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HWPL

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light

International peace NGO founded for the cause of global peace and cessation of wars.

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) is an international peace NGO founded for the cause of global peace and cessation of wars.

HWPL is a member organization of the UN DGC and UN ECOSOC with special consultative status, and it is a registered NGO in the Seoul Metropolitan City Government of South Korea.

Introduction to HWPL

With its partner group, the IWPG (International Women’s Peace Group), and an affiliate group, IPYG (International Peace Youth Group), HWPL carries out peace programs at a global scale by working with leaders across social arenas transcending national borders, cultures, and ideologies. The scope of its projects includes collaboration to spread a culture of peace in line with UN SDGs.

HWPL Chairman

A Korean War veteran who experienced the ravages of war up close, HWPL Chairman Lee Man-hee founded the group to build a world of peace that may live on as a legacy for future generations. Chairman Lee has continuously built relations and partnerships with leaders of governments, faiths and civil society through many peace tours, expanding a global network for devising concrete measures for peace based on the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW). At the same time, his work has garnered response and concerted efforts for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Meanwhile, also a leader of a Christian church in South Korea, Chairman Lee Man-hee keeps HWPL an NGO independent from his church.

International Law for Peace

Through the collaboration of world-renowned international law experts, HWPL drafted and announced 10 articles and 38 clauses of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW). The Declaration aims to restore and uphold the spirit which gave birth to the United Nations and promote the universal value of the global community, which will lead to the realization of sustainable peace. The DPCW embodies the principles and measures to prevent and resolve conflicts and sustain a peaceful global society. A global campaign to support the DPCW, titled Legislate Peace, took place in 176 countries around the globe. The campaign, also called LP Project in short, is broadening the scale and scope of global support for the Declaration. Based on such international support, HWPL is set to submit the DPCW as a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly. Such efforts are expected to help peace become anchored as a common value across the global community.

International Law for Peace

2014.09

Agreement to Propose the Enactment of International Law for the Cessation of Wars and World Peace

2015.09

HWPL International Law Peace Committee Inaugurated

29 national leaders including incumbent and former heads of state sign an agreement to propose international law for the cessation of war, pledging to work together to implement legal measures for the cessation of war

2018.05

Peace Conference, Intercultural Dialogue for Peace and Development, for UN Missions

A committee of 21 international law experts from 17 countries is established to draft a legal instrument for peace

2018.07

MOU with PAP (Pan-African Parliament)

The conference convened missions to the UN from 145 Member States at the UN Headquarters

MOU with PAP (Pan-African Parliament), an organization of speakers of members of parliament from 55 African countries

Law for Peace

2016.03

10 Articles and 38 Clauses of the DPCW Proclaimed, Legislate Peace Project Launched

2017.06

DPCW Adopted at PARLACEN, the Central American Parliament

With the proclamation of the DPCW (Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War), youths and women carry out a widespread DPCW support campaign

2018.08

Support for DPCW from Africa

DPCW adopted at PARLACEN, a parliament of six Member States including Guatemala

2018.09

MOU with BBS (International Centre for Black Sea-Baltic Studies and Consensus Practices)

Signature of Official Support for DPCW from the Government of Kingdom of Eswatini, Republic of Seychelles, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Comoros

MOU with Centre BBS (International Centre for Black Sea-Baltic Studies and Consensus Practices), a group formed of 16 former presidents of 11 Eastern European countries

2019.02

Support for DPCW from Antigua and Barbuda

2019.09

DPCW Adopted in the City of Cotabato, Philippines

Signature of Official Support for DPCW from the Office of Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

Resolution on Support of DPCW Adopted in the City of Cotabato, Philippines

2020.02

DPCW Adopted at Parliament of Panama

2022.09

MOU with PARLANDINO, the Andean Parliament

Resolution on Support of HWPL and DPCW

Adopted at Parliament of Panama

MOU with PARLANDINO, the Andean Parliament of the Five Countries: Bolivia, Coloambia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

Law for Peace

2019.12

MOA with CCLP (Coalition of Caribbean Leaders for Peace)

2020.01

DPCW Adopted in Cities of Mindanao, Philippines

MOA signed with CCLP (Coalition of Caribbean Leaders for Peace) with nine former presidents and prime ministers of seven Caribbean countries

