By Jhoo Dong-chan
Kyung Hee College System held its annual Peace BAR Competition on Friday to rejoice the U.N.-designated Worldwide Day of Peace, noticed yearly on Sept. 21.
BAR stands for Kyung Hee College’s three core values — non secular magnificence, materials affluence and humanly rewarding.
In the course of the annual occasion, individuals mentioned the world’s varied daunting challenges, comparable to local weather change, nuclear threats, famine and social inequality.
“Local weather and nuclear points are surpassing what humanity can deal with,” Kyung Hee College System Chancellor Choue In-won stated throughout his keynote speech at Kyung Hee College Grand Peace Palace in Seoul on Friday.
“Greater than 190 nations signed the Paris Settlement to counter local weather challenges dealing with mankind, however we have not witnessed any progress but. It’s now time to concentrate to civic consciousness in resolving it.”
Kyung Hee College additionally awarded the winner of the inaugural Miwon Peace Prize, honoring the imaginative and prescient of Choue Younger-seek, the college’s founder.
The Elders, a nonprofit group based by former South African President Nelson Mandela in 2007, gained the prize for its “lively engagement in addressing regional conflicts and international challenges,” “lengthy careers of devoted and tireless work” and “dedication to complete and common peace” in addition to to “elevate their worldwide recognition.”
The prize additionally comes with a 267 million gained ($200,000) grant.
Following the prize announcement, the occasion hosted a colloquium on “The Way forward for Humanity, The Way forward for Planet Earth: In Search of a Path to Hope” to discover options to international challenges.
“Some phrases related to local weather change, comparable to international warming or tropical night time phenomenon, aren’t alarming sufficient,” Lee Jung-mo, former head of Gwacheon Nationwide Science Museum, stated through the colloquium.
“We must always use some scary phrases for them, like local weather disaster as a substitute of local weather change. This can positively elevate consciousness.”