SUNHAKPEACE PRIZE

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(L. to r.) The founder of the Sunhak Peace Prize Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, H.E. Anote Tong, Dr. Modadugu V. Gupta and Chairman Dr. Il-Sik Hong

Sunhak Peace PrizeFoundation

The Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation was established in 2015 to promote and develop the Sunhak Peace Prize, an annual award given to individuals or organizations that have contributed substantially to peace and human development, for the sake of future generations.

The Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation has its administrative headquarters in New York. The Foundation appoints an independent, international, and interreligious Committee of judges who evaluate candidates who have been submitted by members of the Sunhak Peace Prize Nominators from around the world.

The vision of peace that characterized the Sunhak Peace Prize is broad and comprehensive, including not merely the absence of war or conflict, but rather a wide range of areas of human endeavor such as education, sustainable development, peacebuilding, strengthening the family and civil society institutions, empowering women and girls, interreligious cooperation, and humanitarian service.

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 we find throughout the world, by developing a global culture of mutual respect and cooperation. Based on the Founder’s vision of “one family under God,” the Sunhak Peace Prize will encourage all people to dedicate themselves to peace, choosing dialogue and cooperation over conflict and competition.

– Thomas G. Walsh Secretary General, Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation

INDEED, PEACE IS THE HIGHEST AND ULTIMATE VALUE AND DESIRE THAT HAS BEEN SOUGHT CEASELESSLY BY HUMANKIND THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THIS NOBLE IDEAL DEMANDS THE DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE OF MANY RIGHTEOUS AND CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS.

The core values of the Sunhak Peace Prize, which serve as the primary criteria in evalu-ating laureate candidates, are:

• Service to others

• Upholding universal values

• Contributing to the sustain-able development goals

• Overcoming barriers that divide the human family

Core ValuesA Legacy of Peace

The Sunhak Peace Prize was established to honor the lives and legacy of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, both of whom devoted their lives to peace.

In 2015, the Sunhak Peace Prize was awarded to President Anote Tong of Kiribati, for raising awareness about the devastating global impact of climate change, and to Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta of India, for being a leader in developing aquaculture, especially among the rural poor in developing nations.

The next Sunhak Peace Prize will be presented in 2017.

Laureate 2015President Anote Tong

Pres. Tong has devoted a significant amount of his energy into defending the rights of his citizens, and has contributed greatly in building awareness among the international community on the need for protection of human rights for climate refugees. Pres. 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 the resettlement, purchasing 24.28 million m² 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.

PRESIDENT ANOTE TONG IMPROVED GLOBAL AWARENESS OF THE SEVERITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOUGHT FOR ACTION

BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR ITS SOLUTION.

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.

Laureate 2015Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta

Dr. Gupta spent his entire life developing environment friendly aquaculture methods/technologies using agriculture wastes and by-products along with innovative implementation practices that benefitted small-scale farmers and addressed issues of poverty, nutritional deficiency, and self-resilience in South and Southeast Asia, and enthusiastically organized and educated the poor spreading his methods of aquaculture. Moreover, he actively taught aquaculture to women with low social status, leading to major improvements in women’s rights and their empowerment. Ignoring threats to his own life and devoting himself to research in war-torn conflict areas, Dr. Gupta’s efforts to develop low-cost methods of aquaculture has created a possible solution that can overcome the food crises as a result of anticipated population explosion and impact of climate change.

FREQUENCY OF AWARDCATEGORY

PRIZEAWARDS

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

By–Annually ???PeaceUSD 1 million (KRW 1,100 million)Medal, Plaque Criteria for CandidacyThe Sunhak Peace Prize Committee of Judges: The Committee consists of 15 judges who convene periodically to review nominees, and eventually selecting the individuals or organizations to be awarded the Sunhak Peace Prize. The Sunhak Peace Prize Committee members are committed to the following:

