han is the holy and honorable god of the day for the first time in history. It was Moon, who called himself True Father, who made Han like this. Moon has said that Han is the second great leader of the Unification Church.
Kim Nam-hee has the overwhelming support of Lee Man-hee and became the mother of the people through a spiritual substitute at the head of a seminary. In the Gapyeong Shincheonji Training Center, ... are expressed as Kim. This is a doctrinal footstep that makes Lee’s successor, Kim Nam-hee, become the master of Shincheonji. What remains is the deification of Kim. Just as the deification of Moon has been further strengthened, it is important to pay attention to where Kim can go.
The Unification Church became a huge organization by using ‘peace’. Although there has been friction between the internal forces after Moon’s death, it is steadily establishing succession relative to other pseudo religions. Was it enough of a role model for Lee Man-hee? Shincheonji has copied the Unification Church in doctrine and activity. How far can Shincheonji catch up with the Unification Church (FFWPU)?
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Branding Korea! How about Culture Shock Day with Mannam? (Pt. 2)
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Virtual Conference to Introduce Peace Activities Led by Global Citizens in the Pandemic Era
On May 25, 2021, HWPL held its 8th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace online, with 3,000 people from 150 countries around the world in attendance. HWPL, an international peace NGO, stands for Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light. Since its founding in 2013, in association with its affiliated groups, International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and International Women’s Peace Group, HWPL has been working towards implementing practical measures to achieve world peace and cessation of war.
With several cases of international partnership in peacebuilding projects endorsed by youth and women organizations categorized by each region – Africa, Europe, and Asia, this year’s event aimed to discuss a citizen-led peace movement and cooperation to promote coexistence and harmony in the global community, and to overcome global challenges that stem from hatred, conflicts, misunderstanding, and lack of communication in this current pandemic era.
The event commemorated the Declaration of World Peace, proclaimed on May 25thin 2013, which involves not only the cooperation of each state in establishing international laws for peace and the role of the media in sharing information about peace, but also the active peace movement of youth and women who seek to transform themselves from the greatest victims of war to the greatest actors for peace.
From HWPL’s peace initiative, for the past eight years millions of global citizens have participated in promoting locally adapted peace projects, including education, relief, and forums to offer public policies, in order to meet the needs of the community and create a favourable environment for peace.
In cooperation with IWPG, Chairwoman Pascale Isho Warda of Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) in Iraq, who was appointed as Minister of Migration and Displacement by the UN from 2004 to 2005, introduced a legislation project of law that prevents violence against women and children.
Regarding the importance of peace activities through education, she said, “We need to learn the mechanism of guiding everyone to become tools of peace, which accumulates from daily life and sometimes throughout the simplest matters of life, starting with personal peace with oneself, within the family, and with others.”
Ven. Ashin Htavara, General Secretary of All Burmese Monks Representative Committee in Norway, who went through the Saffron Revolution in 2007, stated that 3 HWPL Peace Libraries were established in Payapon, Myanmar and that a fourth library is currently being prepared.
“There are too few libraries for children in Myanmar. I wanted to give hope to these little children. In the future, the library will conduct peace education, peace activities, and peace campaigns, and we will do everything that can help achieve peace,” he said.
The event also advocated global participation in peace activities, such as the peace tree planting campaign that began in Ukraine with 1,000 participants from 21 countries, and peace policy proposal dialogue between citizens and policy experts in Mali where the recent coup triggered social unrest.
“It is we in this day who have to do all the necessary things to make peace and prevent our globe from being destroyed. War does not end with words, but it comes to an end with our practical actions. I believe that this can be achieved since no one in our global village is not willing to see peace,” highlighted Chairman Lee of HWPL. Citizens in the Pandemic Era
On May 25, 2021, HWPL held its 8th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace online, with 3,000 people from 150 countries around the world in attendance. HWPL, an international peace NGO, stands for Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light. Since its founding in 2013, in association with its affiliated groups, International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and International Women’s Peace Group, HWPL has been working towards implementing practical measures to achieve world peace and cessation of war.
With several cases of international partnership in peacebuilding projects endorsed by youth and women organizations categorized by each region – Africa, Europe, and Asia, this year’s event aimed to discuss a citizen-led peace movement and cooperation to promote coexistence and harmony in the global community, and to overcome global challenges that stem from hatred, conflicts, misunderstanding, and lack of communication in this current pandemic era.
The event commemorated the Declaration of World Peace, proclaimed on May 25thin 2013, which involves not only the cooperation of each state in establishing international laws for peace and the role of the media in sharing information about peace, but also the active peace movement of youth and women who seek to transform themselves from the greatest victims of war to the greatest actors for peace.
