UNHCR l 2020 World Refugee Day “Every Action Counts”

In Wikipedia, World Refugee Day, international observance observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. This is today!

From my point of view, the activities against refugees seem to be the most noticeable among the activities of the United Nations. This is just my idea.

My dream is actually to work for an international organization like the United Nations. I want to build a career that can help more people, and do something really cool. I think it’s really wonderful for people to get closer to peace. I wish there was something I did during the process. 🙂

2020 Theme: Every Action Counts

The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent anti-racism protests have shown us how desperately we need to fight for a more inclusive and equal world: a world where no one is left behind. It has never been clearer that all of us have a role to play in order to bring about change. Everyone can make a difference.

This is at the heart of UNHCR’s World Refugee Day campaign. This year, we aim to remind the world that everyone, including refugees, can contribute to society and Every Action Counts in the effort to create a more just, inclusive, and equal world. (Source: UN page)

The refugee issue is really a global issue. Because 70.8 million people around the world have been forced from home by conflict and persecution at the end of 2018. Among them are nearly 30 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18… If I were one of them, I would have felt terrible remorse for life.

Unless I jump directly into their lives, it seems that I inevitably have to be a hypocrisy. I want to try not to feel ashamed. Still, there is little I can do, but they seem to comfort us all.

Everyone can make a difference

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said “UNHCR is no stranger to challenges. For over 70 years we have been on the frontlines of countless emergencies.

Yet this global pandemic is of an entirely new magnitude. Our priority has been and will be, to stay and deliver for the refugees, internally displaced and stateless people we are mandated to protect. But we can’t do it alone.

Whoever you are. No matter where you come from. Every one of us can make a difference. Every action truly counts.

This campaign seems to be a great project to urge everyone to join. HWPL, a peace organization that shouted, “Let’s all be one, We Are One” also came to mind. After all, what I felt was that peace was feasible when we all joined in and accomplished things, and otherwise it was not possible. 🙁

Ref: https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2020/6/5eeb289c4/2020-world-refugee-day-statement-un-high-commissioner-refugees-filippo.html

UNHCR “Live blog” Worldwide

Countless people are celebrating this day. This year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is asking people from all walks of life to join #WithRefugees. I’ll just take a look at one thing.

Ref: https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2020/6/5ee8cefa4/live-blog-world-refugee-day-difference.html

Miami, Florida, USA

Venezuelan superstar and UNHCR High Profile Supporter Danny Ocean regales fans worldwide with a Couch Concert on the eve of World Refugee Day.

I’m doing a live broadcast on YouTube right now. It was better than expected. It’s like watching a concert! I hope this article will be of any help to you. 🙂

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

918 world peace WARP Summit : What Wars are Going on Now?

How many wars are there in history?

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE 918 world peace WARP Summit : What Wars are Going on Now? Yemeni Civil War WARP Summit UNOCHA UNHCR Total killed TOGETHER FOR PEACE terrorism Taliban Syrian civil war SOHR refugee peace festival Nigeria Man Hee Lee Lake Chad LAB1100 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting HWPL Houthi DPCW Displaced Collaboration for Peace Development Civilians killed Chairman Man Hee Lee chairman Lee Boko Haram Insurgency al-Qaeda Afghanistan 918 world peace WARP Summit 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit   Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history. There are 12,703 battles since 2500 B.C. (created by a Dutch company LAB1100) Explore the map here. At least 108 million people were killed in wars in the twentieth century. Estimates for the total number killed in wars throughout all of human history range from 150 million to 1 billion. War causes universal misery. Wars made internally displaced people, refugees and casualties. “There was never a good War, or a bad Peace.” (Benjamin Franklin) “Who can compensate for the death of the youth? A Country? No one can do.” (Man hee Lee, Chairman of HWPL)

What Wars are Going on Now?

  • A STEP TOWARDS PEACE 918 world peace WARP Summit : What Wars are Going on Now? Yemeni Civil War WARP Summit UNOCHA UNHCR Total killed TOGETHER FOR PEACE terrorism Taliban Syrian civil war SOHR refugee peace festival Nigeria Man Hee Lee Lake Chad LAB1100 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting HWPL Houthi DPCW Displaced Collaboration for Peace Development Civilians killed Chairman Man Hee Lee chairman Lee Boko Haram Insurgency al-Qaeda Afghanistan 918 world peace WARP Summit 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit

There are 5 ongoing wars in the world. Let me know if more wars happen.

  Afghanistan
  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
  Syrian Civil War
  Yemeni Civil War
•  Boko Haram Insurgency

Afghanistan (7 October 2001 – present)

Growing political tensions and infighting has created an increasingly volatile environment in Afghanistan. This conflict started on 7 October 2001. In the past 16 years, al-Qaeda and Taliban government was destructed. Osama bin Laden was dead. Despite the fact that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed by a drone strike in May 2016, the group has regularly launched relentless attacks around the country. Adding to the instability, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has continuously attempted to establish the foundation in Afghanistan.

  Total killed        : 154,481+
  Civilians killed :   31,000+
  Wounded            :   47,773+    (wikipedia)

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (1999 – present)

ISIS causes a major obstacle to peace not only in Iraq and Syria but also in Libya, Yemen and Afghanistan. Within the past year, the group has launched some of its most deadly terrorist attacks outside of the Middle East region, including in Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Germany, Turkey, Pakistan and the U.S. It’s hard to measure due to global terrorism, but the U.N. estimates ISIS is responsible for more than 18,000 civilian deaths in Iraq in the past two years alone.

