MIWON PEACE PRIZE FOUNDATION INC

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE ORGANIZAITON IS TO INHERIT AND DEVELOP THE PASSION AND VISION FOR WORLD PEACE OF MIWON, DR. YOUNG SEEK CHOUE, THE FOUNDER OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN SOUTH KOREA, A PEACE THINKER, AND A PEACE ACTIVIST WHO DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PORCLAMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE AT THE 36TH UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LONGING FOR ALL MANKIND TO BE FREE FROM POVERTY AND LIVE IN PEACE. EVERY TWO YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION WILL AWARD AN INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED FOR MANKIND, FOUGHT FOR PEAC, AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WORLD WITHOUT WAR, AND TO THE PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS CULTURAL WELFARE OF MANKIND.