DPCW, Infallible Law for World Peace

[Mar. 14, 2018] 

2nd Annual Commemoration 

of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War, DPCW 

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Law for Peace, Overview of DPCW
[Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War]

HWPL,  DPCW (Peace Law) Source : http://hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

There is a peaceful infallible solution to world peace.
"All roads of peace lead to DPCW, Peace Law."
Have a look at overview DPCW of HWPL below.

The status of today's world can be traced back to the two tragic world wars of the last century and their devastating aftermath, from which the United Nations was founded to respond to the atrocities of conflict and loss of human dignity. Since then, many international agreements and declarations have been developed as mechanisms to secure peace, designating human rights and a world free of wars as core values of our contemporary times.

Nevertheless, additional challenges such as national and religious conflicts, cultural bias and ethnic hatred have hindered the movement of peace, and these elements of division have made it even harder to effectively cope with the new phenomenon of recent global conflicts. At the very ore of this issue are the recurrent conflicts in which scores of innocent civilians have to pay the price.

In this regard, what we must consider is that the international society needs a comprehensive legal approach that guides citizens' daily lives, regardless of their nationalities, ethnicities, and religions, in accordance with the promotion of peace. 

The invention of a legal framework to secure peace at both national and international levels in the form of an international agreement (law) will pave the way for developing peace processes in our world.

These essential objectives of HWPL are manifested in the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) drafted by the HWPL International Law Peace Committee, which is comprised of prominent international law experts from 15 different countries, and proclaimed on 14 March, 2016 in the form of a Preamble, 10 articles and 38 clauses.

Next time, I will make this introduction of 10 articles and 38 clauses of DPCW in detail.

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The Only Way to Prevent violent extremism ☞ DPCW

The Only Way to Prevent violent extremism?

DPCW is the Answer~!!

There was an enormous crowd who desire peace gathered in Olympic park

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To Spread a Culture of Peace~!

525 Peace Walk 2017, 

Coming Soon~

HWPL, Peace Walk 2017 (May 25, 2017), Coming Soon ~

🙌 HWPL, 4th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace and the Peace Walk 🙌

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All around the world walk forward to a bright future from anywhere in the world.
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Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

Recognizing the imminent threats posed by conflicts and wars, prominent legal experts from various countries came together with a determination to produce a new legal document that could serve as a foundation for a safe and peaceful world.

Through their collaborative efforts, the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) was drafted and officially proclaimed on 14 March 2016, at 3:14 PM.      

- From foreword of DPCW explanatory book

by HWPL Chairman Man Hee Lee

Wow~👍 DPCW is the Law of Absolute Peace.

Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War, Complete Peace Law~! 👍 

	Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and other international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,  Acknowledging that all members of the human family enjoy human dignity and equal and inalienable rights, and that these rights represent a necessary tenet of the preservation of freedom, justice and peace throughout the world,  Aiming to maintain international peace and security and determined to pass on to successive generations an invaluable inheritance of a world free of wars,  Ensuring the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force should not be used, save in accordance with the limitations prescribed by international law,  Reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women, the promotion of social progress and better standards of life for people and future generations and the need to facilitate peaceful coexistence among the world’s religions, beliefs, and ethnicities;  Recognizing that the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples constitutes a significant contribution to contemporary international law, and that its effective application is of paramount importance, Bearing in mind the universal commitment of the world’s religions to the promotion of peaceful coexistence, tolerance and mutual respect, and the common spirit that permeates all religious scriptures and holy texts,  Bearing mind the sovereign equality of states, and  Convinced that judicial and other dispute resolution measures can replace the rule of war with the rule of law  Call upon states to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from international law can be maintained, and  in accordance with the common spirit that permeates all religious scriptures, and the rules of international law including fundamental rights guaranteed, to undertake to prosecute and sanction gross and systematic acts of violence undertaken in the name of religion  to bring about gradual disarmament of weapons of mass destruction and weapons capable of causing widespread and unnecessary suffering and weapons incompatible with international humanitarian law.  The signatories to the present Declaration do hereby urge that all efforts be made so that this Declaration is adopted and respected by all states.

