The Sunhak Peace Prize - An Introductory Brochure

T h e f o u n d e r s o f t h e S u n h a k P e a c e P r i z e , R e v. D r. S u n M y u n g M o o n a n d D r. H a k J a Han Moon, have presented models for lasting peace in the fields of education, politics, arts, sciences, media and human rights, with particular focus on women, youth and the family. Dr. and Mrs. Moon see the human potential in terms of committed relationships, where each person, each family, each community and each nation exists for one another Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon · Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon and lives for the greater good. Differences of race, religion, nationality and ideology are transcended under the vision of One Family Under God.

PRIZE OUTLINE OUR VISION OF PEACE AND OUR MISSION

Frequency of Award Biannual Our Vision of Peace Category Peace Prize USD 1 million (KRW 1.1 billion) One Family Under God Awards Medal, Plaque The Sunhak Peace Prize was established in order to help resolve worldwide suffering, conflict, poverty and threats to the environment, by promoting a comprehensive, future-oriented vision of peace. Sustainable peace in the 21st century can only be accomplished by resolving the tensions and conflicts Nomination and Eligibility we find across the world This can be done by developing a global culture of mutual respect and cooperation. Selection Process Individuals or organizations must have contributed significantly to the promotion of Based on the Founders vision of One Family Under God, the Sunhak Peace Prize encourages all people peace outlined in the Peace Mission affirmed by the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee. to dedicate themselves to peace, choosing dialogue and cooperation over conflict and competition. The achievements of the individual or organization must have had a positive impact The Sunhak Peace Prize honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to on the realization of peace for people of diverse nations, races, religions, or ideologies. peace and human development, conflict resolution and restoration of balance in the relationship between humanity and the natural environment.

Nomination Nominations may be submitted from any among 1,000 qualified nominators around the world who, represent a wide range of fields and areas of professional expertise, and Our Mission representing diverse geographical, cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. The Sunhak Peace Prize advocates the following objectives: Qualified Individuals Recipients of international prizes, highly respected individuals Qualified Organizations International NGOs & academic associations, Sustainable Human Organizations previously awarded international prizes Development Conflict Resolution Ecological Conservation Solving the problems of poverty, Peacefully resolving conflicts Finding solutions to climate Review Process disease and ignorance, and between people of differing change and the depletion of natural The Sunhak Peace Prize Committee carefully reviews, the nominees with support respecting the human rights and religions, races and resources in order to create a dignity of every human being. nationalities. sustainable balance between the from the Secretariat and in consultation with experts to come up with a short list of the natural and human worlds. most promising candidates. The Committee meets periodically throughout the year for this purpose. Respect for Resolution Ecological human of conflict Conservation Laureate Selection and Official Announcement development

After careful review of the nominees on the short list, the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee arrives at its final selection, and makes a public announcement through the media. Poverty Relief Resolution of Disputes Climate Change Prevention Disease Eradication Religious Harmony Biodiversity Education and Welfare Peace Among Nations Energy Innovation

THE 2015 SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE THE 2015 AWARD CEREMONY LAUREATE SELECTION PROCESS

Award Theme T h e t h e m e o f t h e i n a u g u r a l S u n h a k P e a c e Prize was “ The path to humanity’s future peace lies in the ocean.” The Sunhak Peace Prize is a prize established to honor the One family under God peace vision laid out by Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon. The two have devoted their entire lives for the peace of the human community. Especially since the early 1960’s, the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon foresaw environmental and food resource problems as crises that would threaten the peace of the future human community, and pointed out that the ocean was a powerful solution.

Candidate Based on this theme, the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee started Nominations receiving names of candidates from the recommendation committee consisting of over 1,000 members, and ultimately received 182 candidate recommendations from 66 countries.

Review Once the nomination period concluded, the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee focused on screening the nominees until March of 2015. The candidate list was compressed through thorough data research and verification process and local inspection conducted by experts within their respective fields.

Laureate Selection After several meetings reviw the short list of candidates, the Committee and Public ultimately decided that the inaugural Sunhak Peace Prize would Announcement be shared by the former President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong, and Indian fisheries scientist, Dr. Modadugu Event Time August 28, 2015, 10 am (Korea time) V. Gupta. On June 8, 2015, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., the inaugural laureates were officially announced globally Location Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Korea through a public press conference.

