WARP SUMMIT 2014 : The Walk for World Peace, “No more war, We want peace!”

WARP SUMMIT 2014 : The Walk for World Peace,
“No more war, We want peace!”

On 19 September 2014, at 11 AM, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL, Chairman Man Hee Lee) hosted the Walk for the World Alliance of Religions and World Peace at the Peace Gate of the Olympic Park in commemoration of the successful hosting of the 2014 World Alliance of Religion’s Peace (WARP) Summit and the signing of the peace agreement between 12 religions the day before.

Over 100,000 people from all around the world participated in the Walk and celebrated the beginning of a new era of peace.

“No more war, We want peace!” 

WARP SUMMIT 2014 : The Walk for World Peace

The voices yearning for peace reverberated near the Peace Gate in Olympic Park, Seoul, on the morning of September 19th, the last day of World Alliance of Religions, Peace Summit.

The place was packed with over 100,000 people, including political, religious, women and youth leaders as well as members of 650 youth group members from 139 countries. They shouted for peace and waived handmade banners which read ‘Beginning of Peace,’ ‘Start of Alliance of Religions,’ ‘We are One’ and much more.

WARP SUMMIT 2014 : The Walk for World Peace

Chairman Man Hee Lee voiced in his message, “We have promised that religions will become one. Our hearts, thoughts, and even each word we speak will have to be used for making peace. We must deliver the message of peace to all the people around the world.” The participants cheered and agreed to his message.

Big Stride for Peaceful World 

WARP SUMMIT 2014 : The Walk for World Peace

Du Hyun Kim, the director of the International Peace Youth Group, emphasized in his message, “Here are gathered the people with different ideologies and religions. If we truly want peace, we must gather as one.” 

After three loud and cheerful shouts of ‘Hurray’, the peace walk kicked off. The brass band led the march, and a Korean traditional brass ensemble cheered even more.

When Chairman Man Hee Lee proclaimed the beginning of the Walk with his powerful voice, approximately 100,000 people, led by the youth of IPYG, began to walk shouting “World Peace.”

Throughout the Walk, the youth dressed in traditional clothes of each country gave performances, celebrating the signing of the interfaith peace agreement the day before and expressing the wish for peace.

No participant seemed to care about the strong rays of sun while marching around the Peace Gate.

The foundation for achieving a world of peace

The Walk for World Peace was hosted in commemoration of the signing of the interfaith peace agreement

The day before, political leaders including 15 former heads of state representing countries around the world and more than 600 religious leaders representing each religion participated in the signing of the peace agreement.

Also, the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) and the International Youth Peace Group (IPYG), which Chairman Man Hee Lee has stressed are the means to achieve world peace, agreed to the idea of the Declaration of World Peace and signed the peace agreement with a determination to join the work of peace.

The Walk which was held on the following day commemorated the fact the WARP Summit did not end up as a perfunctory event, but it became the foundation for achieving a world of peace. 

WARP SUMMIT 2014 : The Walk for World Peace

“I have realized the importance of life as a mother of a child. … If we join our forces through the signing for peace and having a peace summit, peace will surely be achieved. … I am certain of that right now. The moment the peace summit kicked off was moment peace has started.” Muslim woman leader Ellie, mentioned.

People across South Korea shared the heart for peace, thinking of the news on wars globally. Gwang Min Han from Jeju Island said, “It is sad, there are wars taking place right at this moment. I hope the peace walk spreads farther so the world becomes a peaceful place without war, one day sooner.”

In May 2013, HWPL declared the Declaration of World Peace and held a peace walk at the same location with over 30,000 youths from 130 countries.

In May 2014, over 100,000 youths around the world have gathered for the 1st anniversary of the Declaration of World Peace.



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