[global news CheonJi] ① The Unprecedented Wave of Peace that Moves the World

Korean ▶ [global news CheonJi] ① 세계를 움직이는 전무후무한 평화의 물결

HWPL, The Peace Organization that is Achieving Peace
Advocates of “A World without War as an Inheritance”
Opening a New Horizon for the Peace Movement

"Should the Youth Continue to Die in Wars?" The voice of HWPL Chairman Man Hee Lee (86) sounded earnest in his closing address in a Model UN Conference held at Oxford University, England, last November.

He stepped up to the podium with an introduction given by Kamal Hossain, Former Justice Minister of Bangladesh and a member of the HWPL International Law Peace Committee, and emphatically stated, "For peace, first, there should be the Implementation of an International Convention on the Cessation of War and all religions should become one in God." Moreover, he firmly stated, "There is no reason not to finish something once it has been started." The youth who participated to represent each of their universities responded with a warm applause to his truthful plead to be “together for peace.”

It can be said that the peace movement of the global community has changed after the appearance of Chairman Man Hee Lee, with the enactment of international law for the cessation of war and WARP Offices - the projects initiated by Mr. Lee are opening up a new horizon for the peace movement. Mr. Lee came to be well-known in the international community when he contributed to the ending of the 40-year bloody conflict in Mindanao, Philippines between the Islamic and Catholic groups in January 2014. His remarkable leadership ability was recognized through the holding of the unprecedented peace conference, the 2014 World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Summit.

The peace organization ‘Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL)’ lead by Mr. Lee, has the International Women's Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Nam Hee Kim) and the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) as its two wings to propel the peace movement to include women and youth around the world. Mr. Lee and Ms. Kim have been on 23 World Peace Tours for the last 3 years. During those tours, they met the former and current presidents of 70 countries, prestigious scholars in the field of politics, religion, and international law, as well as women and youth leaders emphasizing the "Implementation of an International Convention on the Cessation of War" and the "Alliance of Religions," earnestly asking for their cooperation and participation.

Believing in the idea, "If you do it, it will be done," the path of Mr. Lee and the peace delegation is giving hope about the "The international convention on the cessation of war and the achievement of world peace," to be a gift to the global community. Moreover, the world is in competition to put his peacework in the textbooks. 

By Song Tae-Bok
xoqhr71@newscj.com

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