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THE 2015 LAUREATES Climate Peace Anote Tong Former President of Kiribati

Born June 11, 1952, Fanning Island, Line Islands, Kiribati Graduate of the University of Canterbury and London School of Economics

Pr ofessional Backg r ound

1978 - 1980 Project Officer, South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation (SPEC) 1983 - 1992 Director, Atoll Research and Development Unit, USP 1994 - 1996 Minister of Natural Resources Development 1996 - 2003 Member of Parliament (Boutokaan Te Koaua party) 2003 - 2007 President of the Republic of Kiribati 2007 - 2011 Served second term as President of the Republic of Kiribati 2012 - 2016 Served third term as President of the Republic of Kiribati

M a j o r A wa r d s

2008 David B. Stone Award (New England Aquarium Foundation) 2009 Brilliant Jade with Grand Cordon (President of Taiwan) 2009 Medal of Honour (Speaker of the Legislative Yuan) 2012 Peter Benchley Ocean Award (Blue Frontier Campaign) Hillary Award (Hillary Institute of International Leadership) A Global Leader Creating Peace at the Forefront of Climate Change

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Committed to ensuring the dignity of human rights for climate refugees Former President Tong has devoted a significant amount of his energy to defending the rights of his citizens, and has contributed greatly in building awareness among the international community on the need for protection of climate refugees human rights. Former President Tong is establishing a systematic migration policy so that his country’s citizens, who will be forced to leave Kiribati within the next 30 years due to rising sea levels submerging their country, can migrate with their dignity intact. First, he worked diligently to secure funds to buy land for resettlement, purchasing 5,500 acres of land in Fiji, and is running the Migration With Dignity vocational education program so that they will not be treated as unstable refugees but as valuable members of the work force with competitiveness and marketability. Even as hope seemed to diminish as his country’s citizens faced the possibility of losing their homes due to climate change, former President Tong’s warm love for humanity shined brightly as he strove to safeguard human dignity, and established various expert Led the international community to act on climate change vocational training programs in areas such as nursing, seamanship, horticulture and gardening, and His Excellency Anote Tong, former President of Kiribati, actively informed the international linguistics. community about the climate crisis faced by low-lying (having lower-than-average altitudes above sea-level) Pacific small island states due to rising sea levels, and led the international community to actively address this issue. President Tong played a key role in calling upon major international organizations, including the UN, to create comprehensive consultative bodies for the international community to embark on solving this problem. The Republic of Kiribati is a small island nation in the South Pacific consisting of 33 atolls and islands and has an area of 811km² and a population of 114,000.

Led the protection of marine ecosystems Former President Tong has actively led campaigns to protect the marine ecosystem in the Pacific Rim as a repository of resources for future generations. In 2006, President Tong worked with Conservation International to create the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), encompassing some of the most pristine and coral-rich waters on the planet. In 2010, it was declared the world’s largest marine UNESCO World Heritage Site. Furthermore, President Tong conceived the Pacific Oceanscape framework, an unprecedented effort among 23 Pacific island nations of the Pacific Islands Forum to collaboratively and sustainably protect, manage, and sustain their ocean. Together, the nations of the Pacific Oceanscape have responsibility for nearly 10% of the world’s ocean surface (approximately 40 million km²). For Kiribati, which relies heavily on income generated from licensing commercial fishing to foreign vessels, this was a moral decision to abandon national interest for the greater good.

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THE 2015 LAUREATES Food Peace Modadugu Vijay Gupta Indian Fisheries Scientist

Born August 17, 1939. India Ph.D. in Biology, Calcutta University

P r o fe s s i o n a l B a ck g r o u n d

1971 - 1977 Scientist, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) 1977 - 1981 Fish Breeding Expert, Mekong Secretariat, UN-ESCAP (Lao PDR) 1981 - 1985 Senior Aquaculture Scientist, Mekong Secretariat, UN-ESCAP, Thailand 1986 - 1989 UN-FAO Fish Culture Specialist/Officer-In-Charge (Bangladesh) 1989 - 1996 Senior Aquaculture Specialist/Officer-In-Charge, WorldFish Center (CGIAR) in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines 2003 - 2004 Assistant Director General, International Relations and Partnerships, WorldFish 2005 - Present Advisory services to various international organizations (World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UN Development Program, US Agency for International Development)

Major Awar ds

2005 World Food Prize (World Food Prize Foundation) 2007 2009 Gold Medal (Asian Fisheries Society) Honorary Life Member Award (World Aquaculture Society) Found Alternative Solutions to the Future 2010 Eminent Agriculture Scientist Award (Government of Andhra Pradesh, India) Food Crisis Pioneer of the Blue Revolution 2015 Nutra India Summit Life Achievement Award (Nutra India Summit)

