Washington, DC, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
International Summit in South Korea
Toward Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Toward a World Culture of Peace
The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) is internet hosting “Summit 2022 and Leadership Conference,” a five-day worldwide summit with associated peace occasions on the Jamsil Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, starting this week.
World leaders from dozens of international locations are gathering from August 11-15, 2022, to deal with paths to world peace, with a particular emphasis on Africa, the Asia Pacific Region and reconciliation between North and South Korea.
A spotlight of the August 12 opening ceremony is a presentation of a decision to suggest the event of a Peace Charter, which follows on the muse of the Seoul Resolution signed at World Summit 2022 (February 2022) in Seoul by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Prominent worldwide audio system will embody: Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister (2006-2015); Hon. Newt Gingrich, US House Speaker (1995-1999); Hon. Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State (2018-2021); Hon. Dan Burton, US Congressman (1983-2013); and H.E. Brigi Rafini, Executive General, Community of Sahel-Saharan States and Prime Minister (2011-2021), Niger.
Later that very same day, individuals will hear a couple of current UPF Fact-Finding Delegation for Peace on the Korean Peninsula from specialists on Korea, together with Gen. Walter Sharp, Commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and US Forces Korea (2008-2011); Amb. Harry Harris, US Ambassador to Korea (2018-2021); and Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Special Envoy, Six-Party Talks with DPRK (2003-2006). In addition, a particular program will characteristic The Washington Times, now celebrating its fortieth anniversary.
Multiple periods will cowl peace efforts in Africa, and have a Resolution endorsed by African Religious Representatives and led by Imboni Prophet Radebe, founder of The Revelation Spiritual Home in South Africa.
Afternoon periods will embody shows on threats to non secular freedom throughout the globe that options Pastor Paula White-Cain, Senior Pastor, City of Destiny Church within the US; Hon. Jan Figel, European Union Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of faith (2016-2019); and Dr. Massimo Introvigne, Managing Director, Center for Studies on New Religions, Italy.
On Saturday, August 13, symposia might be held round themes of unified Korea, a peaceable world, harmonizing science and faith, the ladies’s motion, youth character schooling, and the function of the media and economics within the twenty first century.
On Sunday, August 14, individuals will journey to the HJ Global Arts Center in Seorak, exterior of Seoul, for a particular program hosted by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon honoring her late husband and UPF co-founder, Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and his lifelong efforts to ascertain peace all over the world.
In addition to UPF International Chair Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, the summit’s dozens of audio system will embody Sheikh Mansour Diouf, Senegal; Hon. Ibrahim Natatou, Minister of Education, Niger; Hon. Hamza Said Hamza, Minister of Youth and Sports, Somalia; Hon. Adi Koila Nailitikau, First Lady (2009-2015), Fiji; Hon. Mwaba Tony, Minister of Higher Education, DR Congo; Hon. Neziha Labidi, Minister of Women, Family and Children (2016-2020), Tunisia; H.E. Dr. Sok Siphana, Chairman, Asian Vision Institute, Cambodia; Jim Rogers, Chairman of Beeland Interests, Inc.; Bishop Don Meares, Senior Pastor, Evangel Cathedral, USA; H.E. Callista Mutharika, First Lady (2010-2012), Malawi; Dr. Song Yong-cheon, Chair, Sunhak Foundation; Dr. Hwang Sun-jo, President, Sun Moon University; and Dr. Yun Young Ho, Director General, FFWPU International.
UPF is an NGO with General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It has been internet hosting dozens of boards and occasions that promote peacebuilding with leaders of 157 nations which have diplomatic ties to North and/or South Korea, in an effort to discover prospects for the peaceable reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula. The Royal Government of Cambodia has been a co-host to some of these occasions.
The August 11-15 occasions can have in-person audio system and individuals, in addition to a big world viewers who will be part of digitally through a high-tech hybrid format.
UPF’s works by a set of peacebuilding associations segmented into seven field-based organizations:
- International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP) and the International Association of First Ladies for Peace (IAFLP)
- International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP)
- Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD)
- International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED)
- International Media Association for Peace (IMAP)
- International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP)
- International Association of Arts and Culture for Peace (IAACP)
For media inquiries, please contact:
William P. Selig | Communications Director, Universal Peace Federation
Ph: 240-274-1744 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.upf.org