1. States should solemnly reaffirm that they refrain from the use of force in all circumstances, save where permitted by international law, and should condemn aggression as constituting an international crime.
2. States should refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of military force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations Charter or international law in general.
3. States should prohibit any act or threat of violence, whatever its motives or purposes, that occurs for the advancement of an individual or collective criminal agenda.
4. States should abstain from interference in the internal conflicts of other States.

1. States should co-operate with a view to the gradual global reduction of armament production.
2. States should not produce, assist in, encourage, or induce; the production of weapons of mass destruction, inter alia, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, or weapons capable of causing indiscriminate or widespread and unnecessary suffering, or weapons incompatible with international humanitarian law.
3. States should take measures to ensure that existing weapons of mass destruction, weapons capable of causing widespread and unnecessary suffering and weapons incompatible with international humanitarian law are gradually dismantled or destroyed. States should cooperate in disarmament and the reduction of arms stockpiles, ideally under international supervision. Decommissioned weapons manufacturing facilities should be repurposed, so that they may serve purposes that are beneficial to humanity in general.
4. States should strive to reduce excessive standing armies and military bases.
5. States should cooperate to gradually diminish trade in weapons and attempt to reduce the flow of small arms to non-state actors.

1. In accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV), States should develop friendly relations based upon respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and should take appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace.
2. States have the duty to refrain from any forcible action that deprives peoples of their rights to self-determination.
3. States should condemn the illegal occupation of territory resulting from the threat or use of force in a manner contrary to international law.
4. States should promote accountability, including by investigating alleged violations of international law, in particular, grave violation of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and should take measures to ensure that states, citizens and corporations do not contribute to the commission of violations of international law.
5. States should condemn, and should criminalize in their domestic law, the planning, preparation, initiation or execution, by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over, or to direct, the political or military action of a State, of an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of international law, thus amounting to a crime of aggression.
6. States should refrain from allowing their territories to be placed at the disposal of other actors, whether States or otherwise, to engage in armed force against a third State.
7. States should bear in mind the principle of sovereign equality of states, and should seek to consult all other states, on the basis of reciprocal respect, on issues that may relate to them, in order to resolve and pre-empt disputes which may arise. This provision should apply without prejudice to human rights law and human dignity. 

1. In accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV), every State has the duty to refrain in its international relations from military, political, economic, or any other form of coercion aimed against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations. This is without prejudice to instances when such forms of coercion may be lawfully applied, inter alia, to induce states to cease internationally wrongful acts, or when sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council.
2. Every State has the duty to refrain from the threat or use of force to violate the existing internationally recognized boundaries of another State, or as a means of resolving international disputes, including territorial and frontier disputes, in a manner inconsistent with international law.
3. Every state has the duty to refrain from any act of incitement, planning, preparation, initiation or commission of an act of aggression by a state, a group of states, an organization of states or an armed group or by any foreign or external entity, against the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of any State.

1. The duty of every state to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other state includes the duty not to engage in any action that would result in the dismemberment of any state, or force the secession or annexation of any territorial unit from that state.
2. Subject to the right to self-determination of peoples, states shall not engage in any intervention that seeks to divide or separate a state in a manner that is contrary to the rules of international law.
3. Every state has the duty to refrain from prematurely recognising an entity that has purported to secede from another state, until such a time as the latter entity has developed the necessary attributes, capacities and legitimacy to function as a state.
4. Subject to the provisions of the present article, States should encourage identifiable nation-states that have been divided by longstanding external or historical factors to engage in co-operation and dialogue. States should ensure that divided peoples are provided with their right to self-determination, including, inter alia, measures which may result in unified government.
5. Any political system in which power is exercised in perpetuity by an individual or regime amounting to a manifest denial of the right to self-determination should be condemned. 

1. States should recognize the obligation to settle their international disputes through peaceful means including reference to the International Court of Justice, other judicial bodies, regional judicial arrangements, or through arbitration, mediation, conciliation, or other forms of alternative dispute resolution and in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered. States should carry out any judgment or decision reached by a judicial body in good faith.
2. All states are encouraged to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, in accordance with Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court, without reservations, as a means of ensuring that disputes are settled peacefully and in accordance with international law. 