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Significantly improved the social status and rights of Asian women Dr. Gupta actively spread aquaculture methods to South and Southeast Asian women of low social status, which resulted in not only increased household incomes and nutrition, but also drastically improved the social status and rights of women. He personally convinced religious leaders who were negative towards women’s participation in society that their participation in the economy would benefit all. He motivated women to be self-sufficient and educated poor women farmers on the basic skills required for aquaculture. In addition, he cooperated with local organizations so that women could receive the funding and land necessary for their economic activities. These initiatives were such a great success that now women account for a majority of the workforce in fish farming, and this has brought positive changes that have improved women’s rights and status both within the household and in the society.

Addressed the looming food crisis resulting from climate change Through field research and development of aquaculture methods and technologies suitable for the climate and environment of South and Southeast Asia, Dr. Modadugu V. Gupta effected an explosive increase in production known to us now as the Blue Revolution. Since the 1960’s Dr. Gupta foresaw that aquaculture, with its relatively low-cost high-quality animal protein, could play a key role in improving nutrition for the poor. He was instrumental in significantly developing aquaculture technologies to a point where it is now considered as the solution to humanity’s future food crisis. Especially from the latter part of the 1980’s in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world, Dr. Gupta correctly identified fish species such as tilapia and silver barb, as suitable to thrive in the country’s turbid and shallow waters. As a result, Bangladesh’s annual fish production, which was only about 170,000 tons in 1986 when the research started, increased fourfold to more than 850,000 tons by the time Dr. Gupta retired in 2004. Since 2000, going beyond Asia, Dr. Gupta has striven to develop effective methods of aquaculture that could thrive in Africa.

Miraculously brought independence and self-sufficiency to the world’s poorest through the use of innovative aquaculture methods Dr. Gupta is a saint of the South and Southeast Asian poor communities who, rather than giving fish to the poor and hungry, taught them how to farm fish, cultivating a miracle of independence and self- sufficiency. In order to address the hunger and nutrition deficiency problem of the extreme poor in South and Southeast Asia, Dr. Gupta developed low-cost, high-efficiency methods of aquaculture, and devoted himself to disseminating his methods while living with the poor in their environment. As a result, Dr. Gupta not only greatly improved the nutritional status of those who had been living in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty and hunger, but also instilled in them the hope for a better life.

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THE 2015 SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY CLIMATE PEACE & FOOD PEACE · Anote Tong, a global leader creating peace at the forefront of climate change · Modadugu Gupta, found alternative solutions to the future food crisis pioneer of the blue revolution

▲ Congratulatory Address: H.E. Muhammad ▲ Congratulatory Address: Hon. Ui Hwa Chung, Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian Vice President Former Korean National Assembly Speaker

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THE 2017 SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE THE 2017 AWARD CEREMONY LAUREATE SELECTION PROCESS

Award Theme The 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize focused on the global refugee crisis. Today, as we face the largest number of displaced persons on the global level since World War Ⅱ, the international community, through international solidarity and cooperation, must make a transnational effort to solve this refugee crisis for the common benefit of humankind. The founders of the Sunhak Peace Prize emphasized the need for a love for humanity that transcended divisions o f r e l i g i o n , n a t i o n a l i t y, a n d r a c e i n o r d e r to create a world of lasting peace, and they campaigned for a world where we no longer needed borders, because we recognized that we are all members of one human family. It is with this critical situation and the peace vision of the founders in mind that the Sunhak Committee focused on the global refugee crisis as the 2017 award theme.

Candidate From April of 2016, the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee started accepting Nominations nominations from among the 1,000 qualified nominators around the world, and ultimately received 225 candidate recommendations from 76 countries.

Review The Committee held a number of meetings to review each nominated candidate’s personal background and career information, through an objective screening and evaluation process.

Laureate Selection After careful review, and having arrived at a short list of the most promising and Public candidates, the Committee held its final selection meeting, where it was Announcement decided that the 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize would be awarded to Italian surgeon Dr. Gino Strada and Afghan educator Dr. Sakena Yacoobi. On November 29, 2016 in Washington D.C., the laureates were officially Event Time Feburary 3, 2017, 10 am (Korea time) announced globally through a public press conference.

