[HWPL] 5th Annual Commemoration of the September 18th World Peace Summit in Berlin, Germany

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[HWPL] 5th Annual Commemoration of the September 18th World Peace Summit in Berlin, Germany

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On September 9-10th 2019, HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light; Chairman Man Hee Lee) hosted their 5th Annual Commemoration of the September 18th World Peace Summit in Berlin, Germany with more than 100 participants including the former Prime Minister of East Germany, the Ambassador of South Sudan in Germany and delegates from the governments of Germany and Romania, legal experts, religious leaders and representatives from media, youth and civil society to discuss the work of peace for world peace.

HWPL presented the progress of its main world peace initiative entitled "Legislate Peace" that urges participants to support the DPCW and to spread peace culture throughout the world. One of the participants, H.E. Beatice Khamisa Wani Noah, Ambassador of South Sudan in Germany, said :

"I believe peace can be achieved if Africans, Europeans, Asians, and the people of the world work together for the 10 articles 38 clauses of Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)” and the implementation of peace education and the culture of peace envisioned by HWPL will pave a way for the future generation to bring peace."

H.E. Hans Modrow, the former Prime Minister of East Germany

On September 10th, participants gathered to find concrete methods to achieve reunification of the Korean peninsula. All participants agreed that North and South Korea have to learn from and follow the model examples set by East and West Germany. They suggested the following for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula :

1) Presenting politicians' and officials' peace-keeping activities before and after and German unification

2) Introducing the desire and necessity of peaceful unification from the perspective of Korean reporters and youth

3) Taking a close look at the resulting problems and solutions post-unification of Germany in 1990

H.E. Hans Modrow, the former Prime Minister of East Germany said :

"Discussions should be focused on examining the current issues, consequences of the reunification in order to overcome the unresolved social and economic issues from the German Reunification."

Mr. Byeong Suk Kim, General Director of HWPL Berlin, introduced the work Chairman Man Hee Lee has been carrying out for world peace since founding HWPL.

VIP guests who joined in the event promised to work together with HWPL for world peace and for peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.



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HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : http://www.iwpg.org/en/

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

[HWPL] The 1st HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp in Korea

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[HWPL] The 1st HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp in Korea

Original Article : HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp was Held for the First Time in Korea

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light. Chairperson: Man Hee Lee) reported that, alongside IPYG (International Peace Youth Group), it hosted its HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp for the first time in Korea from June 22nd-23rd under the title 'HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp for the Peaceful Unification of the Korean Peninsula' to raise youth awareness of religious conflicts and wars at Ulsan Hyanggyo (Confucian school) and Shimkye Temple in Gyeongju.

Participants experienced Korean traditional culture such as traditional Korean etiquette, tea ceremony and folk games to learn the culture of virtues, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom.

Moreover, they attended a WARP (World Alliance of Religions' Peace) Office meeting - one of HWPL's main initiatives - held at Shimkye Temple in Gyeongju. A panel of Buddhist, Christian, Confucian and Cheondoist speakers discussed about a world of peace and the role of a religious leader.

On June 23rd, participants learned about the Buddhist culture, beginning with a Buddhist service at 5am and a lecture on Buddhism by Monk Geosan who was on the Buddhist panel at the WARP Office meeting on the 22nd. A quiz program under the title "Mission Challenge to Achieve Unification" was given to underline that one must 'move' and 'work' to achieve world peace and unification of the Korean peninsular.

