[MANNAM Peace] Dalai Lama quote

 

“World peace must develop from inner peace.

Peace is not just mere absence of violence.

Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”

 

- Dalai Lama XIV



[MANNAM] Help the Vietnam

 

 

Heavy rains and winds last month unleashed floods in south-central Vietnam.

Flooding and landslides in central Vietnam have left at least 42 people dead. 

Also the flood was the cause of much damage.

 

 

 

So, MANNAM have sent some stuffs for sufferers in Vietnam.

We collected many things like clothes, shoes and socks.

MANNAM members joined in this event.

Thanks for the helps!

It makes them smile again. 

One small act of love can bring world peace.

 

Difference

Why do wars break out?
I think wars break out from the differences.
Different thinking, ideologies, religions,etc.
So how can we make worldpeace
in real with overcome these differences?
I think 'being one' is the anwser of the question.
MANNAM volunteer with people all over the glove and enjoy the culture and shouts for world peace together to make into one all this.
Why? It is because We just hope for world peace without war and everyone can smile together.
MANNAM wants worldpeace regardless of skin colors, nationalities, religions and ideologies.

Peace comes from within.

     

   I think "peace" comes when people gathered to make peace together, not alone as Buddha said. We can not say "world peace" when one person is thinking "peace" alone. Because it is just an idea or mind of a person. I want no war. I want real peace upon all over the world. How can I make peace? the real peace? and how can you make peace all over the world? The one thing I consider to make peace is a gathering for people who want to make peace. The MANNAM volunteer association. MANNAM is not only a volunteer association but also a group really eager to make world peace. They are volunteering, holding some festival, managing diverse cultural activity to achieve world peace.

     How do you think for making world peace? Come with me if you want to make world peace together in MANNAM.

[MANNAM Internationl] How to make World Peace?

 

Peace?

Unity           Forgiveness                          Respect                     Equality
                                              Acceptance                     Freedom
          Love                                                Harmony
                        Hope                    Humble
   Necessary                                                             Understanding
                       Communication        Happiness    
World Peace                                                              Peace

 

How to make World Peace?

How do you feel about it?

Frankly speaking, I was not interested in  World Peace.
Then one day, one of my friends invited me to MANNAM Volunteer Association.
I knew that many Youth groups are passionate about world peace and they also worked hard for world peace.
So, I decided to work for world peace together.
And, I found that Man Hee Lee peace leader is working for world peace hardly.
He is a man worthy of our respect.
If we all muck in, we can get in better world.
We should listen to him and we ought to be able to manage it between us.

[MANNAM Peace; Man Hee Lee Peace Leader] China proposes holding informal six-party meeting on N. Korea

 China proposes holding informal six-party meeting on N. Korea


BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- China has proposed holding an informal meeting this month with senior officials from six nations involving the long-stalled negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, a diplomatic source said Thursday.
The proposal was made in August before China's chief nuclear envoy, Wu Dawei, held talks in Pyongyang last week with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye-gwan, the source said on the condition of anonymity, in another indication Beijing is stepping up its efforts to re-start the six-party talks.
Organized by the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), affiliated with China's foreign ministry, the proposed date of Sept. 18 for the so-called Track 1.5 meeting in Beijing coincides with the eighth anniversary of a 2005 agreement when the six nations achieved their first breakthrough in resolving the North's nuclear standoff during the multilateral dialogue.
"The Chinese side offered a Track 1.5 meeting with senior diplomats from the six-party member states, including North Korea in the wake of the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 19 Joint Declaration," the source said, referring to the 2005 agreement.
China's foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei confirmed that the CIIS will "hold a seminar on Sept. 18 to review the past course of the six-party talks."
   During a regular press briefing on Thursday, Hong said the Beijing seminar was organized to "celebrate the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 19 Joint Declaration as well as the 10th anniversary of the six-party talks." He declined to say who would join the meeting.
During the talks between Wu and Kim in Pyongyang, North Korea agreed to send its nuclear envoy, Ri Yong-ho, to the proposed meeting, according to the source.
China has also asked South Korea, the U.S. and Japan to send their chief nuclear negotiators to the informal six-party talks, but the three nations were cold to the Chinese proposal because North Korea has shown no signs of giving up its nuclear ambitions, the source said.
"It is uncertain whether South Korea, the U.S. and Japan would send their chief nuclear envoys to the proposed meeting in Beijing," the source said.
"At stake is whether North Korea would change its stance on denuclearization, but there are no such signs," the source said. "Under the circumstance, it is difficult for the Chinese efforts to make a significant achievement."
   Hong, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, urged nations to resume the six-party talks.
"The six-party talks remain an important platform for the realization of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and also an important mechanism for the improvement of relations between relevant parties," Hong said.
"We hope that our relevant parties will stick to the six-party talks and solve relevant issues through dialogue," Hong said.
North Korea, which has conducted three nuclear tests since 2006, walked out of the six-party talks that also involve South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia in early 2009. Following its third nuclear test in February this year, Pyongyang has said its nuclear program is not negotiable.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula, however, have been eased in recent months as North Korea has reached out to Seoul and Washington, expressing its willingness to rejoin the six-party talks.
South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have called on North Korea to demonstrate its seriousness about denuclearizing through concrete action as a precondition to resuming the six-party dialogue with them.
North Korea has expressed its willingness to rejoin the six-party talks but has shown no signs of accepting such conditions set by Seoul and Washington. Instead, North Korea has insisted on being recognized as a nuclear power.
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sourse: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/09/05/70/0301000000AEN20130905009000315F.html