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THE 2017 LAUREATES Refugee Peace Gino Strada Italian Surgeon

Born April 21, 1948 in Milan, Italy 1978 Postgraduate school, specialist in Emergency Surgery, University of Milan 2004 Honorary degree, Engineering, Basilicata University 2006 Doctor of Humane Letters, Colorado College, Colorado, USA

P r o fe s s i o n a l B a ck g r o u n d

1978 - 1984 Surgeon, Institute of Emergency Surgery, University of Milan (Italy) 1981 Visiting Surgeon, Groote Schuur Hospital, Capetown, South Africa 1989 - 1992 Surgeon, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Hospital (Pakistan, Ethiopia, Thailand, Afghanistan) 1993 Chief Surgeon, Berbera Hospital, Somalia 1994 Surgeon, Koshevo Hospital, Bosnia-Hezegovina 1994 - 2007 Chief Surgeon, EMERGENCY Hospitals (Rwanda, North Iraq, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Eritrea) 2007 - Present Cardiac Surgeon, Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery (Khartoum, Sudan)

Major Awar ds

2003 Antonio Feltrinelli Prize (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Foundation) 2015 Right Livelihood Award (Right Livelihood Award Foundation) 2016 ESTES Plaquette (European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery) The Hero Who Fought for the Right to Medical Care for Refugees and War Victims

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Taking the lead in protecting the dignity of Providing emergency aid at the frontline of conflict in Africa human rights by guaranteeing the right to be cured and the Middle East Dr. Strada has actively promoted the value of peace, solidarity, and human rights by, providing Dr. Gino Strada is an Italian surgeon who has been providing humanitarian relief to the victims of war high quality, free-of-charge medical treatment without discrimination, based on the firm belief that the and poverty, and refugees around the world for 28 years. right to be cured is a basic and inalienable right of all people. He began his career as a war surgeon with the International Committee of the Red Cross (IRCR) In Africa, where there is little awareness of the availability of health care, his focus is on spreading in 1989, and in 1994, founded EMERGENCY, an international humanitarian organization. the perception that health care supports the basic human right to live like a human being and that the EMERGENCY’s mandate is to provide high quality, free medical and surgical care to the victims state should take the lead. Through his active efforts, the governments of 11 African nations (Central of war, landmines and poverty. Over the years, EMERGENCY worked in 17 countries, building African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and managing hospitals, medical and surgical centers, rehabilitation centers, paediatric clinics, primary Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda) have signed EMERGENCY’s Manifesto for a Human health clinics, a maternity center and a center for cardiac surgery. EMERGENCY is currently working Rights-based Medicine (a medical declaration of human rights) that recognizes the right of people to in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Iraq, Italy, Sierra Leone and Sudan. receive medical treatment and will make efforts to provide health care services free of charge. In 2007, EMERGENCY established the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan (Africa), an In 2007, Dr. Strada established the first of 11 outstanding medical facilities, the Salam Centre for outstanding facility providing free, high-quality heart surgery to patients with acquired or congenital Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum (Sudan). Building on the experience of the Salam Centre, in 2010, 11 heart disease. The center is the hub of a regional program for cardiac surgery and has received patients countries adhered to the African Network of Medical Excellence (ANME), a project aiming at building from 27 countries. EMERGENCY has performed more than 6,500 surgeries, and more than 56,000 Centres of Medical Excellence to strengthen National Heath Systems with a regional perspective. cardiac examinations at the center. The center has received world-class ratings for its work. Since 2009, EMERGENCY has operated the only free-of-charge paediatric hospital in the Central African Leading the peace culture by promoting the abolition of war and Republic. In 2014, when the Ebola virus (EVD) spread in West Africa, EMERGENCY established prohibition of production of anti-personnel landmines a 100-bed Ebola treatment center in Goderich, Freetown, in cooperation with the Department of Dr. Strada is engaged in the anti-war movement with a solid moral and political position that war must International Development of the British Government. The center set up a revolutionary approach for be abolished on the grounds that war tramples human dignity and life. As such, it cannot be justified the treatment of Ebola in West Africa. Since July 2014, EMERGENCY has also been very active in for any reason. In 1997, Dr. Strada, who over decades has seen civilian casualties and human misery response to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, where it operates 6 primary healthcare centers in camps caused by land mines in conflict zones, campaigned with strong determination to ban the production for refugee and internally displaced people. Since 2006, EMERGENCY has been running a broad-based of mines in Italy, and succeeded in achieving his goal in 1998. In addition, he strongly opposed and program in Italy to respond to the increasing needs of the migrant population, whether at the Sicilian campaigned against Italy’s intervention in the war in Afghanistan in 2001, and in Iraq in ports where they arrive, in urban ghettos or countryside shanty towns. 2003. In 2002, EMERGENCYorganized a massive campaign with the support of half a million EMERGENCY cooperates with the United Nations to effectively respond to the needs of people people protesting against the war. in danger. In 2015 the organization was granted special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