1. Nothing in the present Declaration should be construed so as to impair the inherent right to individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a State, until such time as the Security Council has taken measures to maintain international peace and security.
2. Measures taken by states in the exercise of their right to self-defence should be immediately reported to the Security Council and should not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the United Nations Charter to take, at any time, such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security. 

1. States should unite to strengthen international efforts to foster a global dialogue for the promotion of a culture of tolerance and peace at all levels, based on respect for human rights and diversity of religions and beliefs.
2. States should activate and participate in systems to enforce and protect fundamental human rights, eliminating discrimination on the basis of religion or belief, and should refrain from and prohibit the usage of religion by governments, groups, or individuals in order to justify or to incite acts of violence against others. These systems should include, inter alia, judicial mechanisms.
3. States should foster religious freedom by allowing members of religious communities to practice their religion, whether publicly or in private, and by protecting places of worship and religious sites, cemeteries, and shrines. 

1. States should engage in multilateral consultations to deal with situations where differences attributable to religion or ethnicity pose a threat to peace so that necessary remedial action may be taken and to identify the root causes of a situation causing tension between different religious or ethnic groups, in order to adopt necessary measures to promote mutual understanding between the groups concerned.
2. States should take measures to ensure that religious belief or ethnic identity are not utilised as a pretext for gross and systematic acts of violence. In circumstances where individuals or groups perpetrate or assist in such acts in the name of their religion, states should take adequate measures that lead to the prosecution and punishment of such activities.
3. Recognising the threat to peaceful coexistence that violent religious extremism may cause, states should implement, in good faith, legal measures against individuals or groups attempting to perpetrate or assist in gross and systematic acts of violence in the name of religion. Such measures should, in extreme cases, include the proscription of faith groups – including sects or cults – that perpetrate acts of violence against the territorial integrity and political independence of any state. 

1. States should recognize and engage with groups and organizations that seek to further the cause of peace as a global movement. States should facilitate such groups in their awareness-raising activities, including providing tuition in human rights and peace studies, as provided for, inter alia, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1999 UN Declaration on a Culture of Peace.
2. States should recognize that, in order to preserve a lasting culture of peace, public awareness of the need for, and value of, peace should be created. In this regard, states are encouraged to facilitate activities, commemorations, and initiatives that engage public consciousness with peace, including the erection of peace monuments as an alternative to war monuments.
3. Heads of state and heads of government should acknowledge that they are uniquely well placed to encourage a culture of peace, and should act to support this declaration to bring about the cessation of war.
4. States should promote a culture of peace including ensuring conditions in which-
(a) citizens are able to participate in the political affairs of the state as equals regardless of religious or ethnic differences;
(b) a free media is maintained which allows grievances to be aired and addressed; (c) education is imparted to promote respect and mutual understanding among different religious, belief and ethnic groups;
(d) the right to development of peoples, including the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals, can be realized; and
(e) the wellbeing of all human kind with the participation of women and men to ensure peaceful coexistence amongst nations, states, and peoples may be guaranteed.

1st Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

1st Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)


March 14th 2017, today is a very significant day.
It's the day of  '1st Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War'

'1st Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War' starts at 2 pm.

HWPL and members of HWPL are bright, positive and vibrant. Anyone would want to work together with them!!

We can’t forget today, 14th of March. I’ve been waiting and hoping for peace.

Since we shouldn’t just proclaim peace and sit around, rather run with our feet for the peace movement, the world of peace will soon come.

Let’s make this peaceful world a better place together.

Watching a Live Broadcast of 

'1st Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War'

https://youtu.be/zLnbHzBjMNk

HWPL Chairman, Man Hee Lee &The Key To Peace, DPCW

The Key To Peace, <Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War> continued from
http://www.peacefan.org/2017/02/a-bus-barricade-of-aleppo-monument-in.html
<Civil war in Syria, the bus became a barricade to protect civilians>

HWPL Chairman, Man Hee Lee & 

The Key To Peace, Declaration of

 Peace and Cessation of War 

delivering the keynote speech: Man Hee Lee Chairman of HWPL
The conference, '2016 HWPL cessation of war and supporting peace'

HWPL Convention Supporting Peace, 

"the Most Valuable Matter 

to Hand Down Peace 

to Our Descendant"  

"There shouldn't be young lives who bleed out in war. Our duty in this generation is to prepare peaceful and blessed environment for our descendant to live on." 

