Sunhak Peace Prize

 

The Sunhak Peace Prize annually awards individuals or organizations that contributed to the peace of our future generations, inheriting the will of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon to awaken respect and love for humanity, reconcile all conflicts undermining peace with love, and create a world where humanity and nature may coexist in beautiful harmony

The laureate is awarded with a certificate, a medal, and US 1 million dollars.

The Sunhak Peace Prize was established at the proposal of Dr Hak Ja Han Moon who wished to honor and inherit the peace ideology and will of her late husband, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who dedicated his life to a movement that transcends race, religion, and nation for the realization of his One Global Family peace ideology.

The Sunhak Peace Prize pursues the three key banners of -

• 'respect for human rights', 
• 'conflict reconciliation', and 
• 'ecological conservation'. 

 For 'respect for human rights', our focus is on solving issues related to poverty relief, disease eradication, education and welfare; for 'conflict reconciliation' our focus is on solving issues related to conflict resolution, religious harmony, and unification of North and South Korea; and for 'ecological conservation' our focus is on solving issues related to climate change, biodiversity, and energy. The Sunhak Peace Prize will recognize the efforts of individuals and organizations for their peace works in relation to these three key banners, and serve to expand and spread the vision of peace.

The Timor-Leste government donated $100,000 this past Jan. 12th, to the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee as foundation fund of the peace prize for the future generations

 

H.E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, the prime minister of Timor-Leste, while attending the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee Inauguration Ceremony held at the Seoul Press Center in South Korea last year August, made the promise to the Committee, and the Timor-Leste government later addressed the agenda regarding the Sunhak Peace Prize foundation fund ($100,000) contribution in the Council of Ministers meeting held extraordinarily at the Government Palace this past December 19, 2014, and the resolution was approved unanimously.

The first award ceremony is scheduled to be held on August 28, 2015 at the Grand InterContinental Hotel Seoul Parnas Grand Ballroom

2015 Sunhak Peace Prize Winners

Anote Tang(Kiribati)
President Anote Tong improved global awareness of the severity of climate change and sought for action by the international community for its solution.

Modadugu Vijay Gupta(India)
Dr. M. V. Gupta pioneered the blue revolution and has invested his entire life to developing aquaculture as an alternative solution to the future food crisis.