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THE 2017 LAUREATES Refugee Peace Sakena Yacoobi Afghan Women’s Educator

Born March 17, 1950 in Herat, Afghanistan 1977 Bachelor of Biology, University of the Pacific (California, USA) 1981 Master’s Degree in Public Health, Loma Linda University (California, USA) 2008 Honorary Doctorate of Humanitarian Service, Loma Linda University 2010 Honorary Doctorate of Education, Santa Clara University 2013 Honorary Doctor of Laws, Princeton University

P r o fe s s i o n a l B a ck g r o u n d

1982 - Present Established Creating Hope International (CHI) in Michigan, USA 1982 - 1991 Health Consultant 1989 - 1992 D’Etre University (Michigan, USA) 1992 - 1995 International Rescue Committee (IRC) women’s education and teacher training program 1995 - Present Founder and President of Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) 2007 - Present Founded four Professor Sakena Yacoobi Private School facilities in Kabul and Herat, Afghanistan (K-12), the “Professor Sakena Yacoobi Private Hospital and Clinic”, and Radio Meraj 94.1FM

Major Awar ds

2004 Women’s Rights Prize (Peter Gruber Foundation) 2005 2005 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize The Mother of Refugee Education Who Proposed Democracy Award (National Endowment for Democracy) 2013 2015 Opus Prize (Opus Prize Foundation) World Innovation Summit for Education Prize (Qatar Foundation) a Fundamental Solution for Refugee Resettlement

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Devoting her life to Afghan refugee education duced. AIL also provides “Love and Forgiveness” workshops to transform the refugees who have been surrounded by social deprivation and anger, into positive leaders who can innovate Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, the Mother of Afghan education, has been a pioneer and devoted educator in their local communities. AIL also supports the desire of the refugees for a peaceful and fruitful of refugees for 21 years acting with the belief that education is the key to social reconstruction life through radio broadcasts on the topics of social trends, health, family success models, human even under the severe conditions of war and occupation. rights, literature and music. The radio broadcasts reach over a million listeners a day. Dr. Yacoobi began educating teachers in Afghan refugee camps where they had struggled to survive after decades of war and began to establish schools for boys and girls after the complete collapse of the education and health systems. In 1995, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) was established Contributing to the improvement of human rights and to provide systematic refugee education and since then the institute has provided education and the status of Muslim women vocational training to 13 million women and children. Despite the Taliban regime’s ban on women’s Dr. Yacoobi is committed to educating Muslim women with the belief that “to educate girls is to schools, AIL success- fully operated more than 80 secret underground schools and educated more than educate future generations.” Due to protracted conflicts and elements of Islamic culture that oppose 3,000 girls without any incident. Currently, AIL provides curricula for kindergarten through univer- women’s education, Afghanistan has the world’s lowest literacy rate, with only 12.6% of women sity level education. Forty-four education centers also provide basic literacy education and various over 15 years of age being able to read and write. In order to address this serious issue, Dr. Yacoobi vocational courses opening the way for refugees to earn an income. has been aggressively persuasding and has changing the prejudices against women’s education. The Afghan refugee community, which has experienced displacement for more than 30 years, Consequently, many women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan are now being educated. Dr. now recognizes that education is a pathway to a better future and a key element for the country’s Yacoobi has also established a women’s university in recent years. Additionally, she has provided reconstruction, and in raising young people who will play leading roles in Afghanistan’s future. family planning services and contraception advice in order to liberate women from unwanted pregnancy. She also runs a women’s legal counseling center in Afghanistan that provides legal advice Presenting a holistic solution for refugee resettlement services for women on issues such as domestic abuse, child custody, the right to inheritance, and marriage without consent. Dr. Yacoobi introduced a holistic approach to rebuilding communities destroyed by war and provided an Women, who had been isolated in their homes, are now able to gather together and receive education innovative solution to the problem of resettlement. As a comprehensive and long-term solution to through Women’s Networking Centers. They are given the opportunity to take part in classes to problems faced by society as a whole, this approach aims at overcoming the educational, economic, learn, engage in income-generating activities, and participate in society, all of which are contributing socio-cultural and institutional constraints of refugee camps. It contributes to improving the overall greatly to improving womens’ access to human rights and a higher quality of life. quality of life and furthering community development for Afghan refugees. AIL is providing technical assistance to hospitals, radio stations and four private schools. Since 1996, it has provided health education to more than 2 million women and children. As a result, infant mortality and maternal mortality during pregnancy and childbirth were significantly re-

