International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 29 November

                                              

Virtual Exibit, 1 December 2020

The writing is on the wall : Annexation Past and Present

This year, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People will be observed on 1 December with special meetings.

In the UN headquarters in New York, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, a body of the UN General Assembly promoting the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and independence, will convene high-level officials of Member States, the Secretary-General, intergovernmental organizations and representatives of civil society who are expected to make statements on the question of Palestine and attend the official launch of a virtual exhibit focusing on the Wall built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which has been ruled to be illegal by the International Court of Justice in its Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004.

The exhibit explores this through the words of various advocates and public personalities,

and through images from artists and human rights activists who have used the wall as a canvas to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people.

 

  These events will be broadcast live via the UN Web TV and the exhibit will be available on the United Nations’ website.

 

Activities will also be organized on the occasion by governmental bodies and CSOs in cooperation with United Nations information centres around the world.

 

The UN General Assembly will convene this year for its annual debate on the question of Palestine on 2 December, where it is expected to adopt with a large majority a resolution outlining the parameters for a just solution to this outstanding question.

 

#UN #INTERNATIONAL_DAY #PALESTINIAN #HWPL #PEACE_WORLD #PEACE

 

https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/

HWPL WARP Office’s Joint Prayer Against COVID-19

 

 

 HWPL WARP Office’s Joint Prayer Against COVID-19

A key project of HWPL is

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the WARP office, which carries out comparative studies on the scriptures of different religions to promote better understanding and true religious harmony among religions based on the shared knowledge.

 

In particular, religious leaders from various countries gathered with the WARP offices in different parts of the world as the platform to hold “HWPL WARP Office’s Joint Prayer Against COVID-19,” to support the regional society and the people suffering from one the gravest crisis in modern history called COVID-19 outbreak.

 

In times leading up to the prayers, leaders of various religions conveyed the message that in order to surmount the crisis of the era, we need to gather our hearts rather than blaming and berating each other.

 

The leaders offered prayers keeping in mind the roles they have as believers, and asked the Creator for forgiveness on all the sins of humanity.

 

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Also, they confessed how helpless we are before natural disasters and pleaded with humble and earnest hearts to God to heal the pain rampant in the world with His almighty force.

 

Although religion and culture may vary in type, loving mankind and wishing for peace and stability on earth was the same for all.

 

During the event, prayers were for fast recovery of people suffering from the coronavirus, health and safety of medical staff, comforting the heart of those who lost their loved ones to COVID-19, and development of the epidemic’s vaccine and the virus to come to an end.

SOURCING : WWW.HWPL.KR

#PRAYER #HWPL #WARP #AGAINST_COVID_19 #JOINT_PRAYER

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?

Soures : https://www.unicef.org/world-childrens-day

#World_Children_day #HWPL #CHILDREN #PEACE #PEACE_WALK

DPCW_1038 : Alliance of Religions

 

Alliance of Religions

 

"Discussing the spirit of peace written in scriptures

to step forward onto the road of world peace"

 

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Religion is the cradle of human civilization and will always be a core influence in determining the trends, outlooks and progression of our society, which inevitably confronts questions and issues with religious undertones.

 

As the world becomes more multi-religious and multi-ethnic, however, there is a seemingly diminished respect for the diverse existence of faiths and ethnicities, and more concerns rise towards this new threat to peace, which can be seen in the form of religious hatred, persecution, and conflicts often involving physical violence.

 

This rising hostility, which has become a prolonged, unstable social factor, in all manifestations is an obstacle to peace.

   

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Seeing the current status of the religious world, HWPL recognizes that the diverse principles and values in each religious scripture play an important role in people’s search for peace because these scriptures represent the accumulation of not only the spiritual and moral teachings of the respective faiths, but also a fundamental standard of human conduct.

 

Although the common objective that all religious scriptures pursue is the realization of peace and justice, conflict resolution, human dignity, and valuing diversity, these pure, overarching messages are often overlooked by people, leading to peace becoming an elusive concept.

 

Thus,

 

along with the diverse backgrounds and various factors that cause conflicts, we approach towards the root cause of this hostility between faiths, which we define as the misunderstandings that arise from the misinterpretation of these scriptures.

#PEACE_WORLD #HWPL #RELIGION #ALIANCE_RELIGION #GOD #DPCW #PEACE_LAW

 

 

For more information :

 

www.hwpl.kr

International day : Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-in-war-protection-day

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and se

rves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

 

Our mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

 

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, we work through our divisions as well as our regional, liaison and out-posted offices and a growing network of collaborating centres of excellence. We also host several environmental conventions, secretariats and inter-agency coordinating bodies. UN Environment is led by our Executive Director.

 

We categorize our work into seven broad thematic areas: climate change, disasters and conflicts, ecosystem management, environmental governance, chemicals and waste, resource efficiency, and environment under review. In all of our work, we maintain our overarching commitment to sustainability.

 

Our work is made possible by partners who fund and champion our mission. We depend on voluntary contributions for 95 per cent of our income.

 

Every year, we honour and celebrate individuals and institutions that are doing outstanding work on behalf of the environment.

 

We also host the secretariats of many critical multilateral environmental agreements and research bodies, bringing together nations and the environmental community to tackle the greatest challenges of our time. These include the following:

 

The Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

 

The Minamata Convention on Mercury

The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

The Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol

The Convention on Migratory Species

The Carpathian Convention

The Bamako Convention

The Tehran Convention

 

 

A healthy planet depends

 

on all of us.