Beijing has had several rounds of talks with Russia, South and North Korea, Japan, and the United States.
Beijing has also hosted several rounds of six-party talks aimed at convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear programs.
However, Formal six-way talks concerning North Korea's nuclear weapons development, hosted by China, have been stalled since last November.
South Korea, China, Russia and Japan have also been calling on North Korea to re-join the six-nation talks.
Jiang said China will continue efforts to boost the six-party talks and strive for the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula.
I wish that peace come to us as soon as possible.
Already MANNAM Volunteer association work for the world peace with International peace youth group.
also, we have same belief which make up its world peace. our belief is from Man Hee Lee Peace Leader(Peace Advocate).
He devoted his lifetime to the cause of world peace.
We hope that the time will come soon when we shall live peacefully in the unified fatherland.

[MANNAM International] Many languages, One hope

This video clip brings peace home to many peace lovers.
Also, it makes the viewers realize that peace can be fulfilled by not only a person’s effort but by people who speak many different languages.
In the video, there are these statements;
-There are about over 6,500 spoken languages in the world.
-Each race, skin color, culture, religion, tradition, political thinking could be different.
-But, despite these differences, we found we hope one thing.
-Through it, we become linked to each other and will be united as the one.
Then, with the “peace” in various languages, a peace symbol is made, which is very meaningful.
I hope this video made by MANNAM International will become a great source to promote World Peace.


source: http://mannamvictory.wordpress.com/

[Peace Leader] Nelson Mandela

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head.

If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart"

Nelson Mandela led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy, and was the country's first black president.




This quote is particularly significant from a man whose words have had a huge impact across world politics. Mandela is famous for his personal struggle against oppression, imprisoned for the sake of social change. He said "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities... It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."



Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 into the Madiba tribal clan - part of the Thembu people - in a small village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. He qualified as a lawyer and made it his vocation to campaign against apartheid, the system devised by the all-white National Party which oppressed the black majority.
As resistance to apartheid became violent, and in a climate of police brutality and clashes with protestors, Mandela, now Vice President of the African National Congress, launched a campaign of sabotage against the country's economy. He was eventually arrested and charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the government.
Despite many years in jail, he emerged to become He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Resistance to apartheid grew, mainly against the new Pass laws, which dictated where blacks were allowed to live and work.


Many people wish to world peace. However, they would not have had the courage and fortitude to achieve that. We must find a way of achieving a more access to peace.
To achieve this  we need a man of peace leader as Nelson Mandela.
I mentioned  several times, Man Hee Lee Peace Leader is indispensable for the world peace with Nelson Mandela in this generation  and he acts to work for the world peace as a peace advocate.
He tried hard to achieve his purpose. He have many good trits we can take on. We should copy his mind.

[MANNAM Volunteer] Talk, Play, Clean, and Volunteer!