- Peace Leader, Man Hee Lee chairman of HWPL -

At this very moment, there are various kinds of conflicts and war in the world. Also, many young lives are losing their lives in war. Some children became orphan and some parents has no choice but living with the pain on losing their children.

At such time, the only thing we can do is to perform ongoing and non-stopping peace activities with constant interest. When we don't give up, the cessation of war and world peace must be achieved. 

In last year November, a conference, '2016 HWPL cessation of war and supporting peace', was held in Seoul by HWPL (chairman, Lee Man Hee).

The conference, '2016 HWPL cessation of war and supporting peace', is the resolution conference which was held in nationwide to hand down peace to our descendant. This conference was held to urge legislation of international law which is recognized the most in the world to resolve cessation of war and world alliance of religions by comparing bibles and unifying it in one. 

A commemorative photo of attendees: HWPL cessation of war and supporting peace', was held
in Seoul 
by HWPL (chairman, Lee Man Hee)

In this conference, religious leaders who support peace movement of HWPL and chairmen of civil organizations were attended including 100 VIP's from various fields.

I've worked as if I'm reviving lives like lights, rain and the air were given by God. To hand down peaceful world with no war to our descendant is the most valuable thing.     

- Chairman of HWPL, Man Hee Lee peace leader-

A lot of people have worked for peace. But, intact and completed peace did not come.

The reason other people couldn't achieve complete peace is that peace cannot be achieved by certain politician, educated person, any other authority or money. Rather than giving up thinking it’s not possible to achieve in reality, We all need to participate in peace movement to achieve.

HWPL is discriminated from other organization when facing the fact that people in the world and chairman of HWPL, Lee Man Hee urge international law to legislate, they run alliance of religions’ peace office, they establish peace school and put curriculum to educate peace. 

- Hyun Chae Lee , former U.N. messenger of peace -

Many people who participated in this conference said that ‘there are many organizations which work for peace and unification movement. However, unlike others, HWPL has the upmost discriminated world peace movement which has very high possibility to achieve world peace. Also, HWPL has very high organization power and sincerity.’

With the specific answer to achieve world peace, I’ve been going around world and greeting representatives from all fields regardless nation, race and religion. Not only greeting those representatives, but also suggesting written agreement for them to sigh in order to cooperate in world peace. 

- Chairman of HWPL, Man Hee Lee Peace Leader - 

In order to achieve cessation of war and world peace, HWPL is working upfront ‘Legislate Peace Campaign’ for Declaration of Peace and Cessation of war(DWPC) to be legislated before UN. DWPC was declared by HWPL on March 2016 and it has the most practical answer to cease war.

DPCW will be the most perfect law which has thorough binding power. We need many supports and participations for DPCW to be legislated before UN as an international law.

To read more in detail, please visit the website ☞ The Key To Peace, <Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War> Site ▶ http://www.peacelaw.org/

Distinctive Features of DPCW

Distinctive Features of DPCW,

Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War 

Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War, 

Stepping Forward to a Law for Humanity 

HWPL initiated an International Law for Peace and Cessation of War as a solution to bring about peace to humanity and an instrument to dispose of all means that initiate war and armed conflicts. 

Representing the collective wish of people from all walks of life - HWPL’s initiative to international law for peace is a powerful and ground-breaking tool which will enable worldwide enjoyment of peace. 

Gaining global support, united in one voice, women and youth are at the forefront of urging for the presentation and implementation of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War through the Advocacy Committee. 

• Discouraging War Potential

DPCW, this is a more fundamental, developed approach from how to resolve conflict and reduce ensuing damage to how to achieve peace before the conflict leads to war. The most practical mechanism of peace and prevention of war potential is an agreement and respect on cessation of war in the international society as a whole.

• Alternative, Practical Approach to Disarmament 

Refraining from the use of force should not mean elimination of all the human or material resources. Rather, constructive form of disarmament should be based on transformation of the resources to benefit the community.

