Peace Advocates : Malala Yousafzai, Man Hee Lee
▣ Peace Advocates : Malala Yousafzai
"Extremists have shown what frightens them most:a gril with a book."
- Malala Yousafzai -
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and
the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
“I believe that a gun has no power at all because it can only kill,
but a pen can give life. A pen can save lives.”
- Malala Yousafzai -
Her efforts resulted in her being shot in the head by Taliban militants
when she was just 15, in 2012.
But Malala survived the shocking assassination attempt,
and has gone on to become an international role model.
▣ Peace Advocates : Man Hee Lee
Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (“HWPL”), the host of the event, is a non-profit international peace organization that is spreading peace movement most enthusiastically and systematically in the world.
HWPL has affiliated organizations, International Women’s Peace Group (“IWPG”, Chairwoman Nam Hee Kim), and International Peace Youth Group (“IPYG”, Director Du Hyun Kim) and they are working through and for the women and youth members in the world.
Initiated and led by Chairman Lee of HWPL, the affiliates are proceeding to enact an international law to cease all wars besides the establishment of the WARP Offices.
Chairman Man Hee Lee played a key role in ending a 40-year religious conflict in Mindanao, Philippines where it used to be the hotspot of Asia.
On May 25th 2015, he visited Mindanao and participated in the 2nd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace and held International Peace Youth Group Walk Festival.
By doing this, Catholic and Muslim representatives expressed their will to collect all hearts of the people for peace.
With a growing support and cooperation of the international community, well-known places like city of Alexandria in Virginia state, Mindanao Philippines, and Royal Bafokeng Nation in Republic of South Africa have acknowledged HWPL’s achievements by unveiling peace monuments and designating May 25th as ‘HWPL Day’ as a day of world peace.
■ 1st Annual Commemoration of September 18th World Alliance of Religions Peace Summit Main Highlight
The grand opening ceremony of the 1st Annual Commemoration of September 18th WARP Summit successfully took place, with over 20 world-renowned leaders gathering in the capital of peace, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Stimulating the implementation of the Convention on the Renunciation and Cessation of War and International Armed Conflicts, the ceremony brought the collective wishes of all humanity, the sustainable solutions for world peace.
Over 100 women and youth group representatives from all over the world gathered together to sign a statement to urge for the implementation of such a convention, demonstrating their eager support.
The fruitful result of the Women and Youth Leaders’ Conference demonstrated their commitment to promote the convention on the cessation of war to save all women and youth from being victimized by war.