From HWPL’s peace initiative, for the past eight years millions of global citizens have participated in promoting locally adapted peace projects, including education, relief, and forums to offer public policies, in order to meet the needs of the community and create a favourable environment for peace.
In cooperation with IWPG, Chairwoman Pascale Isho Warda of Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) in Iraq, who was appointed as Minister of Migration and Displacement by the UN from 2004 to 2005, introduced a legislation project of law that prevents violence against women and children.
Regarding the importance of peace activities through education, she said, “We need to learn the mechanism of guiding everyone to become tools of peace, which accumulates from daily life and sometimes throughout the simplest matters of life, starting with personal peace with oneself, within the family, and with others.”
Ven. Ashin Htavara, General Secretary of All Burmese Monks Representative Committee in Norway, who went through the Saffron Revolution in 2007, stated that 3 HWPL Peace Libraries were established in Payapon, Myanmar and that a fourth library is currently being prepared.
“There are too few libraries for children in Myanmar. I wanted to give hope to these little children. In the future, the library will conduct peace education, peace activities, and peace campaigns, and we will do everything that can help achieve peace,” he said.
The event also advocated global participation in peace activities, such as the peace tree planting campaign that began in Ukraine with 1,000 participants from 21 countries, and peace policy proposal dialogue between citizens and policy experts in Mali where the recent coup triggered social unrest.
“It is we in this day who have to do all the necessary things to make peace and prevent our globe from being destroyed. War does not end with words, but it comes to an end with our practical actions. I believe that this can be achieved since no one in our global village is not willing to see peace,” highlighted Chairman Lee of HWPL.
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IPYG 대전지부, 한반도 평화 통일을 염원하는 평화의 손편지 행사 개최
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Virtual Conference to Introduce Peace Activities Led by Global Citizens in the Pandemic Era
On May 25, 2021, HWPL's 8th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace was held online and attended by 3000 people from 150 countries around the world. This event is held annually by an international peace NGO named Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) in association with its affiliated groups, International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG).
On May 25, 2021, HWPL held its 8th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace online, with 3,000 people from 150 countries around the world in attendance. HWPL, an international peace NGO, stands for Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light. Since its founding in 2013, in association with its affiliated groups, International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and International Women’s Peace Group, HWPL has been working towards implementing practical measures to achieve world peace and cessation of war.
With several cases of international partnership in peacebuilding projects endorsed by youth and women organizations categorized by each region – Africa, Europe, and Asia, this year’s event aimed to discuss a citizen-led peace movement and cooperation to promote coexistence and harmony in the global community, and to overcome global challenges that stem from hatred, conflicts, misunderstanding, and lack of communication in this current pandemic era.
The event commemorated the Declaration of World Peace, proclaimed on May 25th in 2013, which involves not only the cooperation of each state in establishing international laws for peace and the role of the media in sharing information about peace, but also the active peace movement of youth and women who seek to transform themselves from the greatest victims of war to the greatest actors for peace.
From this peace initiative, HWPL says that millions of global citizens for 8 years have participated in promoting peace projects locally fitted to creating a favorable environment of peace, including education, relief, and forums to offer public policies to meet the needs of the community.
From HWPL’s peace initiative, for the past eight years millions of global citizens have participated in promoting locally adapted peace projects, including education, relief, and forums to offer public policies, in order to meet the needs of the community and create a favourable environment for peace.
In cooperation with IWPG, Chairwoman Pascale Isho Warda of Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) in Iraq, who was appointed as Minister of Migration and Displacement by the UN from 2004 to 2005, introduced a legislation project of law that prevents violence against women and children.
Regarding the importance of peace activities through education, she said, “We need to learn the mechanism of guiding everyone to become tools of peace, which accumulates from daily life and sometimes throughout the simplest matters of life, starting with personal peace with oneself, within the family, and with others.”
Ven. Ashin Htavara, General Secretary of All Burmese Monks Representative Committee in Norway, who went through the Saffron Revolution in 2007, stated that 3 HWPL Peace Libraries were established in Payapon, Myanmar and that a fourth library is currently being prepared.
“There are too few libraries for children in Myanmar. I wanted to give hope to these little children. In the future, the library will conduct peace education, peace activities, and peace campaigns, and we will do everything that can help achieve peace,” he said.
The event also advocated global participation in peace activities, such as the peace tree planting campaign that began in Ukraine with 1,000 participants from 21 countries, and peace policy proposal dialogue between citizens and policy experts in Mali where the recent coup triggered social unrest.
“It is we in this day who have to do all the necessary things to make peace and prevent our globe from being destroyed. War does not end with words, but it comes to an end with our practical actions. I believe that this can be achieved since no one in our global village is not willing to see peace,” highlighted Chairman Lee of HWPL.
