OUR PEACE · YOUR FUTURE

OUR PEACE · YOUR FUTURE

HWPL stands for 'Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light'
Dossier · 2026 · IR-01

HWPL · United Nations

Toward an international law for peace.

UN-ECOSOC Special Consultative Status since 2017, active in over 170 countries and at all four UN headquarters.

§ 01Multilateral footprint

Four institutions. One direction.

HWPL's peace work is not confined to the UN system. Parliamentary bodies on three continents have formally endorsed the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War, alongside the ECOSOC Special Consultative Status within the UN system.

African Union

Pan-African Parliament

55 African states

Resolution in support of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War.

Latin America

PARLATINO

23 Latin American and Caribbean states

Plenary resolution endorsing the DPCW (2025).

National parliaments

Three continents

Asia · Africa · Latin America

Endorsements, Peace Day proclamations and bilateral parliamentary cooperation.

United Nations

ECOSOC

193 member states

Special Consultative Status since 2017, the highest civil-society accreditation tier of the UN Economic and Social Council.

§ 02UN Accreditation

ECOSOC Special Consultative Status since 2017

A recognised actor in international peace policy.

Three stacked documents. In front, the 7 August 2017 letter from the UN Non-Governmental Organizations Branch granting HWPL special consultative status with ECOSOC; behind it a 14 July 2015 letter on association with the UN Department of Public Information, and the Korean non-profit foundation permit.
Exhibit 01The 7 August 2017 letter cites the July 2017 ECOSOC decision and is addressed to the Seoul office — the body that holds the status.

HWPL's standing in the UN system, verifiable in the official civil-society register of the United Nations.

Note on accreditation

The ECOSOC Special Consultative Status is held by HWPL International (headquartered in Seoul), not by the Austrian association itself. HWPL Austria cooperates closely with the international organisation: some of our members act as representatives of HWPL International at UN bodies, particularly at the Vienna UN office, and contribute there to side events and consultations.

UN source

By the numbers

178Countries reached
922,000+DPCW supporters
1,012Peace-education sites
5Diplomatic seats
§ 03Global Programmes

How HWPL institutionalises peace, concretely.

DPCW, International Peace Law

The Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War is HWPL's central contribution to international law: 10 articles, 38 clauses, over 922,000 endorsements from 178 countries. Supportive resolutions from the Pan-African Parliament, PARLATINO and national parliaments on three continents.

WARP Office, Interreligious Dialogue

World Alliance of Religions' Peace Offices bring clergy from different faiths together at the same table, academic, non-proselytising, comparing scripture. 292 offices across 132 countries worldwide.

IPYG, Global Youth for Peace

International Peace Youth Group: over 1,700 partner organisations from 131 countries. In 2025, IPYG groups around the world organised more than 500 peace events, peace walks, cleanups and Letter Campaigns addressed to heads of state.

Peace Education

A structured 12-lesson curriculum running at 1,012 educational institutions across 112 countries, with national adaptations co-developed with local educators.

§ 04UN Headquarters

Presence at all four UN headquarter cities.

The United Nations operate from four primary duty stations. HWPL contributes at each, calibrated to the thematic focus of the venue.

UN Headquarters05 sites

01 · UN Headquarters

New York

40.75° N · 73.97° W

02 · Human Rights

Geneva

46.20° N · 06.14° E

03 · Drugs · Atomic

Vienna

48.23° N · 16.42° E

04 · Environment

Nairobi

01.29° S · 36.82° E

HWPL · HWPL Headquarters

Seoul

37.57° N · 126.98° E

UN HeadquartersHWPL Headquarters · Seoul
Station · 01

New York

40.7484°N · 73.9680°W

UN Headquarters

The UN's political nerve centre. Where the General Assembly, ECOSOC and the High-Level Political Forum negotiate SDG 16 (peace, justice, strong institutions). Decisions made here set the agenda for all UN member states.

Station · 02

Geneva

46.2044°N · 06.1432°E

UN Office at Geneva (UNOG)

Human rights and peace diplomacy. Seat of the Human Rights Council, which monitors freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and protection of minorities worldwide. Peace talks for conflicts from Syria to Yemen take place here.

Station · 03

Vienna

48.2333°N · 16.4167°E

UN Office at Vienna (UNOV) · Home base

The UN's prevention capital. Home to UNODC, the IAEA and the OSCE: criminal-justice prevention, nuclear non-proliferation, anti-corruption and crime prevention. Peace before escalation, not after the explosion.

Station · 04

Nairobi

01.2921°S · 36.8219°E

UN Office at Nairobi (UNON)

Peace through environment and city. The only UN headquarters in the Global South, home to UNEP (climate and environment programme) and UN-Habitat (sustainable cities). Climate resilience is conflict prevention.

§ 05Vienna · Our focus
Vienna focus

Prevention begins together. At the roots, not the symptoms.

Prevention works only when governments, intergovernmental organisations, civil society and communities act together.

— Kyoto Declaration, 14th UN Crime Prevention Congress (2021)

  • Lack of values and identity formation
  • Weak family and community structures
  • Social exclusion and inequality
  • Identity conflicts and polarisation
  • Online influence and normalisation of harmful behaviour

Exhibits · Vienna

A panel at an HWPL contribution to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna; the nameplates on the table read HWPL Austria and HWPL Germany.
Exhibit 02Vienna, CCPCJ: HWPL Austria and HWPL Germany on the panel.
The United Nations flag beside the banner of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Exhibit 03The commission whose subject areas HWPL contributes to in Vienna.
§ 06Milestones

From Seoul 2013 to today's UN engagement.

Film reel · 2013 → today

  1. Reel · 01 / 06
    2013

    Founding & Declaration of World Peace

    30,000 participants from 130 countries join the first HWPL Peace Walk in Seoul.

    Tens of thousands of participants fill the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Seoul at the first HWPL Peace Walk.
  2. Reel · 02 / 06
    2014

    World Peace Summit & Peace Agreement

    At the inaugural HWPL World Peace Summit on 17–18 September in Seoul, former heads of state and religious leaders sign the Peace Agreement that later becomes the DPCW.

    Three signatories raise their joined hands after signing the Mindanao Peace Agreement.
  3. Reel · 03 / 06
    2016

    Proclamation of the DPCW

    19 international jurists draft the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War with 10 articles and 38 clauses.

    A full auditorium at the proclamation ceremony of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War.
  4. Reel · 04 / 06
    2017

    UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status

    The UN Economic and Social Council grants HWPL the highest civil-society accreditation tier.

  5. Reel · 05 / 06
    2025

    11th World Peace Summit · PARLATINO Resolution

    PARLATINO endorses the DPCW; the summit brings 800+ global leaders from 170 countries to Cheongju.

  6. Reel · 06 / 06
    2026

    10 Years of the DPCW · UNODC engagement in Vienna

    1,933 participants from 152 countries gather in Seoul for the anniversary. In Vienna, HWPL contributes to UNODC thematic work on crime prevention.

    Delegates hold up the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War on stage.

Reel · keeps rolling

Much more to come.

This file keeps writing itself, live. Every new UNODC contribution, every Vienna stage, every step the HWPL family takes lands here — as it happens.

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