 

 

April 28th Sunday
From the early morning, the MANNAM Volunteers gathered at Jongro 3ga station to clean up the street!
With tongs, brooms, and plastic bags in our hands, we enthusiastically got rid of the mess from the night before.
It was a fun experience.
 While we were cleaning up the street, it was unusual for the residents to see foreigners to clean up the litter.
During the volunteering acitivity, I realized that just like we get things from the nature without any payment, we can also do something for it without wanting a reward.
After we were done with cleaning, we went up to Bukchon Hanok Village- the traditional house village right next to Insadong.
There were many awesome traditional houses from which we could feel Korean antiqueness.

One of our members said,
“I enjoyed today alot doing volunteer work, picking up trashes on the streets. It was very nice to do it from the morning but I feel sad there were lots of people so that I couldn’t clean as much as I had wanted to. And the BukChon village was very beautiful and it was really fun and good to have lunch with my friends in MANNAM after the work. I wish we have such events again!!”
In my perspective,  peace comes from doing goods to the people around. It doesn’t matter how you help them,but the important thing is that you are bringing happiness and peace to the world.

source: http://mannamvictory.wordpress.com/category/mannam-volunteers/

[MANNAM World News] South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday on Thursday

Well-wishers carry a large banner of Nelson Mandela as they march up and down outside the gates of the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, July 18, 2013. South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president's health was improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

source: http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=104&oid=077&aid=0002676520


Nelson Mandela is an indispensable peace maker for us. He was committed to the cause of world peace. He try hard to keep peace. We need to some peace maker(peace leader) like him.
The need for some peace maker is of greater importance today than ever before for the world peace.
MANNAM Chairman, Man Hee Lee peace maker(peace leader) also is working diligently towards maintaining real peace throughout the world.
I think that he is a person for world peace like Nelson Mandela.
MANNAM Volunteer Association  also try to ensure peace. I'm also enjoying volunteer work with the MANNAM Volunteer Association.
War should be abolished for the peace of human beings. Why don't we work hard for world peace ?

[MANNAM World News] Syria Conflict Kills Over 5,000 Children: 'Pray For Syria,' Says Girl Survivor

The lives of more than 5,000 children may have been lost to the civil war in Syria, according to recent reports, and now Open Doors USA has brought to international attention the testimonies of two young girls living in fear in the country where violence and killings have become almost a part of daily life for the nation's most innocent victims.
"It's scary. We hear a lot of bad stories about what is happening around us. On the streets there are soldiers everywhere. We see smoke from fighting and hear bombings all the time," said 13-year-old Youmna, a Christian girl who lives in Damascus, Syria with her sister, 10-year-old Nashita, according to Open Doors USA.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that around 100,000 people have been killed in the civil war between government forces and rebels, and among those numbers are 5,000 children under the age of 16.
"One day I was going to school by bus when we heard a shooting nearby," said Youmna. "So we all dived down, hiding under our seats, waiting until the shooting was over. Another day when we were at school there was an airplane very close by, threatening to bomb our school. We all had to go into the basement and stay away from the glass."
"My classmates and I were all very scared. Kids around me were crying and shouting at the teachers because they were so afraid. Some called their fathers crying to them that they wanted to go home," Nashita added.
The United Nations office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict can verify the reports of children being killed. To make matters worse, the children are sometimes being used as props of the war, and often 10-year-old boys are being used as combatants or porters.

"Syrian children are killed or injured in indiscriminate bombings, shot by snipers, used as human shields or victims of terror attacks," the organization said.
U.N. reports indicate that 1.3 million Syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries and 4.2 million persons are displaced within Syria, with over half being children.
The two sisters are asking believers all across the globe to pray for their country and the victims of war.
"Please pray for the kids in Syria....that God will stop the bad things that are happening. Pray for the kids that have no food and the kids that lost their houses because of the war. Pray that God will free Syria from this evil and that all the people can come back. And also pray for my friend Lunah, so we can play together again," said Nashita.
"Please heed the requests of Youmna and Nashita to pray for Syria, especially for the innocent victims such as the young children," said Open Doors USA spokesman Jerry Dykstra. "Not only do the children face the daily violence of civil war, but they are also the targets of persecution, including kidnapping, because they are Christians."
Syria is No. 11 on the Open Doors 2013 World Watch List of the worst persecutors of Christians.
Note: The names of the sisters were changed for their protection.

source: http://global.christianpost.com/news/syria-conflict-kills-over-5000-children-pray-for-syria-says-girl-survivor-100219/

Many children's faces are filled with smiles, hopes, and dreams of a better future. On the contrary, that children's suffer from war.
we need to work for the world peace for young children.