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THE 2017 SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY REFUGEE PEACE · Gino Strada, the hero who fought for the right to medical care for refugees and war victims · Sakena Yacoobi, the mother of refugee education who proposed a fundamental solution for refugee resettlement

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THE 2019 SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE THE 2019 AWARD CEREMONY LAUREATE SELECTION PROCESS

Award Theme The Sunhak Peace Prize Committee chose “Africa’s human rights and human de- velopment” as the theme for the 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Award. Today, we are facing intensifying problems caused by global inequality. In order for us to build an era of peace, mutual prosperity and coexistence in the 21st century, we have to bring Africa’s development and human rights issues to the world’s con- sciousness and solve these issues together, as a global family. The founders espe- cially emphasized the love of humanity that can surpass the barriers among nations and races as the solution to world peace. They presented “One Family Under God” as a vision of peace early on and have led and expanded the peace movement all around the world. Based on this vision of peace, let us all accelerate the transforma- tion of Africa with the combined efforts and good will of humankind.

Candidate From February 2018, to June 2018, nominations were submitted by about Nominations 1,000 qualified nominators around the world. A total of 111 candidates from 40 countries were received.

Review The Sunhak Peace Prize Committee thoroughly reviewed the nominees over many discussions with support from the Secretariat and in consultation with experts to come up with a short list of candidates. The candidates in the short list were then reviewed again with emphasis on their activities and public works.

Laureate Selection At the final review discussion of the candidates, the Sunhak Peace Prize and Public Committee selected FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) human rights activist Announcement Waris Dirie and Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, a leader spearheading agricultural innovation and Good Governance in Africa, as the Sunhak Peace Prize Laureates for 2019. The announcement of the Sunhak Peace Prize. Laureates for 2019 was made at a press conference held in Cape Town, South Africa, on November Event Time Feburary 9, 2019, 10 am (Korea time) 22, 2018.

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THE 2019 LAUREATES Africa’s human rights and development

Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina Agricultural Economist, President of African Development Bank

Born February 6, 1960, Nigeria Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, USA

P r o fe s s i o n a l B a ck g r o u n d

1988 Senior Agricultural Scientist at the Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA 1990 - 1995 Principal Economist and Coordinator of the West Africa Rice Economics Task Force at the West Africa Development Association (WARDA) 1999 - 2003 Representative for Southern Africa at the Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA 2003 - 2008 Associate Director for Food Security at the Rockefeller Foundation, New York, USA 2008 - 2011 Vice President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya 2008 - 2010 President of the African Association of Agricultural Economists 2011 - 2015 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria 2015 - Present President of the African Development Bank Group

Major Awar ds

2007 YARA Prize for the African Green Revolution (YARA International), Oslo, Norway 2010 Borlaug CAST Communication Award (CAST), USA 2015 Extraordinary Achievement Award (Silverbird Television) 2016 First Laureate of the FARA Africa Leadership Prize 2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award (Global Nutrition Foundation), Washington D.C., USA 2017 World Food Prize (World Food Prize Foundation), USA Leading Africa’s Development through Re c o g n i t i o n s

2010 Appointed by the United Nations Secretary General as one of the 17 global Agricultural Innovation and 2013 leaders to spearhead the Millennium Development Goals “African Person of the Year” (Forbes Africa) Promotion of Good Governance in Africa 2016 - Present Board Member of the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa 2018 Ranked the 9th Most Influential African by the Jeune Afrique Magazine

