DPCW_1038 : HWPL Promises Peace and Acts Upon the Promise

HWPL Promises Peace and Acts Upon the Promise

 

In 2013, HWPL declared through the Declaration of World Peace that, to end wars and bring peace to the global community, a new international legal instrument was needed.

 

At the 2014 World Peace Summit, legal and political leaders from around the world signed an agreement with HWPL to work together on drafting such a document.

 

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In just a year and a half, on 14 March 2016, the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) was proclaimed, and HWPL is actively committed to the introduction of the DPCW into international law.

 

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International Tea Day 21 May

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Why drink tea?

Tea is a beverage made from the Camellia sinesis plant. Tea is the world’s most consumed drink, after water. It is believed that tea originated in northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest China, but the exact place where the plant first grew is not known. Tea has been with us for a long time. There is evidence that tea was consumed in China 5,000 years ago.

 

Tea production and processing constitutes a main source of livelihoods for millions of families in developing countries and is the main means of subsistence for millions of poor families, who live in a number of least developed countries.

 

The tea industry is a main source of income and export revenues for some of the poorest countries and, as a labour-intensive sector, provides jobs, especially in remote and economically disadvantaged areas. Tea can play a significant role in rural development, poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, being one of the most important cash crops.

 

Tea consumption can bring health benefits and wellness due to the beverage's anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and weight loss effects. It also has cultural significance in many societies.

 

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International Tea Day

Re-emphasizing the call from the Intergovernmental Group on Tea to direct greater efforts towards expanding demand, particularly in tea-producing countries, where per capita consumption is relatively low, and supporting efforts to address the declining per capita consumption in traditional importing countries, the General Assembly decided to designate 21 May as International Tea Day.

 

The Day will promote and foster collective actions to implement activities in favour of the sustainable production and consumption of tea and raise awareness of its importance in fighting hunger and poverty.

 

HWPL summit calls for concerted action for sustainable peace

The seventh anniversary of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) Summit was held online on September 18, 2021. 

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.

“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. 

 

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), which designates essential principles including prohibiting the use of force and fostering religious freedom.

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 in building peace.

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“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.

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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?

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said Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL at the event.

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▶️ Title : 7th Anniversary of  the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit

▶️ Sub-Title : Advancing the DPCW’s Peace Agenda in a New Normal : Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace

▶️ Host/Conduct : HWPL / IPYG, IWPG

▶️ Date : At the 18th of Sep. 2021, 20:00 KST (GMT +9)

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International Day of Human Space Flight 12 April

▩Background

On 4 October 1957 the first human-made Earth satellite Sputnik I was launched into outer space, thus opening the way for space exploration.

On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth, opening a new chapter of human endeavour in outer space.

The Declaration further recalls “the amazing history of human presence in outer space and the remarkable achievements since the first human spaceflight, in particular Valentina Tereshkova becoming the first woman to orbit the Earth on 16 June 1963, Neil Armstrong becoming the first human to set foot upon the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969, and the docking of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts on 17 July 1975, being the first international human mission in space, and recall that for the past decade humanity has maintained a multinational permanent human presence in outer space aboard the International Space Station.”

▨UN and Space

From the very beginning of the Space Age, the United Nations recognized that outer space added a new dimension to humanity's existence.

The United Nations family strives continuously to utilize the unique benefits of outer space for the betterment of all humankind.

Recognizing the common interest of humankind in outer space and seeking to answer questions on how outer space can help benefit the people's of Earth, the General Asssembly adopted its first resolution related to outer space, resolution 1348 (XIII) entitled "Question of the Peaceful Use of Outer Space".

On 10 October 1967, the "Magna Carta of Space", also known as the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies entered into force.

Today, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.

UNOOSA serves as the secretariat for the General Assembly's only committee dealing exclusively with international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space(COPUOS).

UNOOSA is also responsible for implementing the Secretary-General's responsibilities under international space law and maintaining the United Nations Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space.

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DPCW_1038 : Indian and Bangladeshi Law Students Study Peace Through the DPCW Curriculum

Indian and Bangladeshi Law Students Study Peace Through the DPCW Curriculum

 

The Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW),

 

which is drafted upon the foundation of the values stipulated in the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, contains ideas to bolster the current international law for the rapidly changing world and harbors the fundamental spirit to pass onto the next generation a world without war.