Resolution on the Support of DPCW Adopted in the City of Davao, and Municipality of Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Philippines

2023.01

Announcement of Official Support for DPCW from the City of Manila, and the Province of Davao de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines

2023.03

DPCW Adopted in the Cities of the Philippines

Resolution on Support of DPCW Adopted and Official Support for DPCW Announced in the City of Manila and the Province of Davao de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines

Resolution on Support of DPCW Adopted in the Municipality of Los Banos, and Solano, Philippines

Interfaith Harmony

HWPL WARP Office is a place for religious leaders to discuss the shared values of faiths based on religious texts. Currently, HWPL operates 282 WARP Offices in 131 countries. WARP Offices aim at serving as forums where participants reaffirm their role as faith leaders, discover directions and paths toward building peace, and prevent religious conflicts.

HWPL will continue to provide forums for discussion in different locations across the globe that strengthen the global network of civil society and religious communities to help conflict prevention, leaving no stone unturned.

Interfaith Harmony

2014.09

World Alliance of Religions Agreement

2014.10

The First HWPL WARP Office Forum

2018.03

HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting

2020.09

Online Interfaith Prayer meetings to collectively pray for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic

Opens the floor for discussion across nations and continents to reach a broader range of participants

The interfaith prayer meetings were held in 71 countries

Opening of a platform for dialogue and the comparison of Scriptures in efforts to act upon the World Alliance of Religions Agreement

730 religious leaders representing 20 religions around the world pledge harmony among religions

2017.04

The First HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp

2017.09

Consensus on Attributes of a Trustworthy Scripture

Broadens participation base from religious leaders to include civil society in efforts for religious peace and harmony

2021.07

HWPL Intercontinental Religious Youth Peace Camp 2021

Lays a foundation for interfaith discourse and sets the path to religious harmony

2022.11

HWPL World Interfaith Joint Prayer Conference: Prayer Conference for Peace in Russia & Ukraine

Organized religious dialogues and cultural events to promote harmony among religious youth from 16 countries representing 5 different religions.

Global religious leaders from 53 countries conducted a relay prayer campaign for peace both on and offline

Peace Education

To spread the spirit and culture of peace emphasized in Article 10 of the DPCW, HWPL developed the Peace Education Curriculum which conceptualizes peace and its value. It has been provided to schools and educational institutions around the world. This curriculum has been provided to educational institutions across the globe and is consistently training and appointing teachers as “peace educators” so to be a sustainable practice within the institutions.

HWPL designated 379 schools across various countries– India, USA, Philippines, and more – as an HWPL Peace Academy, and signed MOAs with the ministries of education in 12 countries –Guatemala, Ethiopia, and more. Each country is preparing to bring the implementation of peace education to the government’s attention. HWPL has signed MOUs with National Commissions for UNESCO, and is spreading peace education internationally. Those who receive peace education will play a critical role in spreading a culture of peace and the resolution to war and conflict.

Peace Education

Begin Training for Peace Educators

Appointed teachers as the peace educators and trained them for sustainable peace education

Begin Signing MOUs with National Commissions for UNESCO

Ukraine schools signed MOUs on peace education

Contributing to the continuation of education and the spread of a culture of peace in war-torn Ukraine

IPYG

Leaders of Tomorrow: The Youth Must Move to Change the World

IPYG is a global youth network that urges for the cessation of war and spreads a culture of peace.

IPYG is working with about 1,000 youth organizations in 119 countries. With five million youth around the world, the IPYG holds a Peace Walk calling for peace on every 25th of May. Since 2018, they have sent Peace

Letters urging heads of state to support the DPCW in 192 countries, and the responses have been positive. They take the lead to organize youth workshops, peace music festivals, peace sporting events, and more, to build and spread a culture of peace. In its goal to achieve lasting world peace, the IPYG is making efforts to achieve peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula.

Media

The Eyes and Ears of the Global Family, The Peace Messenger Media Network

Media

HWPL is running a global journalist network, Media Associtaion for Global Peace (MAGP), so that journalists around the world can share news of peace and communicate with each other.