• Affirmation of the core values of the Sunhak Peace Prize• Strict independence from any conflict of interest or bias in the selection process• Cooperative collaboration with other Committee members in the search for

consensus during the selection process• Regular attendance at Committee meetings, either in person or by electronic

means

NominationThe Sunhak Peace Prize Nominators: In addition to the Committee, the Foundation appoints an international group of 120 nominators, from more than 70 nations, who research and solicit worthy nominees from various regions and various fields to be submitted to the Committee for review. The Sunhak Peace Prize Nominators are committed to the following:

• Affirmation of the core values of the Sunhak Peace Prize• Strict independence from any conflict of interest or bias in the nomination process

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

Qualified Individuals Recipients of international prizes, nationally renowned individuals Qualified Organizations International NGOs & academic association, organizations previously awarded international prizes

ReviewThe nominees’ achievements are carefully reviewed through a list of criteria during partial and full examination sessions by the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee.

Laureate Selection and Official AnnouncementAfter careful review, and having arrived at a short list of the primary candidates, the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee makes its final selection, and makes a public announcement to the media.

ADDRESS

CHAIRMAN

SECRETARY GENERAL

BOARD

Sun Jin Moon

Thomas G. Walsh

Thomas G. WalshPresident, UPF International

Thomas P. McDevittChairman, Washington Times

Yong Cheon SongRegional President, FFWPU Japan

Foundation office200 White Plains Road, FL1, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA

Committee office7F Dowon Bldg. 34 Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea 121-728

Michael JenkinsChairman, Operations Holdings

Ki Hoon KimChairman, UPF North America

Paul AnVice President, FFWPU International HQ

Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation

CommitteeCOMMITTEE

MEMBERS Boutros Boutros - Ghali MemberPresident of the International Panel on Democracy and DevelopmentFormer Secretary General of the United Nations

Ohno Yoshinori MemberBoard Member of Diplomatic ForumFormer Japanese Defense Minister

Jose de Venecia, Jr. MemberCo-Chairman of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties Standing Committee, Former Speaker of the Philippines House of Representatives

Venerable Seong Ta MemberGreat Buddhist Monk of Bulguksa Temple, Jogye OrderFormer Chief Monk of Bulguksa Temple, Jogye Order

Chang Shik Yang MemberChairman of Middle East Peace Initiative Former International Chairman of Universal Peace Federation

Tae Ik Chung MemberPresident of Korean Council on Foreign RelationsFormer Chief of Foreign Affairs and National Security

Sun Jo Hwang MemberPresident of Sun Moon UniversityFormer Representative Director of Il-Sang Corporation

Larry Beasley MemberPresident of the Washington TimesFormer President of the Los Angeles Daily News

Thomas G. Walsh MemberMember of the International Council of the World Association of NGO, UPF International President

Erna Hennicot - Schoepges MemberFormer President of Luxembourg ParliamentFormer Member of the European Parliament

Dae O Son MemberPresident of the Professors World Peace AcademyPresident of The Korean Association of Peace Studies

Kyeong Seuk Ryu MemberPresident of the Korea Religious AssociationPresident of FFWPU Korea

Sung Choon Choo MemberDirector of Life Politics AcademyFormer President of Jeju MBC

Paul An Secretary GeneralVice President of FFWPU International HQ

SUNHAKPEACE PRIZE

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Foundation Office200 White Plains Road, FL1Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA

Committee Office7F Dowon Bldg. 34 Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu

Seoul, Korea 121-728

www.sunhakprize.com

"As a member of the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee, I warmly congratulate the prize's inaugural laureates, President Anote Tong of Kiribati and Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, from India, whose great achievements in these areas surely deserve such recognition, and I hope and trust that the Sunhak Peace Prize itself will grow to become one of the world's most distinguished awards, shining a light of hope throughout the world."

– Boutros Boutros-Ghali 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations

It is of great eternal wisdom the way you graciously connect the concept of Peace, On the one hand to "CLIMATE–PEACE" and reward President Anote Tong, of the Republic of Kiribati; and on the other to "FOOD–PEACE" in rewarding Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Pioneer of the Blue Revolution in India.

– Hjörtur Magni Jóhannsson Director and Head Minister of the Reykjavík Free Lutheran Church, Iceland.