• Culture of Peace

The means to prevent war is not exceptional military power to suppress conflict by force, but exceptional spirit of peace with surveillance by citizens and sovereign power of people - democracy. This "culture of peace", through the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War, seeks both quantitative and qualitative enhancement in peace education at a local level.

• Freedom of Religion

The ground of religious teaching based on scriptures, which has played a leading role in such spiritual value of humanity as harmony, reconciliation, and love, can put an end to the sources conflict leading to war. Religious freedom with the discouragement of religious conflict and the guarantee of communication and cooperation among religions will contribute to mutual development of human culture.

• Conflict Resolution

Military measure or international compromise are temporary means, not fundamental ones for conflict resolution. International standard (law and agreements) as efforts of peace should be established and states' role and responsibility to respect ruling from international law shall be highlighted.

• Participation of Citizens

To assist the current actions and continue to develop the efforts for peace, the participation of women and youth as the center of peace movement should be attained at an international level. This will facilitate cohesion of efforts of peace and collective power of people to support both the communities and international society.

'Distinctive Features of DPCW' Source: http://www.peacelaw.org/site/purpose

Greeting From HWPL Chairman, Man Hee Lee "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017"

Greeting 

From HWPL Chairman, Man Hee Lee

👋 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017 ~ 💖

 At this time of year, as we celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another,

 I would like to take this opportunity to thank you of your interest in HWPL. 

Thanks to your support, HWPL proclaimed the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) and successfully hosted the 2nd Annual Commemoration of the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Summit. Countless people around the world are supporting HWPL’s work for religious harmony and are advocating the implementation of the DPCW. 

In the year 2017, let us join our hearts, minds, and efforts to bring peace to the world. I look forward to your continued support, and may peace and happiness be with you and your family in the New Year. 

Sincerely, 

Man Hee Lee, Chairman 

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light 

As messengers of peace, 

let us all work together to build and 

leave a peaceful world as a lasting legacy 

for our future generations.  

http://peacelaw.org/site/declaration

<DPCW, Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War> has been drafted with the intent of promoting the respect of fundamental human rights and international law, and of further involving States in the active protection of those rights. In this time, let us take a closer look at the Article 10 of the DPCW. (The full text of the Declaration and its explanation booklet are also available at www.peacelaw.org)

<DPCW, Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War>

Article 1 - Prohibition of the threat or use of force 
Article 2 - War potential 
Article 3 - Friendly relations and the prohibition of acts of aggression 
Article 4 - State boundaries 
Article 5 - Self-determination 
Article 6 - Dispute settlement 
Article 7 - Right to self-defence 
Article 8 - Freedom of religion 
Article 9 - Religion, ethnic identity and peace 


Article 10 – Spreading a culture of peace 

1. States should recognize and engage with groups and organizations that seek to further the cause of peace as a global movement. States should facilitate such groups in their awareness-raising activities, including providing tuition in human rights and peace studies, as provided for, inter alia, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1999 UN Declaration on a Culture of Peace. 

2. States should recognize that, in order to preserve a lasting culture of peace, public awareness of the need for, and value of, peace should be created. In this regard, states are encouraged to facilitate activities, commemorations, and initiatives that engage public consciousness with peace, including the erection of peace monuments as an alternative to war monuments. 

3. Heads of state and heads of government should acknowledge that they are uniquely well placed to encourage a culture of peace, and should act to support this declaration to bring about the cessation of war. 

4. States should promote a culture of peace including ensuring conditions in which-
 (a) citizens are able to participate in the political affairs of the state as equals regardless of religious or ethnic differences;
 (b) a free media is maintained which allows grievances to be aired and addressed;
 (c) education is imparted to promote respect and mutual understanding among different religious, belief and ethnic groups;
 (d) the right to development of peoples, including the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals, can be realized; and
 (e) the wellbeing of all human kind with the participation of women and men to ensure peaceful coexistence amongst nations, states, and peoples may be guaranteed.

The Power of the DPCW

The Power of the DPCW, 
Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

DPCW(the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) has 10 articles and 38 clauses. 
Main contents include reinforcement of existing international law to prevent war.