  Total killed             :   410,800
  Civilians killed      :   106,000
  Missing                    :     56,900
  Not documented  :   100,000+
(The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as of March 2018)

Syrian Civil War (15 March 2011 – present)

Now in its sixth year, the Syrian Civil War has created one of the most dire and complex humanitarian crises on earth. Recent reports put the death toll at 470,000, with more than one in ten Syrians having been wounded or killed. An estimated 8 million Syrians have become displaced within the country, and another 4.5 million have sought refuge in neighboring countries and beyond.

  Total killed                    :          511,000 (March 2018 SOHR)
  Civilians killed             :         106,390 – 116,506
  Internally displaced  :     7,600,000 (July 2015 UNHCR)
  Refugee                           :     5,116,097 (July 2017 UNHCR)

Yemeni Civil War (2015 – present)

In 2014, Houthi rebels took control of the capital Sana’a and a large portion of northern Yemen. President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and his cabinet fled to neighboring Saudi Arabia, where a Saudi-led coalition was formed to counter the Houthi rebellion. The Yemeni Civil War started. It is a humanitarian catastrophe. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) estimates that 14.1 million civilians are dangerously close to starvation.

  Total killed                    :         50,000+
  Civilians killed             :            6,592
  Wounded                     :         49,960
  Displaced                        :    3,154,572
  Child died of hunger  :          50,000+

Boko Haram Insurgency  (2009 – present)

The jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. It want to establish an Islamic state based on Sharia law and has spread to Niger, Cameroon and Chad. Nigeria was also targeted in the infamous Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in 2014, in which about 270 girls were abducted. Boko Haram now controls up to 20 percent of Nigeria and continues to violate human rights and leave millions without access to food, water, shelter or medical care throughout the entire Lake Chad region.

  Total killed     :            51,567+
  Displaced       :     2,400,000

Reference : http://www.borgenmagazine.com/ongoing-wars-happening-right-now/

When does the War end?

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE 918 world peace WARP Summit : What Wars are Going on Now? Yemeni Civil War WARP Summit UNOCHA UNHCR Total killed TOGETHER FOR PEACE terrorism Taliban Syrian civil war SOHR refugee peace festival Nigeria Man Hee Lee Lake Chad LAB1100 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting HWPL Houthi DPCW Displaced Collaboration for Peace Development Civilians killed Chairman Man Hee Lee chairman Lee Boko Haram Insurgency al-Qaeda Afghanistan 918 world peace WARP Summit 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit   Approximately 210,000 Afghan, Iraqi, and Pakistani civilians have died violent deaths as a direct result of the wars. (As of March 2015) This is not just a number. I’m sitting in front of the computer, tapping on the keyboard, but it’s not just a number. It is a very vivid death in their lives, and they are my family, my father, my mother, my sister, and my brother. But there is no need to despair that the war will not end. Because there are people who have the answer to peace. It is recognized by numerous experts as a strong and practical peace movement. It is the HWPL! HWPL is a really hot peace group to worldwide foreign news these days. Let me introduce an anecdote.

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE 918 world peace WARP Summit : What Wars are Going on Now? Yemeni Civil War WARP Summit UNOCHA UNHCR Total killed TOGETHER FOR PEACE terrorism Taliban Syrian civil war SOHR refugee peace festival Nigeria Man Hee Lee Lake Chad LAB1100 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting HWPL Houthi DPCW Displaced Collaboration for Peace Development Civilians killed Chairman Man Hee Lee chairman Lee Boko Haram Insurgency al-Qaeda Afghanistan 918 world peace WARP Summit 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit   The Chairman Man hee Lee of HWPL asked, “People who are gathered here, is there any want who want war?.”

No one answered.  The Chairman Lee continued that “War sacrifices many lives and destroys many buildings. If there is anyone who wants war, please raise your hand.” With silence–, no one raised their hands. The Chairman Man hee Lee shouted strongly, “When there’s war, who is the one who is fighting in front of battle line that is the youth. We are born in the same world, same generation, but their lives cannot blossom, but their lives are lost in the battle!”

The Chairman Lee continued, “Now, we need to make a peaceful world to live. And when we inherit peaceful world to our future generation, nothing would be more valuable. That is why we need to urge all of our presidents. We need to urge them for the world to become peaceful sooner. I’m not saying something wrong. Am I? We have to make our world, our global village being paradise. This is our duty. And, this is what we have to do.” Everyone gave a standing ovation.

918 World Peace WARP Summit

‘Together for Peace’ Core Peace movement of HWPL

This year at the 918 World Peace WARP Summit, thousands of leaders and citizens from around the globe will gather for 3 days in Republic of Korea with the great determination of creating a peaceful world together. Under the theme of “Collaboration for Peace Development: Building a Peace Community through the DPCW”, the wind of peace is blowing all over the world. We invite you all! to come and see the answer to peace in person!

WATCH US LIVE

HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting 17(Mon.) 10:00 Live 1
2018 Conference for the Implementation of the DPCW 17(Mon.) 15:30 Live 2
Peace Festival for the 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit 18(Tues.) 15:00 Live 3
The Role of the Youth in Spreading a Culture of Peace 19(Wed.) 12:30 Live 4

Official : http://warpsummit.org/
HWPL : http://hwpl.kr/en/

Peace is up to you 😮 Good luck!