 

#UN #NO_WAR #ENVIRONMENT #NO_CONFLICT #HWPL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPCW_1038: Realization of the DPCW

Spreading a Culture of Peace with

Peace Messengers around the World

2020 has been a difficult year for the world and HWPL. A global pandemic has posed threats to our daily lives, and we are placed in situations where changes in our way of life are inevitable in order to get through the difficulties. At times like this, sympathy and solidarity are needed more than ever to overcome the current crisis, but HWPL is instead facing hatred and stigma in Korea due to COVID-19 and is struggling to protect its charter.

 

Nevertheless, no wars or diseases could stop humanity from aspiring for prosperity and better lives over the history. The present difficulties came upon us all too suddenly and threw everyone into confusion, but at the same time, we are reminded of the value of peace and safety, why efforts such as the peace activities of HWPL are needed, what has been done, and what can be done from now. If we turn this crisis into opportunity and seek ways to let more people in the world know the importance of peace, we will be able to uphold the noble value of "the achievement of global peace."

 

As the year 2021 is drawing near, HWPL is planning to step up its initiatives - the "Legislate Peace" project for the realization of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW), comparison of religious scriptures at the World Alliance of Religions' Peace (WARP) Office, and Peace Education - which have progressed on online platforms this year. Now that COVID-19 is accelerating the trend toward contact-free methods, this time will be an opportunity to explore and experiment new approaches to the initiatives of HWPL.

 

Through webinars and contact-free meetings, anyone can participate in peace activities as long as they have Internet access in their regions.

This kind of platform will surpass the limitations of offline meetings, which are confined to particular locations, and it will allow people around the globe to communicate and interact with one another.

 

HWPL hopes to think together about human rights and social solidarity, which have emerged as important values in the COVID-19 era. By encouraging webinars and academic activities, HWPL will attempt to hold discussions on public perception of discrimination, hatred, scapegoating of the weak and minorities that have intensified through an infectious disease and ways to improve such social conditions.

 

The outcome of the discussions can be reflected in the peace education curriculum and taught to the growing generation.

 

HWPL will find what we can do as a peace organization to overcome the global difficulties caused by COVID-19 and participate in the effort. Also, in order to enhance our communication with our members, who share the common goal of creating a permanent peace, and to gather creative ideas for our peace initiatives next year, HWPL would like to receive policy proposals as below. Please refer to the cases below, and if you have any suggestions for contact-free peace activities that HWPL may try in the COVID-19 era, please fill out the form attached at the bottom of the page and send it to info@hwpl.kr.

 

Through the unprecedented difficulties that confront us today, we realize once again that the world is connected as one. Now is the time when partnership for sustainable peace is important.

The peaceful life that we may enjoy at the moment can be attacked anytime, and our small contributions can make big changes. We look forward to receiving great ideas and suggestions from peace volunteers.

 

■ Information about Policy Proposals for 2021

ㆍTheme: Post-COVID, a New Policy Proposal to Boost HWPL Peace Program

- Keywords: COVID-19, post-COVID, contact-free peace activities

- Part1 : Ways to boost the three key initiatives of HWPL

(implementation of the DPCW, WARP Office, and peace education)

- Part2 : Activities that can realize the DPCW and spread a culture of peace (ex. volunteer work, humanitarian activities, etc)

ㆍWhen: November 1 – December 10, 2020

ㆍWho: HWPL members and global citizens who are interested in peace activities

ㆍDocument for Submission: 1 copy of Proposal

 

■ How to Participate

ㆍFill out the form attached at the bottom of the page and send it to info@hwpl.kr (*contact-free method)

 

More information?

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http://hwpl.kr/en/news/view/201028476/0/POLICYPROPOSAL

 

#HWPL #PEACE_WORLD #DPCW_`1038 #PEACE_EDUCATION #PEACE_SCHOOL

 

International Days OCT 31: World Cities Day

 Urban October 2019

 Urban October 2019 celebrated around the world

      

World Habitat Day 2019

    

The theme of World Habitat Day 2019 was Frontier technologies as an innovative tool to transform waste to wealth with the Global Observance being held in Mexico City.

     

World Cities Day 2019

      

The theme of World Cities Day 2019 was Changing the world: Innovations and a better life for future generations with the Global Observance held in Ekaterinburg.

 

Background

 

Urbanization provides the potential for new forms of social inclusion, including greater equality, access to services and new opportunities, and engagement and mobilization that reflects the diversity of cities, countries and the globe. Yet too often this is not the shape of urban development. Inequality and exclusion abound, often at rates greater than the national average, at the expense of sustainable development that delivers for all.

 

Urban October was launched by UN-Habitat in 2014 to emphasize the world’s urban challenges and engage the international community towards the New Urban Agenda.

 

Sustainable Development Goal 11, which formulates the ambition to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable - underlying the relevance of UN-Habitat’s mission. Inequalities in cities have grown since 1980. The world largest cities are also often the most unequal, and this year’s theme is embraced by the action and implementation of the New Urban Agenda, which is putting the topic of inclusive cities as one of the main pillars for the urban shift.

 

In October 2016, the HABITAT III Conference, held in Quito, adopted a new framework, which will set the world on a course towards sustainable urban development by rethinking how cities are planned, managed and inhabited. The New Urban Agenda will set the pace on how to deal with the challenges of urbanization in the next two decades, and is seen as an extension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed on by the 193 Member States of the UN in September 2015.

 

 

 

#INTERNATIONAL_DAY #UN #DPCW_1038 #HWPL #PEACE_WORLD #PEACE_WALK

 

https://www.un.org/en/observances/cities-day

https://www.un.org/en/