[HWPL] Special Talk-Concert for World Peace by Mr. Constantinescu (Emil Constantinescu, former president of Romania)

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[HWPL] Special Talk-Concert for World Peace by Mr. Constantinescu (Emil Constantinescu, former president of Romania)

On the 22nd September 2018, Mr. Emil Constantinescu - the 3rd president of Romania - gave a special lecture in front of an audience of 2000 government and public officials, press and university students in Seoul, Korea. The lecture was particularly significant because it took place soon after the 918 WARP Summit.

The title of the lecture was 'Memories of suffering and the pedagogy of freedom'. You will understand its meaning as you read through the background :)

During the lecture, he explained how he had lived under communist dictatorship until the age of 50, in a country where people did not have the right to choose where to live or work for their own livelihood. On the other hand, he also lived through the transition from communism to democracy.

Mr. Emil Constantinescu

He lived under the barbaric, violent and unlawful government of communist Romania that cost tens of millions of lives. 

However, he said:

"WHEN OPPRESSION, CENSORSHIP AND TERROR SEEMED TO ENSURE A SMALL FUTURE FOR COMMUNISM, THE RESULTING HARDSHIP TURNED INTO TRUE PATHOLOGY OF FREEDOM, THUS BUILDING SOLID CHARACTERS ABLE TO TEAR APART THE STATUS QUO."

"CULTURE PLAYED A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THIS CONTEXT."

Under this suffering, he learned the lesson that freedom and respect for each other's freedom is very important. After that, he explained how Romania turned into a true democratic country and how Romanians achieved freedom for themselves through peaceful protests. 

He emphasized :


"IT WAS OUR RECENT PAST. THE ANSWER REGARDING THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM OF DEMOCRACY IS THE CHOICE OF EACH GENERATION AND, IN THE END, OF EACH OF US."

At the end of the lecture, in his message to Koreans, he asked people to find out two things :

"WE NEED TO REDISCOVER WHAT UNITES US - OUR COMMON GOAL. WE NEED TO REDEFINE OURSELVES IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD BY WHAT WE ARE AND NOT WHAT WE HAVE."

His message was very inspirational and impressive to me as someone working with HWPL for world peace. So I'd like to leave my thoughts on his quotes :)

First of all, I agree with what he mentioned about 'culture'. Mr. Man Hee Lee of HWPL also gives significance to culture, and has been creating 'heavenly culture' of peace to spread throughout the world. The Peace walk, campaigns, education, and even the DPCW (Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) are all results of this heavenly culture :) Without this culture, these wouldn't exist :)

Mr. Man Hee Lee of HWPL

And I think that Mr. Constantinescu's main point is that 'We' have to choose the way of our future. Eastern European countries - including Romania - had moved towards freedom because they had chosen to fight for freedom and democracy. Now, there is so much war, conflict, terrorism and inequality throughout the world which has all been created through man's choosing in the past.

In other words, world peace can also be accomplished through the choice of mankind. 'We', who will live in to the future, can create a peaceful world, in the same way that Romanians were able to secure democracy for themselves. No man wants to wage war against another but seeks to live in peace with their loving families and friends. Don't they? :)

Mr. Man Hee Lee of HWPL has been working for world peace since its foundation, and HWPL and its main initiatives are aiming for introduction of the DPCW to the U.N. and its implementation in every state on earth. If the 10 articles and 38 clauses of the DPCW replace current international law which is inefficient at stopping fearful world conflicts, I'm sure that world peace can be achieved :)

Mr. Man Hee Lee and Mr. Emil Constantinescu signing M.O.U. for the world peace campaign

What we can do is just support HWPL and participate in its initiatives as much as we can :) I hope you can also work for peace together with us!

Peace!