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.
The organizer of the event, Heavenly Culture, World Peace,
Restoration of Light(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 norm 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).
“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 Mr. Mizanur
Rahman, Chief Advisor of Association of Asian 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 Rosalia Arteaga Serrano.
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 and pass
on to their friends, parents, and teachers what they have learned. He 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✌️
I will always support your efforts for peace.
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