Steering Committee, UN Peace Park/Global NGO Complex

Steering Committee, UN Peace Park/Global NGO Complex

Contents Message from Kyung Hee University Peace BAR Festival purpose / outline / schedule / significance / programs UN Peace Park / Global NGO Complex background / purpose / contents / brief history Invited Guests

Peace BAR Festival The efforts of NGOs to design a better future for humanity herald the arrival of a new era of participatory democracy

Message from Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University was established in 1949, a few years after Korea won her independence. At that time, the Korean peninsula was at the center of a severe conflict between two competing ideologies. Kyung Hee was built upon the ideals of United Nations that took a vital role in resolving conflicts in divided Koreas. Thus, from its very inception, Kyung Hee has pursued the ideals of harmony, democracy, and international cooperation. It also initiated the United Nation s International Year of Peace, launched the Brighter Society Movement, and published the World Encyclopedia of Peace. As a result, Kyung Hee University has become renowned for its active role in working toward a better human society. Despite many challenges, Kyung Hee has continuously promoted its goal to become an international institution for world peace. For the last several decades, Kyung Hee has put emphasis on the role of NGOs, Non-governmental Organizations, in overcoming national, ethnic, and religious divisions. NGOs, as borderless, cross-cultural organizations with autonomous capability to promote humane causes, are seen as major vehicles to add a new dimension to global peace for the 21 st century. It is in this context that Kyung Hee supported global NGO movements by co-hosting the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs. Her co-hosts included the Executive Committee of NGOs Associated with the Department of Public Information (UN NGO/DPI) with the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO). At the Conference, representatives of more than 1,300 NGOs from 107 countries gathered to discuss the role of NGOs in the 21 st Century. The Conference Declaration stated that the global civil society should develop greater cooperative networks between international NGOs. Honoring the Conference Declaration, Kyung Hee University is now seeking to enrich cooperation amongst NGOs. It has decided to build the Global NGO Complex within UN Peace Park, which has been endorsed by former UN Secretary General Butros Butros-Ghali and Secretary General Kofi Annan. Upon completion, the Global NGO Complex is expected to serve as an international venue for cooperative interaction between NGOs. NGO education programs, research, and practical works will be conducted simultaneously, and this concerted effort will lay down the groundwork for worldwide NGO networks, which will help promote world peace and human prosperity for the 21 st Century. 2 3

Peace BAR Festival Purpose To search for the Concord of Humanity Overcoming Conflict and Confrontation Kyung Hee University plans to construct the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex upholding the spirit of the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs that dentified the limits of contemporary civilization and called for the promotion of a new world community. The Peace BAR Festival is dedicated to the commemoration of the launching of the project and to world peace. (BAR stands for spiritually Beautiful, materially Affluent, humanly Rewarding. It is the ideal that represents the fifty-five year history of the Kyung Hee University System of which the University is a part, and is also the aim that contemporary society should pursue.)

Emblem Slogan Logotype B eautiful A ffluent R ewarding 4 5

Outline The Peace BAR Festival is held with the participation of domestic civil society organizations, international NGO associations, associates of the UN and citizens at both Seoul and Suwon campuses of Kyung Hee University from July 1st to 3rd, 2004. The Peace BAR Festival consists of Inauguration Ceremony, Workshops, Peace BAR Festival and other events. Peace BAR Festival Subject the commemoration of the UN Peace Park / the Global NGO Complex - Peace BAR Festival Period July 1 ~ 3, 2004 Place Seoul and Suwon Campuses, Kyung Hee University Inauguration Ceremony Workshops Peace BAR Festival Participants Co-hosts domestic civil society organizations, international NGO associations, associates of the UN, citizens Kyung Hee University /HCP (High Commission for Peace) A ceremony for the announcement and celebration of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex Workshops for examining the international status and role of the Global NGO Complex in the Era of a Global Civil Society An art festival to praise universal values of Peace and Co-prosperity, the spirit of establishing the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex

Complimenting state-centric orders with the construction of an NGO network and seeking an alternative human society based upon universal values Schedule July 1 (Thu) 18:30~20:30 Reception Dinner hosted by the Chancellor, Kyung Hee University System Hotel Lotte July 2 (Fri) 14:00~16:30 Workshop I : UN/NGO/Business Partnership in the 21st Century 17:10~18:10 Reception hosted by the President of Kyung Hee University 18:30~ Ceremony in Commemoration of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex ~20:20 Peace BAR Festival Seoul Campus, Kyung Hee University Seoul Campus, Kyung Hee University Grand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University 11:00~11:30 Groundbreaking Ceremony of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex Suwon Campus, Kyung Hee University Luncheon hosted by the Vice-President of Kyung Hee University, Suwon Campus, 12:00~13:30 July 3 (Sat) Suwon Campus Kyung Hee University 15:00~17:00 Workshop II : Korean Civil Society and Global NGO Complex 17:30~19:00 Reception hosted by the Chairman of the Planning Committee of the Global NGO Complex Hotel Lotte 6 7

