{"id":9579,"date":"2025-09-25T14:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=9579"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:33:14","slug":"hwpl-11th-world-peace-summit-brings-together-800-global-leaders-to-present-achievements-and-vision-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=9579","title":{"rendered":"HWPL 11th World Peace Summit Brings Together 800 Global Leaders to Present Achievements and Vision for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international peace NGO based in South Korea, hosted the 11th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit on September 18\u201319 in Cheongju under the theme \u201cUniting for Peace and Fulfilling Humanity\u2019s Duty Together.\u201d The commemoration will continue across 78 major cities worldwide through October.<\/div>\n
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This year\u2019s summit gathered more than 800 global leaders\u2014including former and current presidents, prime ministers, speakers of parliament, chief justices, cabinet ministers, and leaders in education, religion, media, and youth sectors\u2014who voluntarily traveled to Korea, demonstrating expanding global support for HWPL\u2019s peace initiatives.<\/div>\n
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Since the inaugural HWPL World Peace Summit in 2014, the organization has pledged practical approaches for conflict resolution through international law, interfaith cooperation, and peace education. At this 11th anniversary, HWPL presented its key achievements from the past year, notably the development of public\u2013private partnership models for embedding sustainable peace within diverse national contexts.<\/div>\n
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A central agenda item was the global expansion of support for the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW), HWPL\u2019s proposed legal framework to end wars and establish lasting peace. The DPCW sets out principles such as the prohibition of the use of force, conflict prevention and mediation, and ensuring sustainable peace.<\/div>\n
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Over the past year, 17 international and regional bodies\u2014including the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO), the legislatures of Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, and South Sudan, as well as local governments in the Philippines, Mongolia, the U.S. state of Georgia, Madagascar, Mali, and India\u2014adopted resolutions in support of the DPCW.<\/div>\n
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Chairman Lee Man-hee of HWPL emphasized global cooperation for peace, saying, “Conflict can never be good. Only the achievement of peace is truly good. If we fail to establish a peaceful world in our time, we will burden future generations with conflict. What we leave behind must be a world of peace, not one of conflict. The work before us today is to commit ourselves to acts of goodness.”<\/div>\n
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