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
3,000 people from 150 countries around the world.
With several cases of international
partnership for 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.
#COVID_19
The event commemorated the
Declaration of World Peace, proclaimed on May 25th in 2013, which contains not
only the cooperation of each state to establish international law for peace and
the role of the media in contribution to sharing information of 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.
#DPCW
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.
#HWPL
Chairperson Pacale 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
in cooperation with IWPG.
#IWPG
Regarding the importance of peace
activities through education, she said, “We need to learn the mechanism of
guiding everyone to become a tool of peace, strengthening from daily life, and
sometimes throughout the simplest matter of life, starting with personal peace
with oneself, in the family, and with others.”
#PEACE
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.
#MYANMAR
“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.
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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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This is a beautiful post. I read that over 200 schools worldwide have been designated HWPL Peace Academies. I hope HWPL's Peace Education will really help bring about harmony in today's broken world.
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