WARP PEACE SUMMIT 2014_Press Conference, Youth Conference and Former & Incumbent President Conference

Press Conference

World Alliance of Religions Peace Summit (WARP) has gained much attention from more than a hundred of media outlets all over the world, visiting South Korea for covering and reporting. The first official pre-event is a press conference. The reason for prior of this schedule is highly considered for the benefit of the rest of people who are unable to participate WARP event due to the limit on participation. Through foreign media reporting those people can also be exposed to the message for the world peace. The campaign of world peace is not just for an individual, an organization, or a single country but for all of mankind, therefore the purpose this press conference lies in letting every single one of us know and participate in the work of world peace. Upon seeing that the reporters from the world enthusiastically address a lot of questions, document answers, and videotape whole sessions, their passion, thirst and desire for peace could easily be witnessed. I, for one reporter, have become to hold myself accountable to achieve peace with the contribution of my humble but powerful article to the people in the world.

Youth Conference

International Peace Youth Group(IPYG) conference was one of the pre-events of World Alliance of Religions Peace (WARP) Summit, gathering IPYG representatives from all over the world. The youth from all the differences- ethnicities, countries, cultures and religions- shared their joyful greetings and constructive conversations followed. That was impressive enough to keep my eyes beheld. This youth conference was mainly focused on the role of youth to achieve peace. Countless numbers of wars, so far, have taken countless number of lives of youth. It is because youth can always be the first option deploying at the forefront during the times of war. Such wars have always been taken in place at the expense of youth’s life; supposedly striving for excellence of their careers and dreams. Therefore, for youth themselves, protecting youth and cessation of war are not optional but inevitable mission to be completed. Will youth, under any circumstances, ever compromise their lives. Putting my eyes on the firm grouping of the youth representative, I came to realize that ending wars and achieving world peace is not a vague idea but the idea of full of possible hope.

Former & Incumbent President Conference

Former and incumbent presidents’ conference was also held in along with pre-events for media people and youth representatives. A president is the most powerful and influential figure of any country and also the top representative of a country. With such power, a president’s obligatory duty is tremendously huge and important due to a significant charge on well-being of whole citizenship of his/her country. I firmly believe that world peace can also be achieved by the efforts of all the presidents, as a mother or a father for all the people. WARP Summit has earned by belief that presidents from the whole world would come at one spot and constitute the new article about ending the wars into the international law. WARP Summit has just begun to take its role as a humble beginning but with a significant importance, its role as a bridge to the re-constitution of the international law for the sake of us all would not be humble as they have just started.

Press Conference for the World Alliance of Religions: Peace Summit

SEOUL—Governmental and religious leaders, youth organizations, and women groups gather to attend the world’s largest peace summit held in the Republic of South Korea, where a sustainable solution to peace will be presented, as well as methods and programs for the cessation of war.

On September 17-18, the 2014 World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit will be held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The locations where the summit will be held are the Gate of Peace, Jamsil Sports Complex Stadium and 63 Building Convention Center. Approximately 200,000 people are scheduled to attend. Among them are 1,500 leaders including international heads of states and leading representatives of world religions such as Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, as well as organizations working in collaboration with the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) and the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG). Over 100 national broadcasting companies from around the world will also cover the events of the WARP summit.

A question was posed to Mr. Lee in a press conference held before the first day: “The Middle East is a region rife with religious wars and conflicts. Is it possible to achieve peace here as in Mindanao, Philippines?” Mr. Lee responded, “Just because peace is achieved in the Middle East does not mean world peace is achieved. Rather than considering an issue that is confined to only one region, we need to resolve the fundamental problem that has its roots worldwide. Therefore, heads of state around the world must come to an agreement to establish an international law that bans war so that all wars come to an end permanently.” Mr. Lee is a global peace advocate and the Chairman of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) as well as IPYG and IWPG.

Also, Ms. Nam Hee Kim said, “Until now, women have been perceived as weak. But through Mr. Lee, I gained confidence that women can also play a central role in achieving world peace. This is because the power to protect the children who are forced out to battlefields is in the mothers. If all women in the world unite as one, I am certain that world peace will definitely be achieved.“

Ms. Kim is a global female leader and representative of IWPG.

Following the press conference on September 16 at the Cosmos Hall of Walker Hill Hotel, an HWPL affiliated organization called IPYG hosted a conference for more than 500 leaders of youth groups from 127 nations including nations that are experiencing conflicts such as the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, and Israel. They discussed programs that can help build mutual understanding and trust.

Afterwards, a preliminary meeting of the WARP Advisory Council was held, where former and current presidents, prime ministers, premiers, chairmen of the national assemblies, and chief justices of the supreme courts from various nations gathered to share their experience in leadership and future peace initiatives.

Former and current heads of state, important figures from all walks of life and religious leaders with authority will attend this summit where they will devise a specific plan to put an end to wars around the world. They will also present a real solution to religious conflicts. The number of people attending the summit as well as the scale of this event is expected to be unprecedented

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