7th Anniversary of
the September 18th
HWPL World Peace Summit
World Peace Summit
Calling for Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace in the New Normal Era
On September 18th, 2021, the
7th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit was held online.
This year's event dealt with the progress of international efforts and the
plans to promote the peace agenda in the 'New Normal' era shifting from the
post-Covid to the with-Covid.
HWPL has been conducting
citizen-centered peacebuilding activities to create “a culture of peace”
advocated by the UN and international community to set up an environment of
peaceful coexistence since the World Peace Summit in 2014.
This event presented the
concerted action for sustainable peace with cases from various sectors such as
international law, religion, education, and the media. Also, it addressed
international cooperation to overcome the current crisis that threatens the
coexistence and harmony of mankind, which has come to the fore during the
pandemic.
Peacebuilding
efforts led by HWPL to establish legal foundations and international norms for
peace through connecting global actors are embodied with its effort to advocate
the international law for peace by drafting the Declaration of Peace and
Cessation of War (DPCW).
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The
DPCW Handbook enables us to systematically teach international law and the
essence of peace to these students and others. It enables them to become
lecturers in the following course,” said Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Chief Advisor of
Asian Association of Law Professors (AALP) as well as Former Chair of National Human
Rights Commission, Bangladesh (NHRC-BD), highlighting the need to encourage
public discourse on peacebuilding by academia.
In addition to the basic
principles of peace assigned to nations to uphold, the DPCW has presented
principles that should be dealt with in the present era, such as prohibiting
the use of force, fostering religious freedom, and civic participation to
spread a culture of peace. In particular, it states that efforts for peace come
from all members of the global society by identifying not only nation-states
but also international organizations and all citizens as the main actors of
building peace.
“We know that it will be hard to
achieve peace if we are not all working for it.
This is why we need to encourage
children, the youth, and adults to prevent verbal abuse and work towards
reducing inequalities and eradicating disparities to achieve a more equitable, stable, and peaceful world,”
said Former President of Ecuador, Dr.
Rosalia Arteaga Serrano.
Hon. Octavia Alfred, Minister of Education, Human
Resource Planning, Vocational Training, and National Excellence of Dominica,
said that the students learn the necessity of mutual coexistence and
cooperation through HWPL peace education and pass on to their friends, parents,
and teachers what they have learned. She addressed it also deals with concepts
that can develop psychosocial competency skills, such as respect for diversity,
order, conflict resolution, and negotiation, so it is being used for teacher's
training.
“Our objective is to end wars in the global village and establish
peace and make it a permanent legacy for future generations. Without peace,
everything that we managed to build would be destroyed. … We should not let
this happen. So, to achieve peace, shouldn’t we achieve our objective with the
same spirit?” said Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL at the event.
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HWPL’s peace work is unprecedented. I sincerely hope it will continue with great vigour, as it seems peace and stability is needed now more than ever in these uncertain times. More than 30,000 people from 157 countries attended the 7th Anniversary HWPL World Peace Summit online on Sept. 18th 2021, and more than 200 schools worldwide have been designated HWPL Peace Academies, educating today's youth on the importance of peace.
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May the words, 'We are One!' ring true in 2021 and into 2022✌️