[MANNAM World News] SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA HOSPITAL

SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA HOSPITAL
School children from St Mary's College carry a poster for ill Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former President Nelson Mandela remains, Pretoria, South Africa, 15 July 2013. Nelson Mandela remains in a Pretoria hospital in a critical but stable condition. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

source: http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=104&oid=091&aid=0003917665


Born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa, Nelson Mandela was the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He played a pivotal role for black people in his country getting equal rights.
He is still the most admired man on the planet. He has retired from active politics but remains a concerned and influential citizen of the New South Africa. We hope that he will best of luck for a speedy recovery. 
It is worth emulating his spirit who worked hard to make the world a peaceful place.

[MANNAM International] Hands to Hands:MANNAM Volunteer Association rallies to bring relief to Indian youth

Hands to Hands: MANNAM Volunteer Association rallies to bring relief to Indian youth
 

This Saturday, 6 July 2013, MANNAM Volunteer Association (MVA) held a donation drive at Jumong Elementary School. In May 2013, MVA began collecting stationary supplies for children in India. Following the catastrophic floods in the region, MVA expanded the project, collecting clothes, raincoats and shoes, which will be sent to youth in disaster stricken Uttarakhand. Already sponsors have stepped forward, providing some 200 pairs of shoes, clothing and other supplies.

In total, the drive brought in about 3000 units of stationary and 40 boxes, about 150kg, of supplies in Seoul alone. Around Korea, the 13 branches of MVA International will continue collecting supplies, and will ship them along with the other donations received. MVA is appealing to local and international shipping companies for help in delivering the goods to those in need.

One dedicated member commented, “The people of India are really suffering because of the recent disasters. I know the donations we send will not solve all their trouble, but I think we’d all be very grateful if something we did could help in some small way.”
“In India, the situation is such that relatively small donation from our side can have a very large impact in the lives of those suffering - especially the youth,” said a spokesperson for MVA.

One of the MVA’s members, and Indian citizen, Mr. Satish Kumar said, “ I have been with MANNAM for almost one year, I’ve been doing volunteer work... and I am doing my best... sacrificing time over the weekend - it’s not so easy, but it is all to help people.” Mr. Kumar expressed how hard it was to send encouraging words to people in such a terrible situation, but expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Indian military, who have been so supportive of the community devastated by the floods.
“They carried people through the waters on their shoulders,” he said holding back emotions, “It is very touching.”

The initial project was started at the suggestion of Mr. Ashok Shrivastav and Ms. Ritu Prashar, reporters from Doordashan News (DD News) that covered the World Peace Festival held in Korea in 2012. Inspired by the event, they have been working closely with MVA in India to promote world peace.

“Indian news agencies reported that even the Chief Minister of the region, Mr. Vijay Bahuguna said that he had been numbed by the sheer magnitude of the calamity,” said a spokesperson for MVA’s volunteer coordination team. At the event, Renuka, another Indian member of MVA told an interviewer, “We feel proud to be a part of this event so that we can be little help to others.”

[MANNAM Peace Quotes] Being peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

MANNAM, International  Youth Walk for World Peace & Restoration 2013

 

"I am breathing in and making my whole body calm and at peace.
It is like drinking a cool glass of lemonade on a hot day and feeling your body become cool inside.
When you breathe in, the air enters your body and calms all the cells of your body...
This is the key to meditation. Breathing brings the sweet joy of meditation to you.
You become joyful, fresh, and tolerant, and everyone around you will benefit."
--Thich Nhat Hanh

[MANNAM World News] 6.25 Korean War -(Yonhap Interview) Korean War veteran reminds people of 'forgotten war'

By Kim Eun-jung
 SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) - Larry Kinard's Korean War memories come back to him with a vivid clarity, which makes him shudder at the recollection of being so close to death.
   One of them is of an incident that took place in 1952, three years after he became a U.S. Army second lieutenant to serve in the 3rd Infantry Division on the front-line. He was 22.
   Looking out at the enemy territory over the Imjin River, an artillery shell exploded just 22 meters in front of a four-member observation team.
   "It literally blew us out of the bunker's back. Nobody was killed, but we suffered from concussion and shock for several days," Kinard, now 84 and the president of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA), said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency.