 

Since the proclamation of the DPCW in 2016, annual commemoration of the DPCW and International Law Peace Committee meetings have been held on March 14 of each year. Through these meetings, the ILPC members have explored possible ways to make the DPCW a legally binding instrument and to implement the DPCW at a granular social level. At the 7th ILPC meeting in 2019, discussion on making a special curriculum for the DPCW took off.

The main purpose of the DPCW curriculum

would be to nurture students and citizens who learn about the DPCW to understand the value of the DPCW and to help them become messengers of peace who can contribute to the realization of world peace.

 

The conclusion of the meeting

was to start a summer school with law school students as audience.

 

The DPCW curriculum, which was completed in October 2020 by the ILPC members,

is a handbook that is comprised of discussion points and questions that teachers and students can ponder and explore to think hard about the value, necessity and realization of peace.

 

It also contains major issues in the international community in addition to

 

the 10 articles and 38 clauses of the DPCW.

 

 

 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer camp took place virtually in collaboration with ‘Empowerment through Law of the Common People(ELCOP)’. The first camp was named the “DPCW Handbook Discussion Project,” which was held with the first batch of students from law schools in India and Bangladesh.

Dr. Mizanur Rhaman from ELCOP and three legal experts from the organization agreed on the importance of nurturing students’ understanding of peace and human rights through these discussions.

In a pre-project webinar held on November 1, 2020, Dr. Kamal Hossain, an ILPC member, said in his congratulatory address that he “believes that most of the students who participate in this project will be able to develop interest in peace” and asked the organizers to “keep [him] updated about the progress of the project.” Dr. Masum Billah, organizer of the human rights summer camp of ELCOP, presented a detailed discussion curriculum. Dr. Mizanur Rhaman, president of ELCOP, said:

 

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All conflicts can be resolved through peaceful means. Without peace, there cannot be progress with human rights.

That is why peace is essential.

I hope that peace education will develop further through this DPCW handbook discussion project that is jointly led by HWPL and ELCOP.

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“DPCW Handbook Discussion Project” is held every other week from November 2020 to April 2021, for a total of 12 sessions.

Students discuss in groups each article of the DPCW and teachers provide feedback. The first discussion was attended by 8 legal experts and 25 students from 14 law schools in India and Bangladesh, and the discussion meeting still continues. Once this project is completed, a handbook that explains the key ideas of the DPCW will be made and distributed freely to the citizens of Bangladesh.

These are some of the thoughts shared by the students who participated in this project.

“According to the UN Charter and the current system of international law, there are cases when use of force is sanctioned, so they do not explicitly prohibit use of force. I believe that Article 1 of the DPCW can improve upon the limitations of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to play the role of reformulating the principles and purpose of international law.” (During discussion on Article 1 of the DPCW)

“I think that Article 4 of the DPCW can play the role of explaining international relations, defining the concept of international collaboration and setting the duty and responsibility of nations regarding coercion.” (During discussion on Article 4 of the DPCW)

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The current system of international law has clear limitations. For example, it cannot resolve divisions of one ethnic group or conflicts between territorial integrity and self-determination. However, Article 5 of the DPCW allows for achieving state sovereignty, prohibits use or threat of force and elicits dialogue and collaboration of divided countries.

 

I believe that Article 5 of the DPCW can lead to collaboration and dialogue for divided countries that are clearly ethnic states and contribute to their forming a unified government to reach state sovereignty.

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(During discussion on Article 5 of the DPCW)

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World Children's Day 20 November

Students at the “25 de Junho” School, located in Beira, Mozambique.

World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.

 

November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

 

Since 1990, World Children's Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on children's rights.

 

Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals, as well as young people and children themselves, can play an important part in making World Children's Day relevant for their societies, communities and nations.

 

World Children's Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.

   

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This year, the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in a child rights crisis. The costs of the pandemic for children are immediate and, if unaddressed, may last a lifetime.

 

It’s time for generations to come together to reimagine the type of world we want to create. On 20 November, kids will reimagine a better world.

 

What will you do?

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