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International Peace Law Webinar
“Marching on Toward Sustainable Peace in a Pandemic Era”
On March 14, HWPL’s 5th Annual Commemoration of the DPCW was held as a live webinar, joined by over 1,200 people in 132 countries from all sectors of the society including government, international organizations, heads of women and youth groups, religious leaders, press, and members of civic society.
Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), organised this year’s commemorative event, “Marching on Toward Sustainable Peace in a Pandemic Era”, which served as a platform to share the direction for the future. What was discussed were case studies of different sectors cooperating across the world as peace messengers, and how they had brought peace in the new socially distanced world by their response to the pandemic.
The host organization, HWPL, is a peace NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC and associated with UN DGC. For the purpose of ceasing all wars and creating a peaceful world as a legacy for future generations, HWPL has been carrying out 3 main peace initiatives - international law for peace, interfaith dialogue meeting, and peace education.
The Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) includes principles of peacebuilding such as the prohibition of the use of force, the development of friendly relations, and peaceful dispute settlement. It emphasises international cooperation based on interfaith dialogue and civic participation to create a culture of peace. Since its proclamation on March 14th, 2016, the DPCW-based peacebuilding model went on to receive government recognition and support for inter-religious dialogue, peace education, youth and women’s peace activities.
As a member of the International Law Peace Committee (ILPC) who drafted the DPCW, Professor Ciaran Burke explained the background of the DPCW, how it was founded on “the conviction that judicial and other dispute resolution measure can replace the role of war with the rule of law.”
He also stressed the core of the DPCW by borrowing words from Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL, “the goal of the DPCW overall is to escalate moral and political responsibilities of world leaders, making legal obligations of their government clearer to reduce the imbalance between law and politics.”
Efforts to institutionalise peace based on the DPCW are underway. Countries in Southeast Asia and Central America have begun to rebuild their national legal infrastructure, grounding it on the DPCW. Furthermore, local governments are officially declaring their support for the DPCW and implementing its peace principles. In South Asia, the DPCW was even introduced into the university curriculum as an academic research course on the role of law for a peaceful society.
According to UNESCO, over 190 countries closed down educational facilities, and over 1.6 billion students lost their opportunity for sustainable education. However, HWPL’s campaign, “Teaching goes on”, counteracts this issue, and now peace education is taught at 214 locations in 34 countries, providing online peace education for over 5,000 students 224 times in 15 countries.
Stressing the importance of strengthening partnership for sustainable education, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Mali to UNESCO, S.E Monsieur Oumar KEITA, said, “We must unite with a spirit of cooperation to ensure peace at the national and international levels. We must consider the need for a comprehensive legal approach that will lead citizens in their everyday lives, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or religion. The preamble to DPCW with 10 articles and 38 clauses speaks of that very well.”
Regarding the importance of religion in spreading hope and peace during the pandemic crisis, Allama Syed Abdullah Tariq, President of the World Organization of Religion & Knowledge, said, “Whenever humanity faces a difficult time era, there has been a religion which gives them hope and courage to overcome crises. Religion has power dissolve our differences and unite us to be strong enough to overcome the obstacles. Such efforts will fertilise the culture of peace when the current generation is in desperate need for hope.”
Since it began in 2014, HWPL’s interfaith dialogue meeting also known as the WARP Office meeting is now expanded to 129 countries, seeing an increase in online meetings because of the pandemic. The religious communities in the WARP Office meeting also have held several pan-religious prayer meetings, meditation, and peace camps to reach out to people of the world who are facing hardship due to the pandemic.
International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), an affiliate of HWPL, is building a peace network of youth around the world with the Youth Empowerment Peace Workshop (YEPW), which was inspired by the DPCW’s peace realization process, to achieve youth empowerment proposed in the UN SDGs and Youth 2030.
Mr. Reuben Sapetulu, Deputy Secretary Agent for the United Nations Youth Association of Zambia (YUNA Zambia), said, “I participated in the delivery of 3,000 peace letters to the minister of justice in Zambia for the DPCW proposal. I am committed simply because I agree that the DPCW will be effective in ceasing wars and bringing world peace. YEPW was also inspired by the DPCW’s peace realization process. Spreading peace culture based on the DPCW is the way to achieve peace. World leaders, please pay attention and support what the DPCW is stating about process to make world peace a reality.”
Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL urged cooperation and unity for achieving peace by saying “No property or anything can become a legacy in the future. We must create a world of freedom, peace, and love without war, and make it an eternal legacy for our descendants. This is what we need to do in this era. Although the process of submitting the DPCW to the UN was paused for a while due to the corona pandemic, as much as this desire to achieve peace, there is no change.”
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