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Bringing Great Improvement to Africa’s Food Security by Leading Africa’s Agricultural Innovation Dr. Adesina had a vision that in order for Africa to overcome chronic poverty in the 21st century and become self-sufficient, African countries must transform their agricultural sectors. With this in mind, he has been spearheading agricultural innovation for over 30 years and improved food security for millions of people throughout the African continent. Dr. Adesina proclaims: “Agriculture is a sector that will help diversify economies, create jobs, and Spearheading Good Governance through Works Accelerating Africa’s eradicate food insecurity in African countries, as well as achieving food security for the world.” Economic Growth Therefore, he has been at the forefront of establishing major agricultural policies to eradicate poverty in Africa. During his services as the Vice President for Policy and Partnerships of the Alliance for a Green While working as an agricultural sicentist at the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Adesina developed inno- Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria, Dr. vative approaches for reaching poor farmers in the remotest areas of Africa with improved Akinwumi Adesina used his political leadership and influence to build a bright future for Africa. He agricultural technologies. He helped to design a model called “The Agro-Dealers Network,” which continues to be a leader in bringing agricultural innovation to the African continent, as a President of consisted of a massive rural network of small village shops that taught modern agricultural techniques the African Development Bank Group. and sold seed varieties and fertilizers to farmers. With this method, the distances travelled by farmers Dr. Adesina greatly transformed agriculture, including introducing high yielding technologies to to find modern farm inputs declined drastically. He passionately cooperated with international and expand food, designing and implementing policies to support farmers’ access to technologies local NGOs to reach millions of farmers, yielding significant increases in food production across the at scale, increasing the availability of credit for millions of smallholder farmers, attracting private continent. investments for the agricultural sector, rooting out elements of corruption in the fertilizer industry, In 2015, based on his belief that, “The greatest infrastructure to build isn’t a road or a rail or a port, and assisting in the establishment of major agricultural policies for Africa’s green revolution. but grey matter infrastructure”, Dr. Adesina established an initiative called “African Leaders for Following his beliefs, Dr. Adesina has made “using agriculture to create wealth” his core value. He Nutrition” with the help of other world leaders such as Bill Gates; Aliko Dangote, the richest man in has also spearheaded Good Governance for Africa, ensuring inclusive growth for Africa’s economy. Africa; the late Kofi A. Annan; and John Kuffor, the former President of Ghana. Since its establishment , Dr. Adesina has worked at the forefront of efforts to eradicate malnutrition, stunting and poverty in Africa through agriculture.

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THE 2019 LAUREATES Africa’s human rights and development

Waris Dirie Female Genital Mutilation Human Rights Activist

Born 1965, Somalia Model, Actress, Activist, Writer and UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of FGM (1997-2003) 2002 Founded Desert Flower Foundation

P r o fe s s i o n a l B a ck g r o u n d

1987 Played a “Bond girl” in the film The Living Daylights. 1997 Wrote the book Desert Flower. (Her name, “Waris,” means “desert flower” in Somali) It has been published in 65 languages & sold more than 13 million copies around the world. 2001 Wrote the book Desert Dawn. 2005 Wrote the book Desert Children. 2007 Wrote the book Letter to My Mother. 2009 Co-produced the film Desert Flower, based on her book of the same name. (Produced by Oscar Nominee Peter Hermann) 2010 Wrote the book Schwarze Frau, Weißes Land. 2013 Wrote the book Saving Safa: Rescuing a Little Girl from FGM. 2017 Wrote the book My Africa-The Journey. (For Children)

Major Awar ds

1999 German Africa Award (Federal Republic of Germany) 2000 Woman of the Year Award (Glamour Magazine) 2002 Corine Literature Prize (German Book Trade) 2004 Women’s World Award (Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev presented.) 2005 Bishop Oscar Romero Award (Catholic Church) A Human Rights Activist Who Publicized 2007 Legion of Honor Medal (Former France President Nicolas Sarzoky presented) 2007 Prix des Générations (World Demographic Association) the Issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) 2008 Martin Buber Gold Medal (Euriade Foundation) 2010 2013 Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy (Italian Government) Woman of the Year for “Campaign work” (Woman of the Year Foundation) to the World 2017 Woman of the Year for “Women for Women” (Gala Magazine) 2018 Woman of the Year (Regional Council of Aosta Valley, Italy)

