[Peace News] Mr. Man Hee Lee is Awarded the Seoul Peace Culture Grand Prize!

[Peace News]

[Peace News] Mr. Man Hee Lee is Awarded the Seoul Peace Culture Grand Prize!

Greetings, family of peace! :)

Today I bring you a short online newspaper with some photos (which I love).

Have you ever heard of the Seoul Peace Culture Grand Prize? Well, I'm sure you've never heard of it because it is a prize that is only awarded in Korea. Anyway, on the 14th Dec at Kensington hotel, Daily Seoul and Seoul Peace Culture Policy Institute co-hosted the Seoul Peace Culture Awards. 

The Seoul Peace Culture Award is a national award that began in 2007 to demonstrate the will and belief of Koreans who desire the well-being of humanity and eternal peace for the world.

HWPL's chairman Man Hee Lee is awarded the Seoul Peace Culture Grand Prize, Reporter Chaebong Lee, Segye Times 18-12-2018, Korea 

During his award speech, Chairman Man Hee Lee said, "The purpose of HWPL is the cessation of war through an international law (DPCW : Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) which prohibits the production of weapons and war. It is acknowledged throughout the world as an effective measure to end wars. I'd really like to ask for the cooperation of Koreans in supporting HWPL to accomplish the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula in a practical way."

HWPL's chairman Man Hee Lee is awarded the Seoul Peace Culture Grand Prize, Reporter Chaebong Lee, Segye Times 18-12-2018, Korea 

The Segye Times introduced HWPL as "an NGO under the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) and the UN's DPI (Department of Public Information)" which is carrying out the enactment of international law, alliance of religions, peace education and more to achieve world peace.

The article also said that HWPL has been taking the lead in peace initiatives and campaigns which represent all social classes through its peace tours that began in 2012, as well as its annual event - the WARP (World Alliance of Religions' Peace) Summit - that invites people from all over the world to engage in cooperation and discussion of world peace since 2014.

HWPL's chairman Man Hee Lee is awarded the Seoul Peace Culture Grand Prize, Reporter Chaebong Lee, Segye Times 18-12-2018, Korea 

The paper emphasized that HWPL has been expanding its international alliances and initiatives through the 918 Peace Festival WARP summit, the enactment of new international law compatible with the DPCW and Legislate Peace Campaign, peace education, harmony of religions etc. To date, more than one million people in 170 countries have participated in the Legislate Peace Campaign.

Writer's comment : I'm so glad that, within Korea itself, HWPL and Mr. Man Hee Lee's efforts and works are gaining recognition and being credited for world peace. I actually think they should have awarded the prize to HWPL and Mr. Man Hee Lee earlier, but it is a very significant step that Koreans are now also welcoming HWPL and its chairman's work for world peace. I hope someday.

[Peace Quotes] "Our Next Generation will be Naturally Born as Peace Messengers"

[Peace Quotes]

[Peace Quotes] "Our Next Generation will be Naturally Born as Peace Messengers"

Greetings! Family of Peace :)

About 3 weeks ago, I posted a newspaper article from India that reported news about a peace education agreement :)

Click below link to read the article

[HWPL] Peace Education for the Youth in Four Countries

News about this peace education agreement has also been delivered to Nigeria :)

A few days ago, Nigerian Tribune (Nigeria's most informative newspaper) published news regarding this agreement with quotes from Mr. Man Hee Lee (the chairman of HWPL) :)

So, today, I want to share some of Mr. Man Hee Lee’s quotes made during the agreement and the congratulatory speech session.

Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria, November 9th 2018

"AT THIS TIME, THE WORLD IS CRYING OUT FOR PEACE SINCE IT IS SURROUNDED BY WARS. THE WORLD IS DEVELOPING WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION RATHER THAN DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF PEACE."

The chairman’s concerns are that people are producing increasingly powerful and destructive weapons than ever before. There are still numerous hostilities and conflicts raging throughout the world, which are caused by a variety of reasons. 

People often don't know how to solve such problems in a peaceful way, but rather through aggressive and violent means, because that is the only way they have been exposed to since birth from parents, families, neighbors, friends, community and country.

To this end, Mr. Man Hee Lee initiated peace education for elementary, middle, high school and university students. Through this peace education curriculum, young students, who are the future of our world, will learn to better manage conflict resolution.

Regarding this, Mr. Man Hee Lee said :

"CHILDREN TAKE AFTER THEIR PARENTS AND CONFORM TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT. WHAT FRUITS SHOULD THE TEACHERS GATHER FROM THE STUDENTS? CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN PEACE FROM THEIR HOMES AND SCHOOLS. THEN, OUR NEXT GENERATION WILL INHERENTLY BE BORN AS PEACE MESSENGERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF PEACE." 

The chairman of HWPL, Mr. Man Hee Lee.

I completely agree with his idea. War, rather than peace, is more familiar and recognizable to us through media, internet, television, literature, gaming etc. However, something must cut this cycle of conflicts. Everyone must know that peace is something that we can make come true, and not something Utopian. 

Peace can be achieved and maintained forever in a world where people will perceive war to be the more strange and absurd thing. If children learn to talk, discuss, negotiate and resolve problems and conflicts in a peaceful way, the world will change into a peaceful one because a 'peaceful resolution' would become the only way for people to work to end the problem.

Teachers must teach children to make peace with others through 'good' dialogue, not with their fists. Then students will become 'natural peace messengers' who will certainly pass 'peace' on to future generations :) No good parent wants their child to be violent and vicious. Therefore, HWPL's peace education is the best way of making a peaceful world :)

Let's look forward to the day when peace will become very common to all people in the world :)

Peace!