Significance The Peace BAR Festival will present a vision for world peace and the co-prosperity of humanity, and induce citizen participation in the establishment of partnerships among the United Nations, NGOs and the business sector. The festival will also popularize the image of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex. Peace BAR Festival Vision Pursuit of the common values of peace and co-prosperity Participation Citizen participation for UN/NGO/business partnership UN Peace Park Global NGO Complex Empowerment Promotion of the international character of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex

Programs Synopsis of events The festival consists of the Groundbreaking Ceremony, Workshop I, Workshop II, and the Peace BAR Festival. Inauguration Ceremony Ceremony for the Inauguration of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex Award Ceremony for the Oughtopia Peace Prize Workshop I Unfolding Inclusive Governance: UN/NGO/Business Partnership in the 21st Century Workshop II Korean Civil Society and Global NGO Complex Peace BAR Festival Art festival for the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex 8 9

Ceremony A celebration of inaugurating the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex where invited dignitaries and citizens participate together. Opening Announcement Progress Report Global NGO Complex: Its History and Future Welcoming Speech Keynote Speech Inwon Choue Chairman, Planning Committee, UN Peace Park / Global NGO Complex Byung Mook Kim President, Kyung Hee University Young Seek Choue Chancellor, Kyung Hee University System Congratulatory Music Congratulatory Video Message Commemorative remarks Congratulatory remarks Conferring of the Great World Peace Award Roh Moo-hyun President, the Republic of Korea Joseph V. Reed Under-Secretary-General representing the Secretary-General of the United Nations Afaf Mahfouz Former President, CONGO Government representative Yul Choi Executive Director, The Green Foundation Renate Bloem President, CONGO Oughtopia Peace Foundation Congratulatory Music Closing Announcement

Workshop I Unfolding Inclusive Governance: UN/NGO/Business Partnership in the 21 st Century provides an opportunity for the multivisioin holders of UN, NGO, and Business to discuss the possibility of a better society for peace and co-prosperity. It will also serve as an international forum for dialogue, consensus, and solidarity among multi-vision holders. Unfolding Inclusive Governance: UN/NGO/Business Partnership in the 21 st Century Date : July 2, 2004 (Fri.) 14:00 ~ 16:30 Venue : Chongwoonkwan B117, Seoul Campus, Kyung Hee University Language : English and Korean with simultaneous translation Chair : Afaf Mahfouz (former President, CONGO) Keynote Speech : Yersu Kim (Secretary-General, Korean National Commission for UNESCO) An Alliance for Global Common Values Discussants : Hanifa Mezoui (UN DESA/NGO Section Chief) Paul Hoeffel (UN DPI/NGO Section Chief) Renate Bloem (President, CONGO) Sung-Ho Kook (Assistant Secretary-General, The Federation of Korean Industries) Tae-Kyu Park (President, The Korean Association of NPO Research) Hyung Mo Lee (President, The Corean NGO Times) Yul Choi (Executive Director, The Green Foundation) Organized by Graduate School of NGO Studies / Institute of Civil Society and New Governance, Kyung Hee University Sponsored by Solidarity Network 10 11

Workshop II Korean Civil Society and Global NGO Complex will discuss the means to promote international cooperation of Korean NGOs and the ways to best utilize the Global NGO Complex to this end. It will also explore the possibility of developing joint projects between Global NGO Complex, UN, UN associated NGOs, and Korean NGOs. Date : July 3, 2004 (Sat.) 15:00 ~ 17:00 Venue : Hotel Lotte (Sogong-dong) Language : English and Korean with simultaneous translation Chair : Inwon Choue (Dean, Graduate School of NGO Studies, KHU) Korean Civil Society and Global NGO Complex - Roundtable - Keynote Speech : Vo-Kyung Song (Chair, Prime Minister s Advisory Committee on Civil Society Development ) The Korean Civil Society and International Cooperation Presentation : Euiyoung Kim (Professor, Political Science/Graduate School of NGO Studies, KHU) International Cooperation of Korean NGOs: The Role of the Global NGO Complex Co-organized by Prime Minister s Advisory Committee on Civil Society Development / Kyung Hee University Discussants: Afaf Mahfouz (former President, CONGO), Hanifa Mezoui (UN DESA/NGO Section Chief), Paul Hoeffel (UN DPI/NGO Section Chief), Renate Bloem (President, CONGO), Gibung Kwon (Professor, GIP, KHU), O-Ryong Kwon (Assistant Minister, Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs), Sang-Kyun Kim (President, Masan MBC), Sang-Jun Kim (Professor, Graduate School of NGO Studies, KHU), Sang-Hee Kim (Corepresentative, Korean Women Link), Young-Rae Kim (President, Korean Association of NGO Studies), Woon Ho Kim (Professor, Graduate School of NGO Studies, KHU), Young Sun Park (Secretary-General, People s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Tae-Bom Park (Vice President, Korean Bar Association), Do-Yoon Byun (President, Seoul Women s Foundation.Seoul Women Plaza), Hyuk-Sang Sohn (Senior Researcher, Institute of Civil Society and New Governance, KHU), Kyu-Hwang Lee (Secretary General, Federation of Korean Industries), Dongsoo Lee (Professor, Graduate School of NGO Studies, KHU), Young-Ja Lee (Professor, Catholic University), Chang-Ho Lee (Deputy Director, Institute for Civil Society, JoongAng Ilbo), Hack-Young Lee (General Secretary, YMCA Korea), Sung-Hyo Chang (Executive Director, IHT-JoongAng Daily), Ik-Rae Chung (Secretary to the Prime Minister for Civil Affairs), Yul Choi (Executive Director, Korea Green Foundation)