Larry Kinard, the president of the Korean War Veterans Association,
speaks during a lecture at the Korea Military Academy in Seoul on June 21, 2013. (Yonhap)

   "There were several experiences where I came close to dying. When it comes that close to death, you remember it."

The KWVA president living in Forth Worth, Texas visited Seoul as part of a veterans' event hosted by the Ministry of the Patriots and Veterans Affairs as South Korea commemorates the 60th anniversary of signing the Armistice Agreement that ended hostilities.
   The three-year war came to a halt in 1953, with a cease-fire agreement establishing a demilitarized zone roughly running along the 38th parallel that separated the two Koreas. Still today, there is no peace treaty and tensions continue with Pyongyang's threats of missile attacks and nuclear war.
   Although the Korean War has stuck with Kinard and other veterans for their entire lives, the war has been overshadowed in the public consciousness following many subsequent American military conflicts in recent decades.
   As the number of survivors with first-hand accounts of the war is dwindling -- with the youngest now nearing 80 -- Kinard decided to devote the rest of his life to tell stories of the "forgotten war" through an education program called "Tell America."
   Since 2005, the energetic veteran has traveled across the U.S. to meet people and students to tell what happened 60 years ago on the Korean Peninsula, and distributed booklets and brochures to libraries.
   Kinard stressed the education program is important because people should learn from history so as not to make the same mistakes in the future.
   "We tell the students that war is not fun," he said. "Some of what they see in movies and on TV is not real. War is terrible."
   If it is so terrible, why do people go to war?
   "Sometimes, you have to fight a war to defend freedom you have. I try to get them to understand what the real price of freedom is," he added.
   While the veteran's program was initially designed to raise awareness among students, Kinard discovered many teachers had very little knowledge of the war. So, he decided to expand the program from schools to churches and other organizations across America to give people the opportunity to talk with veterans and stimulate their curiosity.
   The great-grandfather with three children says the young generation should not forget where today's prosperity came from.
   "We stress to these children what it means to be a patriotic American, what it meant to us to fight for the freedom of the Korean people," he said. "We teach them that freedom is not free and many have paid a huge price for the freedom we enjoy today."
   The Korean War VA president called for more revisiting programs for survivors to make them in close contact and remember what they had sacrificed and contributed.
   "By meeting, living and fighting with these soldiers from other countries, we all became closer and learned first-hand what it truly means to be comrades-in-arms," Kinard said. "Through this togetherness, this comrade-in-arms personal contact, the entire world has become smaller and all of us have benefited as we learned each other's culture, language, history and traditions."
   The old veteran was particularly proud of the economic and political progress of South Korea, which has risen from the destruction of war to one of the leading economies, saying Koreans "accomplished a miracle."
   "I hope you know that the U.S. Korean War veterans are extremely proud of the Korean people and their accomplishments over the last 60 years," he said.
   Kinard, however, expressed regret that Korea still remains divided and hoped peace will come someday.
   "It's sad. I wish Korea to be reunified, but at this point, it seems to be almost impossible with standoffs from both sides," Kinard said. "Being strong is the best thing," he said, adding 28,500 American troops stationed in South Korea should remain in the country as a way to deter North Korea aggression.
   Though the last thing he wants is war, the white-hair veteran demonstrated his last-remaining fighting spirit to preserve the Korean War legacy.

   "Should war ever come to the Korean Peninsula again," he said, "we will be there, as we were in the 50s -- comrades-in-arms, fighting side by side with you."

Source: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/06/21/84/0301000000AEN20130621006800315F.HTML


The Korean War was a bloody battle of brother against brother.
It tooks the lives of some 5 million men and women.
The divided Koreas remain technically at war since an armistice stopped fighting between them in 1953.
It is regrettable that many soldiers have to be parted from family by war and civilians died.
Also, It’s a sad fact that many of those killed were children.
I hope that the day of reunification would come as soon as possible.
All humankind must exert every effort for peace.
MANNAM and MIYC memvers work for the world peace.
"We need to stick together!"
World peace is the greatest prize of all.

