‘Pan-European Peace Forum’ was held in Frankfurt to support for peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula. In this forum, European experts and peace activists from South Korea have voiced together. HWPL is a Seoul-based peace NGO and organized the event to advocate international cooperation for global peace-building. HWPL is supporting the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.

Chairman, Man Hee Lee, of HWPL is a Korean War veteran who knows tragedy of war. He appealed to attendants, “More than anything else, a peaceful world without war would be the greatest legacy to hand down to our children. If a single country achieves peace, it does not mean the world has become peaceful. Peace has to be realized in the entire world. If each person walks in the path towards peace, peace will be accomplished in the global community.”

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Dr. Manfred F. Welker who is Frankfurt city council member delivered a speech on the need for civil society’s active participation, recalling the small gatherings in Leipzig which sparked peaceful demonstrations for Germany’s reunification. He noted that “not just government cooperation but – as we have seen from Nikolaikirche [St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig] – it will be by the collaboration and efforts of the people.”

Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler, president of International Progress Organization said the issues of denuclearization and reunification of Korea are mutually reinforcing. He pointed out that the prospect of a reunified Korea will be “the best security guarantee to both the North and the South.”

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He mentioned that “there must be no policy of double standards concerning disarmament obligations of states.” He noted nuclear disarmament should be carried out not only in Korea but also in the rest of the world. Dr. Köchler is a group of policy makers and experts from civil society for advancing peace in the international community and serving as a member of HWPL Peace Advisory Council.

At the end of the event, Dr. Welker presented a Letter of Support for the peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula and global peace. HWPL is collecting the Letters of Support from state officials to civil leaders, which aim to being sent to the leaders of two Koreas.



HWPL is implementing peace education programs in various educational institutions and collaborating with educational experts and teachers worldwide to develop peace education textbooks and curriculums.


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The areas of security and education counter extremism accompanied by violence and conflict, This is the reason we are facing the dire need for the international cooperation on policymaking. A global campaign for a culture of peace is projected by international NGOs to raise public awareness on coexistence, tolerance, and mutual understanding, and encourage civic participation.

HWPL(Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light) is an international NGO under the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI). HWPL holds a campaign, title of "Walk&Talk to Prevent Violent Extremism” with its international association NGOs in many cities around the world.


From May 19th, HWPL and IPYG are jointly hosting the event in 44 different countries and 79 venues around the world, including. This event was hosted in South Africa and Namibia on May 27th, and Zimbabwe on May 30th. Africa United and Vulisango Youth for Peacewill cooperate to hold 4th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace and the Peace Walk in Cape Town, South Africa.

Namibia Youth Development Organization and Namibian Children’s Parliament will join IPYG for hosting the same event in Windhoek. Platform for Youth Development Trust (PYD) and Female Students Network will co-host an event in Harare. In the events, a booth will be running to promote recognition on peace among citizens along with cultural performances.

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The peace walk events in cities around the world, including South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia are planned to promote a peaceful environment in local communities with voluntary participation by citizens beyond differences in nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, and gender.

This global campaign has been hosted by HWPL since 2013. HWPL is international NGOs. In 2013, the Declaration of World Peace was declared and 30,000 citizens joined the peace walk.


International youth have led role in developing peace walks as a peace project in worldwide. HWPL has initiated projects in 120 countries for conflict resolution and peace-building. This projects include legislation that promotes peace, interfaith dialogues, youth empowerment, and peace education.







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Local activists are on a mission to turn areas into peaceful zones.These areas were taken over by violence and crime. Recently, Women4Action Factreton collaborated with IPYG(International Peace Youth Group) to clean a recreational park within the Factreton community. This collaboration would enhance awareness of peace and health. At first, this park was designed for young people to participate in sporting activities and children to play freely after school.

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Unfortunately, the park has been taken over by gangs recently. People in community have been afraid to walk by due to gang violence. As children cleaned the park, people shared stories about how they wanted to restore the area.

The clean-up was a part of IPYG’s Peace My City campaign. IPYG’s Peace My City campaign is being rolled out in various areas. This campaign became possible through the assistance of ward councillors, the youth and women’s organizations.


The Peace My City initiative was launched on 22 April 2017 in Gugulethu. Various communities are practising. With this campaign,  crime and violence zones are transforming into peace zones. The group says“The campaign is an international movement challenging organizations, groups, companies and civil society to identify deserted areas, areas associated with killing, violence and any form of conflict with the intention of refurbishing them into becoming peace zones," in a
statement.

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