As a member of HWPL Supporters One, I think that this program is as significant as the daily public school curriculum given the many ongoing conflicts and wars in Korea and the world. Young people must learn to understand and tolerate each other beyond race, religion, sex, nationality and ideology. This camp was the first of its kind but I hope more and more students and youth will join HWPL's Religious Peace Youth Camp in the future. They will become messengers and advocates for peace who bring world peace faster and sooner. I really hope so:)



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HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : http://www.iwpg.org/en/

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

[HWPL] The World in Conflicts and Violence, and HWPL's DPCW

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[HWPL] The World in Conflicts and Violence, and HWPL's DPCW

Official Article of HWPL regarding Peace Letter : 

http://bit.ly/20190314en

Official Youtube Live Broadcast URL of the 3rd Anniversary of DPCW :


http://bit.ly/DPCW2019EN

Since the beginning of the world, humanity has not stopped engaging in conflict and war in our small planet. They have fought over territories, resources, honor, power, money, treasure, people, ideologies and religion.

Whatever the reason, violence and force has given birth to more wars and conflicts in history. Although some people may insist that technologies and skills used in war have contributed to the development of humanity, the truth is that humanity has suffered atrocities, cruelty and deaths of loved ones, one after the other.

I want to ask people who argue that war is necessary:

"Who is war for? Especially when it kills your loved ones and destroys their future?"

Europe has been the battlefield for many countries and leaders who wanted power and religious authority. Now it has become a place with conflicts and terrorism resulting from conflict between Muslim and Christian cultures.

People mourned for the victims of the Attack in Paris, 2015 

How about South-East Asia? Religious war and conflicts have murdered numerous people since the 20th century in the so-called name of 'God', and border conflicts between many countries still continue.

Border conflicts between India, Pakistan and China

It's not very surprising to hear of gunfire accidents, homicides and massacres in the Americas (North, Middle and South) committed by citizens, gangs, cartels and rebels.

American soldiers in the Mexican Drug War

Revolutionary soldiers in Colombia

Meanwhile, Africans have been waging tribal wars against each other for power and territory. Still, sadly, tribal wars have not disappeared and it looks like they won't end until they get rid of everyone in the African continent.

Soldiers in Central Africa

Female soldiers in South Sudan

Finally, the Korean peninsula - the only divided country which was once a country - is divided by ideologies and foreign powers who wanted to paint the land with their own 'color'. The Korean War massacred countless Koreans and foreign soldiers have left an incurable scar on Korean history.

Demilitarized Zone in the middle of the Korean peninsula

North Korean and U.S.A soldiers in Joint Security Area of Panmunjeom of DMZ

Then, I want to ask why we have to confront and fight one another? What is this war and conflict for? I want to ask you again:

"Who is the war for? When it kills your loved ones and the future?"

"Who is war for? Especially when it kills your loved ones and destroys their future?"

Don't you dare think 'It is not my problem' and 'There is no such war or conflict in my region (e.g. Oceania)', because both small and large-scale conflicts always happen around us. These conflicts begin small before they gradually turn into huge ones. People fight because they don't know how to resolve them in a peaceful way. They didn't learn it in school because no one ever taught it systematically in world history. There has been no law for international conflicts and war (Yes, there were some declarations made by the U.N. to decrease war and conflicts but they are still here in our planet).

Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL (Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light)

So, that is why Mr. Man Hee Lee of HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light) initiated the peace advocate and DPCW (Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) concept. You may ask 'Who is he? And what is the DPCW?'

HWPL, along with its sub-organizations (IWPG: International Women's Peace Group, IPYG: International Peace Youth Group), all work together for world peace to protect humanity from war and extinction

Mr. Man Hee Lee, an 89-year-old Korean War veteran who had experienced the severity and cruelty of war, founded HWPL and its sub-groups for the purpose of making world peace. HWPL and its chairman Man Hee Lee have been successfully carrying out their ‘Legislate Peace’ campaign globally to enact the new international law DPCW (Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War), which is the only answer for world peace.
DPCW is consisted of 10 articles and 38 clauses that made by prominent global international law experts and human rights activists with Mr. Man Hee Lee. DPCW's articles are very effective and practical, some of them are :

Article 1 - Prohibition of threat or use of force

Article 2- Reduce war potential and re-purpose weapons to benefit humanity

Article 6 - Settle international disputes through peaceful means

Article 9 - Promote peaceful coexistence amongst religious and ethnic groups

Article 10 - Spread a culture of peace

Chairman Man Hee Lee, the peace advocates, political leaders, law experts, peace and human rights activists, leaders of NGOs and citizens who love world peace and eagerly desire world peace are all working hard and supporting the DPCW for enactment at the UN to be signed as a legally-binding international law.