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Healing Hearts and Bodies of Victims of FGM through Reconstructive Surgery Waris Dirie provides reconstructive surgery and comprehensive cure for victims of FGM, who are physically and psychologically injured by the brutal practice. In 2013, the Desert Flower Foundation Leading the Campaign to Eradicate FGM by Raising Worldwide partnered with the Waldfriede Hospital in Berlin to open the first Desert Flower Center, which provides Awareness of FGM as a Violence and Human Rights Issue comprehensive treatments for victims of FGM. There are currently centers operating in Paris, Berlin, Waris Dirie is the first person to draw the world’s attention to female genital mutilation(FGM) as a Stockholm and Amsterdam with a medical team of 120 doctors, nurses and staff. The centers provide human rights issue. In addition to causing extreme pain, this practice frequently leads to death due to physiological support, reconstructive surgeries, career training, and educational materials to the victims high blood loss or infection. She has been leading anti-FGM campaign to eradicate the cruel practice. and also provides education in FGM reconstructive surgery to doctors and obstetricians. Through her efforts, people around the world have started to view FGM as an act of violence. The campaign saved millions of girls who were at the risk of the violent practice. Providing Fundamental Solutions to the Eradication of FGM through Born into a goat-herding nomad family in Somalia, Ms. Dirie underwent female circumcision at the Education and Financial Support age of 5. In 1997, when her fashion career as a world-class supermodel was at its peak, she revealed her experience with FGM as a representative of all African women who had undergone the procedure Waris Dirie understood that FGM is still carried out not because of tradition or culture but because of and had kept their silence. This brave start led her to become a human rights activist to end the barbaric the “financial benefit” the families gain from selling their daughters at a high cost. Therefore, to get practice happening in Africa. She was also appointed as a first Special Ambassador to the United to the core of the issue, she helps victims become independent by providing basic literacy education Nations for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation in 1997. Since then, she has been working and career education. tirelessly to end FGM. The Desert Flower Foundation runs a sponsorship program called “Save a Little Desert Flower,” As a result of her efforts, 15 member countries of the the African Union ratified the Maputo Protocol, which protects girls in Sierra Leone and Djibouti from FGM by providing funds for education. Also, Article 5 of which lists FGM as a harmful practice that must be ended. In 2012, the United Nations she started a pilot project in many corners of Africa, called “Together for African Women,” aimed at General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution banning the practice of FGM and set as a goal to providing women’s education, career training and guaranteed income. She is also working on a project eliminate FGM by 2030. This milestone saved the lives of millions of girls who were at the risk the with fair-trade companies in Ethiopia and Kenya that produce scarves and other fair-trade products to violent practice. provide employment to thousands of women.

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THE 2019 SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY AFRICA’S HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT · Akinwumi Adesina, leading Africa’s development through agricultural innovation and promotion of good governance in Africa · Waris Dirie, a human rights activist who publicized the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to the world

▲ Former Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, ▲ H.E. Seynab Abdi Moalim, The First Lady of Somalia The President of The World Food Prize Foundation

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Sunhak Peace Prize Committee History

Chairman Il Sik Hong Birth March 12,1936,Seoul Korea Establishment of the Sunhak Peace Prize proposed by Education February 20, 2013 Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon Ph.D. in Literature from Korea, Korea August 11, 2014 Sunhak Peace Prize Committee Inauguration Ceremony Career Current President of the World Filial Piety Culture Headquarters 2015 Laureate Announcement Press Conference Current President of the Korea Institute for Social Science and Humanity Studies June 8, 2015 (Laureates｜Anote Tong, Modadugu Gupta) Current President of the Yeosoon Foundation Former President of Korea University August 28, 2015 Inaugural Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony Former President of the Educational Foundation for Yangjeong Uisook Former Head of the Research Institute of Korean Studies November 23~25, 2015 Sunhak Peace Prize Initiative India·Nepal Awards 2017 Laureate Announcement Press Conference 1997 7th Asan Foundation’s Filial Piety Award - Grand Prize November 29, 2016 (Laureates｜Gino Strada, Sakena Yacoobi) 1992 Order of Cultural Merits - Precious Crown Medal 1982 Presidential Citation February 3, 2017 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony 1982 1st King Sejong Prize for Culture - Main Prize

2019 Laureate Announcement Press Conference November 22, 2018 (Laureate｜Akinwumi Adesina, Waris Dirie) Committee Thomas G. Walsh Members Chairman of the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation February 9, 2019 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony Member of International Council of the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)

Yoshinori Ohno Board Member of Diplomatic Forum Former Japanese Defense Minister SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE FOUNDATION Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Former President of Luxembourg’s Parliament Former Member of the European Parliament USA Office 200 White Plains Road, FL1, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA Jose de Venecia, Jr. Co-Chairman of the International Conference of Korea Office Asian Political Parties Standing Committee Former Speaker of the Philippines House of Representatives 8F Dowon Bldg. 34 Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea 04174

Yeon-Ah Moon The Korea President of UPF Chair of the Hyo Jung World Peace Foundation

Tae-Ik Chung Former Chief of Foreign Affairs and National Security President of Korean Council on Foreign Relations

Announcement for Nomination

Eligibility · Individuals or organizations must have contributed significantly to the promotion of the tenets of peace affirmed by the Sunhak Peace Prize. · The achievements of the individual or organization must have had a positive impact on the realization of peace among diverse nations, races, religions, or ideologies. · Individual candidates must still be living.

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Submission Period Period March - May 31, 2019

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