Daily Tribune‘We are one in the belief that a true lasting peace can only be achieved through the total and holistic development of our people by including all the people and providing sustainable programs and activities.’
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Peace advocates from all over the world gathered at Clark for the Global Peace Festival 2022. | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE GLOBAL PEACE FOUNDATION
Some 15,000 peace advocates took part in the recently held Global Peace Leadership Conference held at the Clark Freeport.
Clark Development Corporation president and CEO Agnes VST Devanadera, gave the opening remarks at the start of the three-day multisectoral convention of the Global Peace Foundation held at the Widus Hotel ballroom.
"We are one in the belief that a true lasting peace can only be achieved through the total and holistic development of our people by including all the people and providing sustainable programs and activities," she shared.
Devanadera shared to the delegates Clark's history and how it has been transformed into a destination of choice for local and foreign investors for tourism, gaming and leisure, conferences and conventions, and sports events.
She also mentioned some of CDC's corporate social responsibility programs and projects geared toward helping the local Aeta communities, providing livelihood assistance to workers, encouraging women empowerment, and protecting the environment.
In the latter part of her message, John Lennon's song "Imagine" was played. "I guess… This is that "someday" that John Lennon hoped for because your presence here makes it a reality and a possibility that the world will be one," Devanadera told the delegates.
The GPLC was part of the Global Peace Festival 2022 staged in the Philippines from 1 to 3 December 2022 with the theme "One Family Under God: A Vision for a World of Freedom and Peace."
Among those who graced the event and gave their messages were Global Peace Festival 2022 co-chair Dr. Nona Ricafort, Global Peace Foundation president James Flynn, Global Peace Foundation founder and chairman Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, National Assembly of Korea deputy speaker Woo-Taek Chung, and Indonesian Ulema Council vice general chairman Dr. K.H. Marsudi Syuhud.
Global Peace Foundation Malaysia CEO Dr. Su Thye Teh, Association of International Education Administrators Research Fellow executive director Dr. Darla Deardorff, and International Young Leaders Assembly global ambassador Datu Yussef Abubakar Paglas were also in attendance.
The Global Peace Foundation is an international non-sectarian, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization that convenes and implements development projects and conferences on peacebuilding, education, entrepreneurship and youth leadership development.