To enact the DPCW across the world and to achieve world peace, we need the support and signatures from leaders of every world state. So Chairman Man Hee Lee has been hosting and meeting many people. Why? To spread and inform them about the DPCW. What is the result? So many countries and groups still want to sign MOUs with HWPL and some countries have already officially declared their support towards the DPCW.

The 2nd anniversary of DPCW peace conference

Now Chairman Man Hee Lee and DPCW will host 'the 3rd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War - Civil Society's Role for Peaceful Unification of the Korean Peninsula' on the 14th March.

HWPL and its participants will give speeches about why we need the DPCW and its impact in the world, and how they can implement the DPCW through the UN with support from world leaders.

If you want world peace for the benefit of humanity, and want to contribute - even in a small way - Come! Watch the 3rd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War and become a peace advocate! You can be a global hero too!

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3rd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW). Watch it Live! http://bit.ly/20190314en

HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : www.iwpg.org/en

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

918 WARP Summit World Peace Festival : warpsummit.org




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[Peace News] Letter to President Moon and Chairperson Kim from a member of Supporters One

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[Peace News] Letter to President Moon and Chairperson Kim from a member of HWPL Supporters One

Official Article of HWPL regarding Peace Letter : 

http://bit.ly/20190314en

Official Youtube Live Broadcast URL of the 3rd Anniversary of DPCW :

http://bit.ly/DPCW2019EN

Dear President Moon and Chairperson Kim

Greetings, Mr. President and Mr. Chairperson of South and North Korea.

I'm a young man who lives in South Korea, working as a freelancer and actively running a blog about world peace and food as a member of HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light, Chairperson: Man Hee Lee) Supporters One.

I was not the kind of person who was interested in diplomacy and security in the Korean peninsula or in world peace, but just someone interested in personal success, money and 'living happily ever after'. Now you might be wondering why this person is writing this letter to you.

A few years ago, I was a staff sergeant working within the regiment of an infantry division with the responsibility of defending the border between South and North Korea, which we call 'GOP (General Outpost)' and DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). I had to experience so many tragic incidents that happened in the army and the cruel reality of the Korean peninsula.

Military weapons and armaments, which are supposed to protect us and the people of Korea, killed my fellow soldiers both accidentally and deliberately. These weapons were often used by people, hostile to others, to get rid of people or groups that they hated in the army. Missiles and rockets were aimed to the North from the South, and also from the South to the North to kill people who were once brothers and sisters. Korea had been one country till the 1950s, more than 7000 years since its existence. I asked myself 'Why did Korea have to be divided by war? Why do so many young adults have to sacrifice their lives in the army? What is this for?' No weapon or military force was helping make world peace but rather causing continuous conflicts and victims around the world.

Many times in the army, I was often afraid imagining my fellow soldiers and I dying from gunshots or being annihilated by missiles or bombs, along with the grimace of our families and loved ones who would have been in deep pain and sorrow.

DMZ, South Korea

After I finished my duty in the army, I started my life as a freelancer but didn't stop thinking about the reunification of Korea and world peace. One day, I came across an active peace group which established a peace agreement that ceased the Catholic-Muslim civil war in Mindanao, Philippines. This organisation turned out to be HWPL (which I now work for as a supporter).

Soon after, I heard that HWPL and Mr. Man Hee Lee had proclaimed the DPCW - 'Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War' - to end wars, conflict and military acts around the world. It has been drafted by prevalent international global experts to achieve world peace, and consists of 10 articles and 38 clauses covering 'Demilitarization', 'Reduction and prohibition of weapons manufacturing', 'Conflict resolution' and 'Spreading of peace culture'.

Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

HWPL has been striving to introduce and enact the DPCW at the UN as a legally-binding international law with agreement from world leaders. If the DPCW is enacted at the UN, it will put the following articles into effect:

Article 1 - Prohibition of threat or use of force

Article 2- Reduce war potential and re-purpose weapons to benefit humanity

Article 6 - Settle international disputes through peaceful means

Article 9 - Promote peaceful coexistence amongst religious and ethnic groups

Article 10 - Spread a culture of peace

The DPCW will certainly guide humanity and global society towards stopping wars and violence, and resolve conflicts through peaceful means. It means no more men, women or youth will become victims of war and violence. What's more, wars will no longer ruin humanity and our world. Our children and future generations will learn how to maintain world peace through peaceful means. This must be the greatest legacy we can leave them.

Mr. Moon and Mr. Kim. As a proud citizen of Korea and a proud member of HWPL Supporters One, I strongly urge you to read the information about HWPL and the DPCW. No previous UN declaration or law has been able to cease wars and conflict, but Mr. Man Hee Lee and HWPL peace advocates proved that they can do it in Mindanao, Philippines. I have to tell you that HWPL's DPCW is the only answer that to resolving global wars and conflicts which no one else could settle.

The DPCW will soon be introduced to the UN and enacted as a legally-binding law within the global community. It needs your support and signature in order to be approved as new international law. I, again, strongly appeal to you, to sign it for world peace and for future generations, as other world leaders have done.

Any leader who doesn't sign the DPCW will not expose their desire for world peace, but for war, and our future descendants will remember their leader as someone who wanted war for personal gain.

I truly hope you make a wise decision for yourself, for us and for people all over the world :)

We can make our dream come true through the DPCW.

Thank you for reading my letter.

Sincerely,  

Jerry Kim  

Want to be informed and involved? Click Below!

HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : www.iwpg.org/en

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

918 WARP Summit World Peace Festival : warpsummit.org




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[IPYG] North and South, Let's Be "Us" Again! IPYG's Event for Reunification

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[IPYG] North and South, Let's Be "Us" Again! IPYG's Event for Reunification

On 9th February in Seoul, Korea, IPYG (International Peace Youth Group) hosted an event entitled "North and South, Let's Be "Us" Again!" to launch its civil and youth campaign for the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula. Today is the 1st day of the campaign and it will be carried out until the 23rd March.

That day, many VIPs participated by giving speeches and discussing the reunification issue. They were:

Mr. Man Hee Lee, the chairman of HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light).
He has been carrying out the main initiatives of HWPL for world peace and also achieved a peace agreement in Mindanao Island between Islam and Catholicism

Prof. Hokwon Jang, Korean History expert

Dr. Chanil Ahn, North Korea expert. The Head of World North Korea Research Center. The chairman of World North Korean Assembly. 

Mr. Geunho Lee. The director of KBB Buddhist Broadcast Center

Reporter Suntaek Wang, Reunification and diplomacy correspondent from YTN (One of Korea's major press)

Invited speakers delivered speeches about :

1) How should we think about reunification? What understanding do we need to have?

2) How can we achieve peace among religions and ideologies?

3) The rapidly changing mood in North Korea and the Korean peninsula

4) The significance of reunification of Korea and its influence on world peace

Additionally, IPYG declared that the reunification campaign's main initiatives will be :

1) Language Exchange between North and South - Understanding languages and culture between North and South

2) North and South Historical Trip - Trip to historical spots in Korea to learn about the value of reunification

3) Reunification Concert - Concert with the theme of reunification

4) Reunification Discussion - Discuss and answer questions from Korean youth about reunification

So, will you celebrate with IPYG for reunification of the Korean peninsula and world peace? :)

I brought a video of the event to you here but it is only provided in Korean. However, if you want to feel the fever for reunification and world peace, please watch the video :)

North and South, Let's Be "Us" Again (Kor)



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