Peace BAR Festival An art festival to commemorate the inauguration of the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex and to express the desire for the promotion of human welfare and world peace. Date : 18:30 ~ 20:20, July 2, 2004 Vanue : Grand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University Co-hosts : Kyung Hee University / HCP(High Commission for Peace) Music : Seoul Gongyeon Elementary School Children s Choir Soprano : Chung Won Park / Tenor : Nam Doo Kim Alleluia Choir, Kyung Hee University Spirit Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor Hyung Joon Kim) Dance : Kim Mal-Ae Korean Dance Company Art Director & Choreographer : Kim Mal-Ae Korean Traditional Costume Designer : Greta Lee 12 13

UN Peace Park / Global NGO Complex Background Promoting the realization of the framework for peace and co-prosperity In October, 1999 Kyung Hee University with UN NGO/DPI (the Executive Committee of NGOs associated with the Department of Public Information), CONGO (the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN) sponsored the Seoul International Conference of NGOs where 1,300 delegates from 107 countries participated. The conference adopted the Seoul Millennium Declaration that identified the limits of modern civilization and called for the promotion of a new international community. The United Nations and the civic society of the world must play leading roles in the new millennium overcoming the conflict among nations, systems, ideologies, religion and race. In an effort to promote the realization of these goals, Kyung Hee University has decided to establish UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex. It is hoped that UN Peace Park will become the mecca of the world peace movement and the Global NGO Complex will promote the realization of the framework for peace and co-prosperity.

Purpose To promote universal values of peace and co-prosperity through the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex To establish a venue for dialogues, communication, and consensus among the UN and other international organizations, governments, NGOs, enterprises and academia To provide an opportunity for the Global NGO Complex to take off as a center of international activities of citizens organizations throughout the world To realize the peaceful future of humankind through participation and solidarity To bring about a Global Common Society 14 15

Contents Kyung Hee University will construct the UN Peace Park on its Suwon Campus allocating 82 acres of its land to this purpose. The Park will contain the Global NGO Complex, peace museum, peace plaza, peace castle, peace garden and an amphitheater. The Global NGO Complex will contain NGO International Center, GCS International, Graduate School of NGO Studies / Institute of Civil Society and New Governance, cyber university, internet Broadcasting Station, and an international house. UN Peace Park / Global NGO Complex On the Suwon Campus of Kyung Hee University with 82 acres of land Scheduled to be completed by September 2006 UN Peace Park Peace Museum Peace Plaza Peace Castle Peace Garden Amphitheater Global NGO Complex NGO International Center GCS International Graduate School of NGO Studies / Institute of Civil Society and New Governance Cyber University Internet Broadcasting Station International House

Brief History There have been lots of heartful efforts in the process of establishing the UN Peace Park and the Global NGO Complex. The UN and the global civil society should design a better human world, overcoming conflicts and strife among states, nations, regimes, ideologies and races UN Peace Park August 1996 January 2004 March 2003 Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali approves the establishment of the UN Peace Park on the Kyung Hee University campus Kyung Hee University allocates 82 acres of land for the UN Peace Park Secretary General Kofi Annan reaffirms the UN Peace Park Global NGO Complex 1June 1998 June 2001 July 2001 December 2002 Kyung Hee University and the CONGO sign accord at Geneva on the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs and the erection of an NGO resource center. The Executive Committee of the UN DPI/NGO, meeting in New York, decides to support and cooperate in the establishment of the Global NGO Complex. The Board of Directors of CONGO, meeting in Geneva, announces its support of the Global NGO Complex. The Asian Civil Society Forum, meeting in Bangkok, discusses cooperative programs with the CONGO, UN DPI/NGO, UN DESA/NGO. 16 17

Invited Guests Many dignitaries from the United Nations and International NGOs, scholars, and representatives of domestic civil society organizations are invited to participate in the festival. International Guests Kofi Annan UN Secretary-General (Congratulatory Message) Joseph V. Reed UN Under-Secretary-General representing the Secretary-General of the UN Rodrigo Carazo Odio Fomer President, Costa Rica Daisaku Ikeda President, Soka Gakkai International Renate Bloem President, CONGO Afaf Mahfouz Fomer President, CONGO Paul Hoeffel UN DPI/NGO Section Chief Hanifa Mezoui UN DESA/NGO Section Chief

Domestic Guests NGOs Journalism Government Diplomats in Korea Business Communities Academia 18 19

Steering Committee, UN Peace Park/Global NGO Complex