[MANNAM World Peace] Peace Leader 'Aung San Suu Kyi'

  Today, I want to intoroduce you to one of peace leaders 'Aung San Suu Kyi'. he had visited in Korea a few month ago. At that time, she met MANNAM Chairman Man Hee Lee(Peace Leader) to  realize for the world peace.

Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945 in Rangoon (now named Yangon). Her father, Aung San, founded the modern Burmese army and negotiated Burma's independence from the British Empire in 1947; he was assassinated by his rivals in the same year. She grew up with her mother, Khin Kyi, and two brothers, Aung San Lin and Aung San Oo, in Rangoon. Aung San Lin died at the age of eight, when he drowned in an ornamental lake on the grounds of the house. Her elder brother emigrated to San Diego, California, becoming a United States citizen. After Aung San Lin's death, the family moved to a house by Inya Lake where Suu Kyi met people of very different backgrounds, political views and religions. She was educated in Methodist English High School (now Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon) for much of her childhood in Burma, where she was noted as having a talent for learning languages. She is a Theravada Buddhist.

 Aung San Suu Kyi at the age of six.
Suu Kyi's mother, Khin Kyi, gained prominence as a political figure in the newly formed Burmese government. She was appointed Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal in 1960, and Aung San Suu Kyi followed her there. She studied in the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi, and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi with a degree in politics in 1964. Suu Kyi continued her education at St Hugh's College, Oxford, obtaining a B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1969. After graduating, she lived in New York City with a family friend Ma Than E, who was once a popular Burmese pop singer. She worked at the United Nations for three years, primarily on budget matters, writing daily to her future husband, Dr. Michael Aris. In late 1971, Aung San Suu Kyi married Aris, a scholar of Tibetan culture, living abroad in Bhutan. The following year she gave birth to their first son, Alexander Aris, in London; their second son, Kim, was born in 1977. Between 1985 and 1987, Suu Kyi was working toward an M.Phil in Burmese literature as a research student at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She was elected as an Honorary Fellow in 1990. For two years she was a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla, India. She also worked for the government of the Union of Burma.
In 1988 Suu Kyi returned to Burma, at first to tend for her ailing mother but later to lead the pro-democracy movement. Aris' visit in Christmas 1995 turned out to be the last time that he and Suu Kyi met, as Suu Kyi remained in Burma and the Burmese dictatorship denied him any further entry visas.Aris was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 which was later found to be terminal. Despite appeals from prominent figures and organisations, including the United States, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Pope John Paul II, the Burmese government would not grant Aris a visa, saying that they did not have the facilities to care for him, and instead urged Aung San Suu Kyi to leave the country to visit him. She was at that time temporarily free from house arrest but was unwilling to depart, fearing that she would be refused re-entry if she left, as she did not trust the military junta's assurance that she could return.
Aris died on his 53rd birthday on 27 March 1999. Since 1989, when his wife was first placed under house arrest, he had seen her only five times, the last of which was for Christmas in 1995. She was also separated from her children, who live in the United Kingdom, but starting in 2011, they have visited her in Burma.
On 2 May 2008, after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, Suu Kyi lost the roof of her house and lived in virtual darkness after losing electricity in her dilapidated lakeside residence. She used candles at night as she was not provided any generator set. Plans to renovate and repair the house were announced in August 2009. Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on 13 November 2010.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi



Twenty-one years after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Priz, Aung San Suu Kyi amde her acceptance speech on June 16, 2012 during her first tour of Europe after spending most of the last decaded under house arrest.

The peace of our world is indivisible.
As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
It may be questioned whether all negative forces could ever be removed.
The simple answer is : 'No!'
It is in human nature to contain both the positive and the negative.

However, it is also within human capability to work to reinforce the positive and to minimize or neutralize the negative.
Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal.

But it is one towards which we must contunue to journey,
our eyes fixed on it as a traveler in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation.

Untimately our aim should be to create a world free from the displaced, the homeless and the hipeless, a world of which each and every corner is a ture sanctuary where the inhabitants will have the freedom and the capacity to live in peace.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.

