WFWPI Europe: How can Korean religious heritage contribute to Korean Unification — Carolyn Handschin

2nd Session: 16:4S - 18:00 CET How can the Korean Cultural and Religious Heritage contribute to a Rapprochement and Unification on the divided Peninsula?

M oderator: M r. Hei ner w. Handschln, Co0<dl na1or, !APO Europe and M iddle East

• Rev. Dr. WIiiiam A. McComlsh, Dean emeritus, Geneva St. Peter’s cathedral; author of the Geneva Spiritual Appeal, Geneva, Swltterland • Prof. Dr. Eun Jeong Lee, Professor & Director, Institute for Korean Studies, Freie Unlverslt/lt Berlin, Germany • Dr. Thomas Selover, President, Sunhak UP Graduate University; Co-coordinator, International Association of Academicians for Peace (IMP) • Ms. Carolyn M oser-Handschln, International Vice President, WfWP; Vice-President, UN NGO Committee on t he Status of Women, Geneva, Swlt1ecrland

For 70 years the people of Korea have been divided t hrough a painful separation affecting lndlvlduals and families In an unprecedented way. Yet, Korea Is known for Its remarkable religious and cultural background, that brings 10 East Asia a unique potential for peace and human developmenl. On t he occ.islon of the UN Interfaith Harmony Week, the lnterrellglous Association for Peace and Development, a pri mary association of t he Universal Peace Federation, Is raising a timely question: 70 years after t he Korean War. how can t he Korean cultural and religious heritage contribute to a rapprochement betw een Nonh and South Korea? Funhermore, wi th the Women·s Federation for World Peace, the panel will consider ways In which women can support the process o f peace and reconciliation on the divided Peninsula. Registration: https://eume.upf.org/wlhw2021

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WO RLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK The Off1ddl UN Ob~eivctnre In the 1• Week of Febructry

The Universal Peace Federation’s Offices for UN relations In Vienna and Geneva and the lnterrellglous Federation for Peace and Development IAPD • Europe, are pleased to Invite you to an online webinar commemorating the World Interfaith Harmony Week 2021.

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Friday, February 5 th , 2021, 15:00-18:00 CET

1st Session: 15:00 - 16:15 CET Interfaith Cooperation as a basis for Social Cohesion

Welcome and Introduction: M r. Pet er Hai der, President, UPF Austria Moderator: Ms. Heather Wokusch, Author, Educator. Public Speaker

Speakers: • Dr. Joshua Sinclair, Medical Doctor, Filmmaker. Professor or Comparative Theology • H.E. Aftab Ahmad Khokher, Ambassador of Pakistan to Austria and the UN In Vienna • H.E. lourdes Gisela Antonia Victoria-Kruse, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic • Ms. Anja Kruse, Film and Television Actress. Author of •My Way with Buddha”

The world Interfai th Hormony w eek was nrst proposed at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010 by H.M. King Abdullah II or Jordan, and unanimously adopted by the UN on October 20, 2010. Henceforth, the first week of February wlll be observed as a World Interfaith Harmony Week. The world Interfaith Harmony Week Is based on the pioneering work or The Common Word Init iative, started In 2007, that called for Musllm and Christian leaders to engage In a dialogue based on two common fundamental religious Commandments: Love of God and L011e of the Neighbor • without nevertheless compromising any of thei r own religious tenets. The twO commandments are at the heart or the three Monotheistic religions and provide the most solid theological ground posslble. world Interfaith Harmony week events were organized In the UN In Vienna In 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and Mill-

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