All the journalists from different countries can participate in this media network. They are cooperating to deliver the news of peace quickly and monitor news of war. HWPL has developed a partnership with 78 media agencies in 32 countries as of 2023 and is reporting news of peace regularly to about 150 million viewers all over the world. With the efforts of the journalists who stepped in to help, peace news is being released and reported all around the world.

Together Peace

2013 Proclaimed the Declaration of World Peace

2014

Hosted the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit

Signed the Agreement to Propose the Enactment of International Law for the Cessation of Wars and World Peace

Signed the World Alliance of Religions Agreement

2015 Inaugurated the HWPL International Law Peace Committee

2016

Proclaimed the 10 Articles and 38 Clauses of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) Spread the Legislate Peace (LP) Project

2017

Established the Collaborative Governance for Development and Implementation of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

2018

Urged Support for the DPCW through Peace Letter Campaign

2019

LP Activities to Support the Implementation of Sustainable International Law for Peace Based on the DPCW

2020

Resolutions supporting the DPCW adopted by Davao City in Mindanao and the Municipality of Kapalong in the Davao Del Norte Province of Davao Region, Philippines

2021

MOA signed with Department of Education Schools Division Office of Cotabato City, Philippines

MOU signed with the Andean Parliament (PARLANDINO)

2022

Played the documentary on HWPL’s peace efforts in Mindanao, Philippines, in theaters (Played in 197 locations from 23 Sep.–9 Oct. 2022)

World Peace Tours and Participation of the People Around the World

Number of World Peace Tours

32 tours (as of Feb 2023)

MOU/MOA

19 MOAs

432 MOUs

Signature and Letter in Support of the DPCW

891,410 signatures or letters in 176 countries

(Numbers based on the website as of 29 June 2023)

HWPL WARP Office

282 offices in 131 countries

HWPL Peace Academy

379 schools in 50 countries

Regular Report on Peace Initiatives

78 media agencies in 32 countries

About 150 million viewers and subscribers

Overview of World Peace Tours

2012 1st 5 May-16 May Germany, Austria, Switzerland

2nd 2 Jul-26 Jul Germany, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg

3rd 30 Nov-18 Dec Ethiopia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates

2013 4th 3 Mar-9 Mar Papua New Guinea, Philippines

5th 12 Jun-21 Jun Philippines, Thailand

6th 26 Sep-17 Oct Philippines, Thailand, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania

7th 30 Oct-16 Nov USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Costa Rica

2014 8th 23 Jan-30 Jan Philippines

9th 11 Mar-16 Apr Uganda, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Italy, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, USA

10th 14 May-24 May USA, Mexico

11th 2 Jun-10 Jun Romania, Germany, Turkey

12th 29 Jun-18 Jul Croatia, France, Germany, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain

13th 10 Aug-19 Aug Philippines, China

14th 28 Aug-5 Sep Japan, USA

15th 18 Nov-22 Nov Romania

16th 3 Dec-15 Dec India, USA

2015 17th 26 Mar-4 Apr South Africa

18th 22 May-27 May Philippines

19th 7 Jul-9 Jul Philippines

20th 27 Sep-1 Oct USA

21st 7 Nov-17 Nov USA, El Salvador, United Kingdom

22nd 1 Dec-12 Dec Israel, Palestine, Albania, Kosovo

23rd 18 Dec-23 Dec India

2016 24th 23 Jan-30 Jan Philippines

2017 25th 29 Apr-10 May USA

2018 26th 23 Jan-3 Feb Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar

27th 8 May-23 May Ukraine, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Romania

28th 28 May-6 Jun USA

29th 8 Aug-18 Aug South Africa, Ethiopia

2019 30th 14 Feb-21 Feb Philippines, Australia, Cambodia

31st 30 Mar-3 Apr Romania

2023 32nd 23 Jan-28 Jan Philippines

The True Story of HWPL

TheTrueStoryofHWPL:PeaceandCessationofWar is a book that outlines the peace work that HWPL has carried out together with global leaders and members of the civil society who have deep yearnings for peace.

This book is displayed in national libraries, museums, university libraries, and more so that peace can be a legacy for future generations.

Distributed to 196 countries around the world

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light