-Nobel Lecture by Aung San Suu Kyi, Oslo City Hall, Norway 16 June, 2012

[MANNAM World News] 'Standing man' inspires Turkish protesters in Istanbul

Erdem Gunduz (C) is seen here standing on the square early on Tuesday

 

A Turkish protester dubbed the "standing man" has led a vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square days after the authorities evicted demonstrators.

Performance artist Erdem Gunduz stood silently for eight hours, facing a portrait of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern, secular Turkey.

Hundreds of others joined him in the square, which was reopened on Monday, before being dispersed by police.

Mr Gunduz later told the BBC he had wanted to take a symbolic stand.

Two leading trade unions held rallies and a one-day strike in defiance of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday.

Mr Gunduz appeared in the square at around 18:00 (15:00 GMT) on Monday and remained there until 02:00 when police moved in.

Ten people who refused to be moved on were detained.

"There are many, many young people on the streets," Mr Gunduz told the BBC.

"I'm nothing... The idea is important: why people resist the government. The government doesn't want to understand, didn't try to understand why people are on the streets. This is really silent resistance. I hope people stop and think 'what happened there?'"

His protest quickly captured the imagination of the protest movement. The hash tag "duranadam" ("standing man") dominated Turkish-language Twitter on Tuesday morning.

Mr Gunduz's protest contrasts sharply with the violent clashes of recent weeks, in which some 5,000 people have been injured and at least four have died.

The protests began on 28 May against a plan to redevelop Istanbul's Gezi Park, on the city's central Taksim Square, but it snowballed into nationwide anti-government protests after the perceived high-handed response of the authorities under their three-term prime minister, Mr Erdogan.

 

 

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22949632

 

 

'Chapuller'

 

This is newly coined word made by Turkish protesters. It means that the man who is fighting for justice against the odds.

 

These things have a way of turning around.

I wish them a speedy coming stable.

MANNAM Volunteer members also fear for their safety.

We are looking forward to having finish all this situation.

 I do hope they can reach a compromise. Also, We would like World Peace!

 

[MANNAM World News] North Korea offers chance for talks with United States

North Korea has said it wants to have high-level talks with the United States in a bid to ease tension in the region.
The move comes just days after the North called off plans for talks with South Korea, intended to mend ties between the two countries. The meeting would have been the first in more than two years.
North Korea blamed the cancellation on the South for scuttling discussions.
North Korea says Washington can pick the date and place for talks and the two sides can discuss a range of issues. However it added that no preconditions should be attached.
Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear and
 missile strikes against South Korea and the United States after
 it was hit with U.N. sanctions following a nuclear weapons
 test.
Pyongyang says it will be happy to discuss disarmament but the world, including its southern neighbor, should also be denuclearised.
It also wants the US to sign a peace treaty formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War that divided the two Koreas.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/16/north-korea-offers-chance-for-talks-with-united-states/

The need for a mutuality of understanding between the nations of the world is of greater importance today than ever before for the world peace.
An opportunity that I hope It will have good new  in Korea, too, further more there will be peace all over the globe.
World peace is the greatest prize of all.
I believe such efforts will eventually lead to a peaceful reunification of the South and the North.
Why don't we work for peace together through MANNAM Volunteer Association and learn about the importance of world peace?

MANNAM Quote : Chairman Man Hee Lee Quotes - World Peace and Restoration

 

MANNAM Chairman, Man Hee Lee, said, “As the light, rain, and air of heaven give life to all creation, let us love this world. Love will achieve world peace and restoration.”


Representative Nam Hee Kim of MANNAM Volunteer Association said, “MANNAM learned the true meaning of volunteerism and self-sacrifice through the Honorary Chairman and is putting this into practice throughout the world.” She also said, “MANNAM’s volunteer services might seem like small steps towards achieving world peace, but they will renew the world.”