Refer to ☞ http://www.peacelaw.org/

WARP Peace SUMMIT, 2016 Advocacy Forum for the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

WARP Summit 2016: 
Passing on to Successive Generations a Legacy of Peace~!

Advocacy Forum for the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War
Plan of Action for Advocacy to Intergovernmental Organizations,
Governments, and the Public <Mr. Man Hee Lee HWPL Chairman>

“For the 2nd Annual Commemoration of the WARP Summit, we’ve come together. All family members of peace who have a strong will for peace must gather our hearts and communicate with each other for peace to be settled one day sooner, for it is what all humanity has been longing for. Just as a leader must lead his or her followers, they (family members of peace) are striving at the forefront to make a better world. If we do it, it’s possible. It we don’t do it, it won’t happen” 
1,000 global people from 130 countries around the world participated in the Advocacy Forum for the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War. The participants include former presidents and prime ministers, ministers and high-ranking officials of governments, specialists and leaders from international organizations, civil society, religion, women and media groups. Beginning with an opening speech by Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL, two parts of the forum for 4 hours sought peace building strategies based on "Plan of Action for Advocacy to Intergovernmental Organizations, Governments, and the Public." 

Creating Peace as Universal Heritage for Humanity Advocacy Forum for the DPCW
(the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) the Beginning of the WARP Peace Summit 2016 

The Potentiality of the DPCW 
and the Possibility of its Implementation 

Dr. Kamal Hossain, Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of Bangladesh and member of HWPL International Law Peace Committee, stressed the importance of advocacy of international law for peace through the implementation of the DPCW. "We must make sustainable efforts for global mobilization and to combine the strength of the millions, who yearn for an end to violence and armed conflicts. ... To this end, topics surrounding the development of such legal framework should be discussed by the United Nations (UN) and other international and/or national organizations, in order to raise awareness among the public about the importance of world peace and security, as well as the contents of such a legal framework", he said. 


Ms. Ediola Pashollari, Secretary General of World Assembly of Youth in Albania, said, "This Declaration (the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) is a powerful and ground-breaking tool to dispose of all means that initiate war and armed conflicts, thus further attaining humanity's fundamental goal and peace." She suggested that the promotion of value of peace and justice must be provided and said, "Another effective strategy is to make a petition that will reach out to the heads of state and make the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) as a legally binding international policy. Finally, to be able to follow up and realise their vision this successfully, they should be a formation of regional representatives that will be building, encouraging and overseeing all stakeholders in order to ensure that the regions are actively involved." 


Ms. Denise Robinson has dedicated her life to women rights, democracy and prohibition of racial discrimination as a minister and member of Parliament of South Africa and Federal Leader Democratic Alliance Women's Network (DAWN), For development of the DPCW(the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) with the support from the public, she said, 
"In order for the DPCW to be implemented and start bringing the change which it was created for, it is imperative that the public be informed about the contents and goals of this document. This means that those of us who know this declaration now need to create situations like seminars and round table discussions around it. This should be done not forgetting the power of the media, which can carry the message much quicker and wider through radio talk shows on community radio stations, television panel discussions and social network campaigns. All these wonderful modern day tools should be harnessed to raise public awareness and offer education to our people as a first step." 


Mr. Abdessatar Ben Moussa, President of Tunisian League of Human Rights, a representative civil society organization of the National Dialogue Quartetannounced as the laureate of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, emphasized the legislation through parliament or congress by saying, "The essential is to submit petitions to parliamentarians to collect petitions because parliaments are the efficient pressure methods concerning governments and Heads of States. Awareness of governments within each State is NGOs’ role. In this regard, we have to work on the acquisition of the Declaration support motion of each parliament. Support motions have considerable effect." 


Chairwoman of the International Women’s Peace Group also appealed to the participants by saying, “War only gives birth to another war, leaving fear and sacrifices to our future generations. We must achieve our purpose, the advocacy for this Declaration, to not repeat the atrocities of war for the next generation. When the public’s awareness of this issue increases, the powerful strength of peace in the world will arise, transcending national interests. All heads of state, justices, and UN representatives must work at the forefront to advocate for the implementation of international law compatible with the DPCW.” 


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