[World Peace] Iranian elections – Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi talks to euronews

source: http://news.naver.com

Iran is a country where the ruling class seems to thrive on hostility to the west and where much of the population is repressed, and living in dire poverty.
Iranians are now poised to vote in a new president, so what impact could this vote have for Iranians and the international community.?
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi spoke to euronews. She was recognised for championing democracy and human rights in her home country. She now lives in exile.
euronews’ Isabelle Kumar: “In past elections we’ve heard of political dissidents being persecuted, targeted. What are you hearing now?”
Ebadi: “Those events occurred in 2009. At that time, due to the extreme violence of the government, protests in the streets stopped. But the people are now manifesting their displeasure by different means and are showing they are not happy.”
euronews: “The people are also scared, are they not, because in the past universities were a hub of political activity and we get the sense, here at least, that there’s a sense of apathy, that youth are too scared to become politically engaged.”
Ebadi: :Our youth are not indifferent and they are active. That is why, today, many of our students are in jail and others have been expelled from universities.”
Bernard Smith, from the United States, sent a video question: “How significant is this election?”
Isabelle Kumar added: “This is something we ask ourselves, because could this election be a turning point or with the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in power, can we expect just more of the same?”
Ebadi: “These elections are not free, like previous ones, and the final decision, with respect to important political issues, lies with Mr Khamenei. In my opinion, the election itself is not important. We must wait and see if, as in 2009, people go out onto the streets or not.”
euronews: Do you think that the voting process is fair, given that already that the Guardian Council has selected the candidates, can we expect that, at least to be fair?”
Ebadi: “The current election organisation and supervision system, in my opinion, is fraudulent, and that is why I have suggested free elections are held under the supervision of the UN. Of course, I know that the government will not accept this. Only international supervision will prevent electoral fraud.”
Alicia, from Spain, also sent a video question, asking about the atomic project: “I want to know how the outcome of these elections will affect Iran’s nuclear programme.”
Isabelle Kumar added: “Said Jalili is considered one of the front runners in this election, he’s also Iran’s nuclear negotiator. If he were elected could we expect a change of tack from Iran, regarding its nuclear programme?”
Ebadi: “Whether the winner is Saeed Jalili or someone else, it will not alter [Iran’s] nuclear policy. Because in this area [Supreme Leader] Ali Khamenei is the only one who makes decisions and he will not let the President make changes.”
euronews: “There has been pressure from the international community, in the form of sanctions, you’ve spoken out against those, but what alternative does the west have when its negotiating partner is intransigent?”
Ebadi: “I’m against a military invasion or economic sanctions, because it causes a lot of harm to people. Instead, [the west] should adopt policies which directly target those who violate human rights. Instead of punishing Iran with economic sanctions, punish those responsible for violations of state and human rights.”
Irena is also from Spain. Her video question concerns life in Iran now: “I would like to know what the real situation in Iran is, because it seems quite complicated. Thank you very much.”
Isabelle Kumar asked: “In some respects, Shirin Ebadi, our vision of Iran is fed by films like ‘Argo’, by the hard-line rhetoric that we hear from the ruling class. In a nutshell what’s the real Iran like nowadays?”
Ebadi: “The feminist movement in Iran is very strong; one of the strongest existing in the Middle East. Our union movement is strong; many of our organisers are in jail. We also have a very strong student movement which has resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of student activists. The Iranians are peaceful, because for 34 years they have lived with the revolution and they also endured the eight-year war with Iraq; this is too much for one generation. So while the Iranians are not happy with the situation at the moment, they want any changes to be made peacefully. They are tired of war, of violence.”
euronews: “Finally, you have been a champion of the cause of women, of the repressed in Iran. What’s your message to those people?”
Ebadi: [To] The people of Iran, you must resist to win your rights. Keep your resistance peaceful and know that victory will come.”
To find out who the next ‘I-talk’ guest will be, or send us written or video questions, check on www.euronews.com
, or follow Isabelle Kumar or euronews on social media.
source: http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/12/iranian-elections-nobel-peace-prize-winner-shirin-ebadi-talks-to-euronews/

World Peace is an issue in many other countries around the world.
In many places, the pacifist movement is gaining increasing support among young people.   MIYC is MANNAM International Youth Coalition. As youth leaders, we understand the future of uour world is in hte hands of the youth.
The power to renew our environment, to uplift the standards of society,
to create a new culture of peace and respect between races, cultures, religions
and nations lies with the youth. We, the youth, have the power to create a better future,
one free from conflicts and war.
Today, by uniting in one purpose, let us achieve that dream and realize a vision of a world of justice, peace, security and prosperity by creating a new culture for all humanity.
This is the vision of MANNAM International Youth Coalition.
Please, join us as we build a legacy of peace the world cannot ignore.